Merchant Ship Stability
- 1st Edition - October 22, 2013
- Author: A.R. Lester
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 0 8 7 8 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 0 2 4 4 - 3
Merchant Ship Stability presents the theory and application of methods for maintaining ship stability. It serves as a textbook for deck officers and first year degree students.… Read more
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Request a sales quoteMerchant Ship Stability presents the theory and application of methods for maintaining ship stability. It serves as a textbook for deck officers and first year degree students. The book discusses the methods of Simpson's rules for measuring ship form, the principle of floatation, finding the position of the center of gravity, and the effect of the center of gravity of the vessel not being on the centerline, the effect of having liquids within the vessel which are free to move and the effect of suspending weights. Topics on the assessment of stability of large angles of heel, regulations about merchant vessel stability, and dry docking and grounding are provided as well. Deck officers and merchant marine students will find the book very useful.
PrefaceChapter 1 Ship Form and Measurement Objectives Definitions Relationships Between Dimensions Measurement of Area Examples Moments of Areas and Volumes and Centroids Application of Simpson's Rules Questions on Simpson's Rules AnswersChapter 2 Flotation Objectives Pressure Archimedes' Principle Principle of Floatation Displacement Tonne Per Centimetre Immersion Examples Definitions Load Lines Questions on Hydrostatics Answers Questions on Load Line AnswersChapter 3 Determination of Position of Centre of Gravity Objectives Position of Centre of Gravity Relative to Keel and Centre Line Shift of Weight Adding or Removing a Single Weight Questions on KG AnswersChapter 4 Conditions of Equilibrium Objectives Conditions of Equilibrium Stable Equilibrium for a Ship Neutral Equilibrium for a Ship Unstable Equilibrium for a Ship Assessment of Initial Stability Transverse Metacentre of a Box Shaped Vessel Examples BM for a Ship Shape Examples Questions on GM AnswersChapter 5 List and Free Surface Objectives List Examples Effect of Suspending Weights Questions on List Answers Free Surfaces Effect of Longitudinal Subdivision Effect of Transverse Subdivision Examples Questions on Free Surfaces Answers Calculation of Initial KG—The Inclining Test Examples Unresisted Rolling in Still Water Questions on Inclining Test Answers Increase in Draft Due to Heel ReferencesChapter 6 Stability at Large Angles of Heel Objectives Form of GZ Curves Features of GZ Curve Dynamical Stability Stability Requirements Under Load Line Rules Conditions of Equilibrium From GZ Curves Effect of Form on GZ Curve Effect of Shifting Weights Within the Vessel Examples Grain Examples Heel Due to Wind Loading ExamplesChapter 7 Calculation of Righting Level and Assessment of Stability Objectives KN Curves Examples Questions Answers Wall-Sided Vessels Angle of Loll List When GM0=0 Examples Questions on Wall-Sided Formula Answers Simplified Stability Information Examples Questions AnswersChapter 8 Longitudinal Stability—Trim Objectives Definition of Trim Effect of Loading Or Discharging a Weight at the Centre of Flotation Change of Trim Distribution of Trim Examples Mean Draft Examples Change of Trim Due to Change in Density Examples Calculation of Trim when Handling Large Weights Examples Determination of Displacement (Draft Survey) Examples Questions on Trim AnswersChapter 9 Dry Docking and Grounding Objectives Dry Docking Assessment of Reduction in KM Assessment of Rise in Effective KG Examples Grounding Examples Questions on Dry Docking and Grounding AnswersChapter 10 Bilging Objectives Flooding and Stability Permeability Examples Bilging of a Midships Side Compartment Bilging of an End Compartment Examples Questions on Bilging AnswersChapter 11 Bending Moment, Shear Force and Torsion Objectives Shear and Bending Examples Effect of Waves Bending Stress and Shear Stress Calculations of Shear Force and Bending Moment Questions on Bending Moment and Shearing Force Answers TorsionChapter 12 Squat Interaction and Turning Objectives Squat Interaction Turning Directional Stability Heel while TurningIndex
- No. of pages: 326
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 22, 2013
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483108780
- eBook ISBN: 9781483102443
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