Monday, November 5, 2007

Materials That Float


Not all habitats are on terra firma - some are on the waters! Like these floating houses at Halong Bay, Vietnam; and some of the best building materials that float are natural materials that are locally available in the geographic location such as bamboos and timber.

1 Comment:

Unknown said...

This has to do with density, which is mass divided by volume. The construction design needs to make the overall volume of the boat big enough so that the craft's resulting effective density is less than that of water.
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