The Management of Merchant Ship Stability, Trim and Strength

I. C. Clark

Language: English

Publisher: Nautical Institute

Published: Jul 15, 2002

Description:

Contents: 1. An introduction to the shape of a ship's hullform and the principles of hydrostatics that act upon it -- 2. Locating the centre of buoyancy for different angles of heel -- 3. Transverse stability characteristics and the GZ Curve -- 4. Operational transverse stability -- 5. Stability requirements for ships operating under special circumstances -- 6. Longitudinal stability and practical trim calculations -- 7. A ship's motion in a seaway and anti-roll measures -- 8. Shear forces, bending moments and longitudinal strength -- 9. The consequences of flooding through bilging -- 10. The 'SOLAS' subdivision and damage stability requirements for passenger ships and cargo vessels and the 'MARPOL' tanker subdivision regulations -- 11. The international load line regulations for merchant ships.