Software is written by members of the Iceberg Project at George Mason University, associated with The GMU Math Makerlab and MEGL. Members are listed below.
Detailed instructions on how to use this software to make your own floating object and predict how it will float are given in InstructionsFloatingObjects.pdf
These files are part of an ongoing set of code and printables for 3D printing floating objects and understanding stability of floating objects.
In each folder, there is a corresponding README:
- PotentialEnergyFloat has Matlab files you will need to analyze a shape with a polygonal cross section.
- DesignFloat has Matlab code for turning an image into a polygonal region in Matlab and OpenSCAD
- openscadstl has a code and stl files for printable objects with fixed cross sections including: square cross sections with and without holes for nails; general polygonal cross sections
- squareloopercode is a special case of PotentialEnergyFloat for the square
For more information on the theory see the papers
Daniel M. Anderson, Brandon G. Barreto-Rosa, Joshua D. Calvano, Lujain Nsair, and Evelyn Sander, Mathematics of Floating 3D Printed Objects, Proceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics (PSAPM) (Edited by Maria Trnkova and Andrew Yarmola), Published by American Mathematical Society, 2023. A downloadable version appears in: https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.08991
D.M. Anderson, P.R. Bishop, M. Brant, G. Castaneda Guzman, E. Sander, and G. Thomas, Stability of Floating Objects at a Two-Fluid Interface, European Journal of Physics , 45: 055001, 2024. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6404/ad5ca8
Members of the Iceberg Project
Mentors: Daniel M. Anderson, Evelyn Sander
Past Members: Brandon G. Barreto-Rosa, Patrick Bishop, Daniel Horvath, Mariah Tammera, Sarah Wendt, Max Werkheiser Mark Brant, Gabriela Castaneda Guzman, Joshua D. Calvano, Aiden Dunlop, Will Howard, James Nguyen, Lujain Nsair, Gina Thomas
