Ship stability, powering and resistance. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Chris J Patterson, Jonathan D Ridley.
• Authors: Ridley, Jonathan D
• Other Names: Patterson, Chris J
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOMENCLATURE; INTRODUCTION; 1 FLOTATION AND BUOYANCY; Aims and Objectives; Archimedes' Principle (OOW, MCM, ENG); Displacement or Tonnage? (OOW, MCM, ENG); Form Coefficients (OOW, MCM, ENG); Block coefficient; Waterplane area coefficient; Amidships area coefficient; Hydrostatics (OOW, MCM, ENG); Hydrostatics and Linear Interpolation (OOW, MCM, ENG); Displacement and Deadweight Scales (OOW, MCM, ENG); Hydrostatic Curves (ENG); Load Line (OOW, MCM, ENG); The TPC (OOW, MCM, ENG); Fresh Water Allowance (OOW, MCM, ENG). Dock Water Allowance (OOW, MCM, ENG)Accuracy of the TPC (OOW, MCM, ENG); Lumber or Timber Load Lines (OOW, MCM, ENG); Assigning a Load Line (MCM, ENG); Tabular freeboard; Block coefficient correction; Length and depth correction; Deck line correction; Superstructure correction; Sheer and bow height correction; Flotation and Buoyancy -- Learning Checklist; 2 SMALL ANGLE OR INITIAL METACENTRIC STABILITY -- WILL MY SHIP FLOAT UPRIGHT?; Aims and Objectives; The Centre of Buoyancy (OOW, MCM, ENG); The Centre of Gravity (OOW, MCM, ENG); Adding loads; Removing loads; Moving loads; Suspended loads. The Transverse Metacentre (OOW, MCM, ENG)Minimum Initial Metacentric Heights (OOW, MCM, ENG); Vessels carrying grain cargoes; Vessels carrying timber deck cargoes; Other vessels; Large Metacentric Heights (OOW, MCM, ENG); Calculating KB, BM and GM for a Box Shaped Vessel (MCM, ENG); Metacentric Diagrams (ENG); Angles of List (OOW, MCM, ENG); Angles of List for Vessels with Zero GM (MCM, ENG); Fluids and Free Surface Effects (OOW, MCM, ENG); Free Surface Effects in Rectangular Tanks (OOW, MCM, ENG); A Summary of Formulae for Real Ships and Box Shaped Vessels (MCM, ENG). Instability and Angles of Loll (OOW, MCM, ENG)Heel Angle in a Turn (MCM, ENG); Increase in Draught due to Inclining (MCM, ENG); Small Changes in GM due to Small Changes in Loading (ENG); Small Angle or Initial Metacentric Stability -- Learning Checklist; 3 LARGE ANGLE STABILITY -- JUST HOW FAR CAN SHE ROLL?; Aims and Objectives; Calculating GZ and Drawing GZ Curves (OOW, MCM, ENG); Calculating GZ at Small Angles (OOW, MCM, ENG); Finding GM from the GZ Curve (OOW, MCM, ENG); Cargo Shifts and Down-Flooding (OOW, MCM, ENG). Corrections to GZ due to Changes in the Vertical Centre of Gravity (Assuming Displacement Remains Fixed) (OOW, MCM, ENG)Corrections to GZ due to a Transverse Centre of Gravity (OOW, MCM, ENG); Changes in GZ due to Vertical and Transverse Changes in the Centre of Gravity (OOW, MCM, ENG); GZ Curves and Unstable Vessels (OOW, MCM, ENG); GZ Curves and Neutrally Stable Vessels (OOW, MCM, ENG); GZ Curves and Combined Angles of List and Loll (OOW); Instability and Recovering Loll Using GZ Curves (MCM, ENG); Deck Edge Immersion Angles (OOW, MCM, ENG).
• Publisher Details: London : Adlard Coles Nautical
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 764 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 623.8171; Marine engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science; Stability of ships; Shipbuilding technology, engineering & trades; Technology & Engineering -- Marine & Naval; Transportation -- Ships & Shipbuilding -- General; Ship design & naval architecture; Stability of ships; Stability of ships -- Problems, exercises, etc; Mathematics -- Formulae; Ships -- Hydrodynamics; Stability of ships; Electronic books; Problems and exercises
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781408176146; 1408176149; 9781408176139; 1408176130; 9781523104208; 1523104201
• Related ISBNs: 9781408176122; 1408176122
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.