Is it Simple to Explain the Simple Experiments? How do Solid Bodies Float?
Is it Simple to Explain the Simple Experiments? How do Solid Bodies Float?
Author(s): Dragia Ivanov, Stefan NikolovSubject(s): Social Sciences, Education, School education, Vocational Education, Adult Education, Higher Education , Educational Psychology, State/Government and Education, Inclusive Education / Inclusion, Distance learning / e-learning, Pedagogy
Published by: Национално издателство за образование и наука „Аз-буки“
Keywords: floating; hydrostatics; educational experiments
Summary/Abstract: This paper considers the floating of solid homogenous bodies with different simple shapes. The stable floating positions attained by the bodies are examined and some qualitative rules are derived to determine those positions. The sensitivity of those stable positions to the exact proportions of the bodies is shown.
Journal: Обучение по природни науки и върхови технологии
- Issue Year: 31/2022
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 231-254
- Page Count: 24
- Language: English
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