Floatable foundation

John Tobias, Brian Jestice,

Anthony Cairns,

Diane Kohlin

What it is? It is a foundation ,that can float, for a dwelling so if the

land floods the dwelling will just float instead of being destroyed.

Where would they use it? The Republic of South Africa is a country located at

the southern tip of Africa, with a 2,798 kilometers (1,739 mi) coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

100% Recyclable Materials 14 plastic bottles

1 palate

1 rope

Inventor drawings

Construction

Prototype

Testing the Model

Calculations Finding an average density of muddy water by

comparing the densities of dirt and water in a 1:5 ratio:

2002*1/6=333.6667kg/m3

1000*5/6=833.3333kg/m3

333.7+833.3=1,167kg/m3

density of muddy water: 1167 kg/m3

Calculations Finding the amount of water the frame of a whole

palate could displace at a maximum.

(3)(.50)(5.5)(32)+(2)(1.5)(50.25)(3.5)+(9)(.5)(3.5)(32)=264+527.625+504=1295.625in3

1295.625in3= 0.0212 m3

Calculations Amount of Water displaced by bottles:

14 bottles

.002m3 minimum volume of one bottle

14(.002m^3)= .028 m3

Calculations Finding the total amount of weight the foundation can

hold, accounting for only the bottles:

∑Forces = 0 = mg

ρfluidVdisplacedg

mg= ρfluidVdisplacedg

mmax= ρfluidVdisplacedg

g

mmax=ρfluidVdisplaced

mmax=(1167kg/m3)(.028m3)= 32.676 kg

Calculations Amount of weight the foundation can hold only

accounting for the frame:

∑Forces = 0 = mg

ρfluidVdisplacedg

mg= ρfluidVdisplacedg

mmax= ρfluidVdisplacedg

g

mmax=ρfluidVdisplaced

mmax=(1167kg/m3)(.0120m3)=14.03kg

Calculations Ratio of the frame used to the total size of one palate:

28.5/50.25= 56.72%

Therefore the net mass able to be supported by 56% of the palate (current model) is: 14.03kg+32.676kg=46.708kg=102.97 lbs

Therefore it can be concluded that a full scale palate is able to support 83.4kg=183.86lbs

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