2007-09-20 05:39:00 · 18 answers · asked by mig 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
Water displacement.
2007-09-20 05:44:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the boat was a solid lump of metal, it would sink.
But boats are not solid lumps of metal - they are a metal box, mostly filled only with air. Air is less dense than water - and because of this the boat as a whole (including the air and any cargo inside it) is less dense than the water, so it floats.
2007-09-21 00:32:18 · answer #2 · answered by Neil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a ship, or the different merchandise designed to drift, is in keeping with an concept by ability of an extremely previous guy, even older than Capt. Matt. however he's previous and, by ability of how, ineffective, he improve into rather a funky guy and his call improve into Archimedes (Ark-i'-meed-eez). His theory, cleverly named the Archimedes' theory, explains how issues glide. in case you fill your tub with water, what happens once you get in? The water rises, suitable? (and each so often is going over the component.) it somewhat is because of the fact which you "displaced" the quite a few water including your physique and it had to pass someplace. the main important to floating is that the object might desire to displace an quantity of water that's comparable to its very own weight. as an occasion, assume you had a block of timber that improve right into a million foot sq.. permit's say that this block of timber weighs approximately 50 pounds. Now say we decrease that timber into the water. The timber will circulate down into the water till it has displaced 50 pounds of water. meaning that 50 pounds of water are pushing lower back up on the block and making it glide.
2017-01-02 10:50:16 · answer #3 · answered by solem 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's because of the Archimedes principle. The buoyancy force on a body is equal to the weight of the fluid it displaces. So, if the boat weights 10 tons, it needs to displace more than 10 tons of water to float. The density of the material is not (directly) important.
2007-09-20 05:51:18 · answer #4 · answered by Turkey 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They don't sink due to all the air in the boat. Even the large containerships if there are tons of containers on them don't sink because of the air. If water gets inside, then the ship will sink.
2007-09-20 05:48:34 · answer #5 · answered by cuy 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The density of the boat is less than that of the water. The entire boat, including all the empty space in it.
2007-09-20 05:46:41 · answer #6 · answered by epaphras_faith 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Displacement!! As long as an object displaces more water than its own weight it will float. Archimedes principles
I am always surprised at the lack of general scientific knowledge displayed by people on Y-A
Do they not teach basic science in school these days?
2007-09-20 08:16:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The water that they displace would be heavier than the boat and it's cargo.
2007-09-20 05:45:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Buoyancy & water displacement. It has to do with the air inside of the boat/ship
2007-09-20 05:46:59 · answer #9 · answered by kiska101699 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Physics.
2007-09-20 05:55:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋