How do big ass ships like aircraft carriers actually float on water while carrying the weight of aircraft, engines, controls, etc?
In: Engineering
* Two things can’t occupy the same space at the same time.
* So when the ship goes in the water, it takes up space.
* The water that used to be in that space gets pushed to the sides.
* But there was already water to the sides, so that water gets pushed up.
* So the weight of the boat is actually lifting the weight of the water that it pushed out of the way.
* As long as the weight of that water is heavier than the weight of the boat..it floats.
* Don’t forget that shape matters.
* IF the boat was super skinny, then it would only have to move a little bit of water out of the way.
* But boats are designed to take up enough space in the water to make the water it moves weight more than the boat.
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