Ark Books
Describe the ark or ship that Utnapishtim had built?
This is from the book Gilgamesh.
Can any one describe the ships size,length,height,and any other useful information about the boat?
Utnapishtim’s Ark. (Epic of Gilgamesh)
120L x120B x 120D cubits, around 90 000 tonnes assuming density of 0.4
The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Biblical account of Noah’s flood have a lot of similarities. This is no surprise since they are both retelling the same event of history – a worldwide flood. But like thousands of flood legends around the world, the Gilgamesh story seems to have suffered from poor record keeping. See if you can tell what’s wrong.
There’s a good chance the Gilgamesh storyteller got his icons confused – rumor has it that a certain tower in Babylon was built on a square base. Yet some modern scholars want you to think the Noah story grew out of Babylonian mess-ups like this.
The Gilgamesh Ark with it B=D is an inferior design from a stability standpoint. However, in a direct comparison between the two vessels, the capsize risk of of the cube is compensated by it’s supertanker size. With enough ballast, the cube is potentially quite stable – being equally capsize resistant in any wave direction.
With enough ballast a cube is not easily capsized.
Looking more like on oversize buoy than any ship known to man, the Gilgamesh ark has the potential to survive waves from any direction.
The big loser is seakeeping. Passengers will get no relief from the vigorous accelerations – roll, pitch, yaw, heave, surge and sway. In a gentle sea, these motions would be uncomfortable but when it gets rough these accelerations could be lethal.
Strength (will it break?)
There is not much length to generate hull bending stress in the Gilgamesh cube. In fact, the wave bending moment will be so small compared to the section modulus that water pressure loads will dominate. This is a waste, the spare bending capacity is not utilized.
Wave bending moment
The wave bending moment is 22 700 tfm (ABS rules) compared to 93000 tfm for Noah’s Ark. (Applied bending is 25% of Noah’s Ark). Assuming the same wood thickness, the section modulus is far greater because the depth is 4D and width of the cube is 2.4B. Since sectional modulus is proportional to B * D2, it is 38 times stronger.
Stress is the bending / section modulus, or 0.25 / 38 = 154. The Gilgamesh cube is 154 times more resistant to bending than the Biblical ark. Obviously bending is not a problem.
I have provded you with a source comparing the “ark” with modern ships, it gives studies on how it would bases on shape and architechture how it would fare in the ocean. It even compares it to other style ships. I was very surprised to find such a cool source or site. This should answer all you questions. Good luck.
Animal Ark Book Collection/Haul
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