Course Overview
Students will use ship's stability data to calculate conditioned stability. In addition, effects of flooding, free surface, and dynamic stability will be studied. Students will also study the area and volume of a ship’s structure and first and second moments of area of tank surface.
Prerequisite(s)
- Term 3.
Credits
3.0
- Retired
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Calculate the area and volume of a ship's structure.
- Find the longitudinal centre of buoyancy and vertical centre of buoyancy.
- Find the first and second moments of area of waterplane about the transverse axis.
- Find the first and second moments of area of waterplane about the longitudinal axis.
- Study conditions for a stable ship.
- Draw a metacentric diagram and find metacentric height.
- Study the inclining experiment and find metacentric height and centre of gravity above keel.
- Study the effect of free surface on the stability of the ship.
- Plot curve of statical stability and correct angle of loll.
- Study dynamical stability.
Effective as of Winter 2011
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