(October 19, 2017 at 5:26 am)notimportant1234 Wrote: That is the trick with Arhimedes Force = (-1) x amount of water dislocated × gravitational acceleration.
If gravity doesn't exist ships would never float . The shape of a ship is made the way it is with the purpouse of dislocating more water.
A ship whose average density is less than that of water (ie it is bouyant, or flotable as you put it) will displace an amount of water equal in weight to the ship itself regardless of what shape the ship is.
You might say the ship is designed so it’s average density, including the air in its hull, would be less than that of water. You might say the hull’s dimension and shape must implicitly meet the criteria, else the ship will go straight to the bottom.
