Investigations on wooden floating materials: the loss of buoyancy under continuous immersion in water and the rate of its redemption by drying
A wooden fishing float under immersion in water for long periods is liable to absorb water, the quantity of water absorbed possibly being dependent upon the physical factors like the specific gravity and the inherent property of the material, the time of soaking and the pressure acting on it. Consequently a wooden float is likely to become heavy and loss its original buoyancy. However, when the float is removed from water and dried, the lost buoyancy is regained on complete drying. The present paper is an attempt to elucidate these two important characteristics of some of the chief wooden floating materials used on the West Coast of India.
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Main Authors: | Satyanarayana, A.V.V., Kuriyan, G.K. |
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Format: | article biblioteca |
Language: | English |
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1972
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Subjects: | Fisheries, fishing float, construction materials, drying, wooden materials, corrosion control, |
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/33600 |
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