Ship Stability for Masters and Mates explores all aspects of ship
stability and ship strength, squat, and interaction and trim, as well as
materials stresses and forces. Organized into 56 chapters, the book
looks at the relationship between ship stability and ship motion, with
emphasis on group weights in a ship. It also explains how TPCs are
calculated for a range of drafts extending beyond the light and loaded
drafts, along with form coefficients, including the coefficient of
fineness of the waterplane area.
The book explains how to perform KB, BM, and KM calculations and make
graphics on metacentric diagrams. It considers large-angle stability,
the effect of beam and freeboard on stability, and hydrostatic curves
and values for vessels that are initially on even keel. The reader is
also introduced to free-surface effects of slack tanks with divisional
bulkheads, how side winds affect ship stability, and the correlation
between freeboard and stability curves. Other chapters focus on timber
ship freeboard marks, procedures and calculations for drydocking and
stability, and ship squat in open water and in confined channels. The
book also includes extracts from the 1998 Merchant Shipping (Load Line)
Regulations Number MSN 1752(M).
This book is intended for students seeking to obtain Transport
Certificates of Competency for Deck Officers and Engineering Officers
and STCW equivalent International qualifications, as well as Chief Mates
and Officers on Watch (Officers in Charge) on board merchant ships and
other maritime personnel, port authorities, marine consultants, nautical
study lecturers, and marine superintendents.
