(October 19, 2017 at 5:48 am)Succubus Wrote:(October 19, 2017 at 5:42 am)notimportant1234 Wrote: There are other factors that determine a ships shape like stability, velocity. But the most important is flotability.
The amount of water a ship 'dislocates' is a function of its mass and fuck all to do with the shape of its hull.
Eh, no.
the amount of water a ship displaces in a gravitational environment is a function of it size and shape, as well as its average density, provided the density is less than that of water (the ship is buoyant). If its average density is greater than that of water (the ship is sinking), then only its size and shape matters to how much water it displaces.
