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Ship stability for masters and mates

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Understanding ship stability - the ability of a ship to return to an initial state after disturbing forces and moments - is critical for all maritime students and professionals studying for a deck or engineering certificate of competency, or seeking promotion to a higher rank within marine or naval...

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Main Author: Barrass, C.B
Other Authors: Derrett, D.R
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands Oxford, UK Butterworth-Heinemann 2012
Edition:7th ed.
Subjects:
Stability of ships
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Liniking Ship Stability and Ship Motions
  • 1. Group Weights, Water Draft, Air Draft, and Density
  • 2. Transverse Statical Stability
  • 3. Effect of Decreasing Free Surface on Stability
  • 4. TPC and Displacement Curves
  • 5. Form Coefficients
  • 6. Discussion on LCB Position Relative to Amidships
  • 7. Quadrature- Simpson’s Rules for Areas and Centroids
  • 8. Quadrature- Simpson’s Rules for Moments of Inertia
  • 9. Quadrature- Simpson’s Rules for Centers of Pressure on Transverse Bulkheads
  • 10. KB, BM, and KM Calculations and Graphics on Metacentric Diagrams
  • 11. Final KG Plus 20 Reasons for Rise in KG
  • 12. Angle of List Considerations- Text, Calculations, and Graphics
  • 13. Angle of Heel- Effects of Suspended Weights
  • 14. Angle of List Due to Bilging of Side Compartments
  • 15. Heel Due to Turning
  • 16. Angle of Loll
  • 17. Moments of Statical Stability
  • 18. Aspects of Trim- The Main Factors Involved
  • 19. Trim Calculations- Changing Conditions of Loading
  • 20. Trim Calculations- Satisfying Prescribed Requirements for End Drafts
  • 21. Large-Angle Stability Considerations e GZ and KN Cross Curves of Stability
  • 22. Effects of Beam and Freeboard on Large Angle Stability
  • 23. Dynamical Stability Relating to Statical Stability Curves
  • 24. Changes in Statical Stability Relating to Wave Profiles- Loss of Quasi-Static Stability
  • 25. Hydrostatic Curves and Values for Vessels Initially on Even Keel
  • 26. Hydrostatic Curves and Values for Vessels Initially Having Trim by the Bow or by the Stern
  • 27. Increase in Draft Due to List
  • 28. Combined List and Trim
  • 29. Calculating Free-Surface Effects of Slack Tanks with Divisional Bulkheads
  • 30. Bilging Effects of Stability- Permeability Effects
  • 31. Effects of Side Winds on Ship Stability
  • 32. Icing Allowances Plus Effects on Trim and Stability
  • 33. The Sectional Area Curve
  • 34. FL and PL Curves Plus Type A and Type B Vessels
  • 35. Load Lines and Freeboard Marks
  • 36. Timber Ship Freeboard Marks
  • 37. IMO Grain Rules for Safe Carriage of Grain in Bulk
  • 38. True Mean Draft
  • 39. Inclining Experiment (Stability Test) Plus Fluctuations in a Ship’s Lightweight
  • 40. The Calibration Book Plus Soundings and Ullages
  • 41. Drydocking and Stability- Procedures and Calculations
  • 42. Ship Squat in Open Water and in Confined Channels
  • 43. Turning Circle Diameter (TCD) Values for Vessels in Shallow Waters
  • 44. Interaction Effects, Including Two Case Studies
  • 45. Rolling, Pitching, and Heaving Motions
  • 46. Synchronous Rolling and Parametric Rolling of Ships
  • 47. Effects of Change of Density on a Ship’s Draft and Trim
  • 48. The Deadweight Scale
  • 49. The Trim and Stability Book
  • 50. Simplified Stability Information
  • 51. The Stability Pro-Forma
  • 52. Looking Forward into the Next Decade
  • Part 2: Endnotes
  • 53. Draft Surveys
  • 54.Quality Control- Plus the Work of Ship Surveyors
  • 55. Extracts from the 1998 Merchant Shipping (Load Line) Regulations Number MSN 1752(M)
  • 56. Keeping Up to Date
  • Part 3: Appendices

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