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MEOC 6100

Stability Naval Architecture MEOC 6100

Marine Engineer Officer Cadet Course

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Course Overview

This course covers calculations of ship stability by considering factors such as the ship's design, weight distribution, ballasting, and stability criteria under various operating conditions to ensure that the ship is safe, seaworthy, and capable of withstanding the forces that she may encounter at sea.

Prerequisite(s)

TC, STCW Fourth-Class Motor Marine Engineering CoC, and a minimum of two months of sea time as engineer officer of the watch

Credits

4.0

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Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Use Simpson’s Rules to calculate areas, volumes, 1st moments and centroids of irregular shapes defined by any number of ordinates.
Apply the free surface data given in the ship’s tank sounding/ullage tables to determine the vessel’s stability characteristics due to the movement of liquids with a free surface.
Calculate the stability of a ship at moderate and large angles of heel.
Use ship’s stability book to verify that ship’s loaded condition complies with required minimum stability criteria as specified in the stability booklet.
Calculate trim, list, and dynamical stability of a ship for given conditions of loading.
Calculate approximate GM and LCG by conducting the rolling period and inclining test.
Calculate the angle of heel for the ship while turning. Determine the vessel’s stability characteristics during the process of being dry docked and when the vessel runs aground.
Calculate frictional and the total vessel resistance.
Determine the vessel’s stability characteristics for both undamaged and damaged conditions and calculate the trim due to flooding.

Effective as of Winter 2026

Related Programs

Stability Naval Architecture (MEOC 6100) is offered as a part of the following programs:

School of Transportation

Marine Engineering
Advanced Diploma Full-time

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