Course Overview
This course meets the requirements for knowledge, understanding, and proficiency as outlined in the STCW code and expands on the use of Simpson’s Rules to calculate areas, volumes, 1st moments and centroids of irregular shapes; transverse statical stability; IMO intact stability criteria; construction and interpretation of hydrostatic curves; use of the ship stability booklet to determine ship’s stability at various load conditions, and maintain stability and seaworthiness of the ship under all circumstances; calculate frictional and residual resistance of ship, power developed by the ship; performance of propeller in the water; thrust exerted by rudder on rudder stock; and stability of ship during the process of dry docking.
Prerequisite(s)
- Successful completion of Term 5.
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.
- Determine the statical and dynamic effects on stability due to the movement of liquids with a free surface.
- Use and apply free surface data given in the ship’s tank sounding/ullage tables.
- 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.
- Calculate the stability of the ship during the process of being dry docked.
- Calculate the stability of the ship when the vessel runs aground.
- Calculate frictional and total resistance of a ship.
- Determine the vessel’s condition after flooding, and calculate the trim due to flooding.
Effective as of Winter 2017
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