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    A boat made out of nonlaminated cardboard and duct tape will be able to do a lap at the Brandon high school swimming pool. The buoyancy force is equal to the weight of the water displaced. The boat made it all the way to the other side of the pool and turned around and tipped.

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    A boat made out of nonlaminated cardboard and duct tape will be able to do a lap at the Brandon high school swimming pool. The buoyancy force is equal to the weight of the water displaced. The boat made it all the way to the other side of the pool and turned around and tipped.

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    ThePirates BoatWriteup

    JosephCupchack,KyleDeWitt,JacksonBabb,KeeganHarrington,andJoshKepich 4thHourSTEMPhysics,WhiteTeam January14,2011

    TheQuestion Willaboatmadeoutofnonlaminatedcardboardandducttapebeabletodoalapatthe BrandonHighSchoolSwimmingPool? PriorKnowledge Whencardboardgetswetitbeginstodisintegrate.Alsowhenthereismoreducttapeholding theboattogether,thebetterthatpartoftheboatwillstaytogether.Wealsoknowthatthe Buoyancyforceisequaltotheweightofthewaterdisplaced. Materials Cardboard Tape(gorillaandduct) cuttingtool measuringtool Procedures 1. Wegatheredoutmaterials. 2. Wetookmostofourboxesandtookthemapartsothatwehadsheetsof cardboard. 3. Wemadethebaseoutofthecardboard 4. Weputupthefirstsideoftheboatandtapeditup. 5. Weputupthefrontsideandtapediton.thisgavetheboatsomestructure. 6. Weputontheotherside. 7. Wetapedontheback,givingusourwholeboat. 8. WetooksomeboxesandtapedthemintheboatforsupportandseatsforJoeyand Josh. 9. Weretapedsomepartsoftheboattoreinforcethem. 10. JoeyandJoshjumpedintheboatandsunkitinthepool. Note:Anyboatdesignisagooddesign.Thisisageneralboatbuildingprocess. Results Theboatmadeitallthewaytotheothersideofthepoolandturnedaround,butdidnot makeitallthewaybackbecauseittipped.Ifwediditagain,wewouldhavedoublelayered thefrontandback.Ifwehadmoretime,wewouldhavemadeitlooklikeacanoehave pointedends,acurvedbottom,andcrosssupports. Wehavecalculatedthevolumetobe787.152Lsothebuoyancyforce7871.52N.The forceofgravityactingontheboatwasblock2200N.Thecombinesweightofallofour individualsintheboatwasabout250lbs. 1200N+1000N=2200N 2*184*62=22816 2*62*69=8556

    184*69=12696 44068cm=SurfaceArea volume=787,152cm3 Conclusion Therewereafewdesignsthatwesawthatweliked.OneofthemwasGordysboat. Welikedthefactthatitrodehighoffthewatersoitfloatedlonger.\Also,Welikedthefactthat itcutthroughthewaterlikeaspeedboat.AnotherboatwasAlissa'spurpleboat.Itwasvery sturdy,thusgivingtheusersmorecontroloftheboat.ThelastonethatWelikedwasDaniels boat,theduckieboat.Welikedthisboatbecauseithadalotofvolume.becauseofthistheyre buoyancywashigher.Ifwecouldhavemadeanychangestoourboat,wewouldgetbetter cardboard,andmaketheboatmoreaerodynamic,butinthewater.Todothat,wewould roundoutthebottom,andpointthefront.

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