Physics of a Pirates' Life

           The huge factor in any seaman's life is their boat. Either acquired or made, these mighty ships towered over the sea. Throughout time
the process of making of these boats had Physics heavily involved.
   

                                            Physics of Rigging:

                                        When talking about the ship's rigging, it refers to the ship's sails and for our reasons the ship's design.
                                A ship's sails are obviously the main source of movement. So to identify some of the forces on the boats the images,
                                from Physics Central (2015, unknown), below help illustrate them.

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This image shows the main components of a ship.	This image shows how the sails direct the wind to propel the boat forward.	This image shows how the forces create an equilibrium causing the boat to stay upright. Some of the forces were lift (force on keel) and drag (force on sailboat)

                                          The two forces that are essential for the propulsion of a sail boat is that of lift and drag. "Lift and drag are defined as...lift which acts perpendicular to the wind direction,                                    and drag which acts parallel to the wind direction." ( 2009, unknown). With all of these forces one might get a little overwhelmed but if one considers it in terms of a fluid, and that                               of the Bernoulli's principle of fluid and aero-dynamics.

                                              

Bernoulli's Equation of Drag        For this equation concerning an airplane the terms are...                 C(D)=coefficient of drag                 (y)=dynamic pressure                 A= wing area	Bernoulli's Equation of Lift         For this equation concerning an airplane the terms are...                 C(L)= coefficient of lift                 (x)=dynamic pressure                 S=wing area

                                               

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