FLUID MECHANICS

BDA 10502
“FLOATING SHOES”.
 Arif Rahim
i Bin Abdul
l Halim

n An gso om u d din
M.Zaakir Bi
Syed Izzat
Hussain Bi
n Syed Ja’afa
r

Bi n Gh a z ali
Faizan Azad
Hadri Syah
mi Bin Ha
mzan
Introduction of Buoyancy force.
What is Buoyancy Force?
Buoyancy is an upward acting force exerted by a fluid, that opposes an
object's weight. In a column of fluid, pressure increases with depth as a
result of the weight of the over lying fluid. Thus a column of fluid, or an
object submerged in the fluid, experiences greater pressure at the bottom
of the column than at the top. This difference in pressure results in a net
force that tends to accelerate an object upwards.

What Archimedes said?

“Any object, wholly or partially immersed in a fluid, is buoyed up by a force
equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the object”.
From the Archimedes principle and the meaning of buoyancy, our group
have decide to do some research on the concept and the principle of
buoyancy. So we decide to invent a “floating shoes”. Maybe most of us
doubt is it possible to walking on the water?
 OUR MAIN IDEA BASED ON THESE
QUESTION.

•What the best floating material that can

withstand weight up to 80kg?

•Is it speed are the factor to make human step

on water?
(like the Japanese ninjas)

•What is the dimension of the floating shoes in

order to float?
(relates according to the Archimedes
principle)
Video
BEST FLOATING MATERIAL

Helium

AEROGEL

STYROFOAM
 Dimension calculation
Wman + Wshoe = FB

Mmang + Mshoeg = FB

80Kg(8.91) + 1.3Kg(9.81) = ρh2ogV

784.8N + 12.75N = (1000)(9.81)V

800.5N = 9810N(V)
V = 0.0813 m3
Bouncy Force
FB = ρh2ogV
FB =(1000)(9.81)(0.0813)
FB =797.55N

For a shoe
V = 0.0813 m3 ÷ 2
V = 0.04065 m3
The design of the shoes must have larger volume than the volume of the water
displace in order to make human float. It is because the object that have the
higher volume have a greater FB.
Volume for shoe
Vshoe = length x width x height
Vshoe = 0.85 m x 0.25 m x 0.2m ρaerogel = 0.147 Kg/m3
ρHelium = 0.1785 Kg/m3
Vshoe = 0.0425m3
ρstyrofoam = 200 Kg/m3

Density material
Wshoe = ρaerogelgv + ρHeliumgv + ρstyrofoamgv
Wshoe =(0.147)(9.81)(0.0425) + (0.1785)(9.81)
(0.0425) + (200)(9.81)(0.0425)
Wshoe = 0.0613N + 0.0744N + 83.385N
Wshoe = 83.52N
Mass of shoe
Wshoe = mg
83.52 N = m(9.81)
m = 8.51Kg
Dimension of the shoes.
 Advantages Disadvantages

- Light weight
- Help human walk on
- Expensive
water surface
- Complex
- Simple and stylish
manufacturing
- Scientific proven
- No porosity
 Conclusion

Using the correct dimension and good

material plus the shoes we made satisfy
Archimedes’ Principle, we are able to walk on
water.