Ship Hydrostatics and Stability

Elsevier Science and Technology, October 2003, Pages: 368

The hydrostatic approach to ship stability aims to balance idealized ship weight against buoyancy forces. This textbook is a complete guide to understanding ship hydrostatics in ship design and ship performance.

Adrian Biran guides readers from first principles through basic and applied hydrostatic and ship stability theory, and introduces contemporary mathematical techniques for hydrostatic modelling and analysis. Real life examples of the practical application of hydrostatics are used to explain the theory and calculations; and to illustrate the effect shifting weights and central gravity displacements have on overall ship stability.

Ship Hydrostatics and Stability covers recent developments in the field of naval architecture such as parametric resonance (also known as the Mathieu effect), the effects of non-linear motions on stability, the influence of ship lines, and new international stability regulations for small vessels. Extensive use of computer techniques is made throughout and downloadable MATLAB files accompany the book to support readers' own hydrostatic and stability calculations.

A revised reprint was published in 2005 that includes tables of terms and indexes in French, German, Italian and Spanish.

Adheres to international standards and terminology
Includes real life practical examples and calculations to illustrate the hydrostatic approach to ship stability
Accompanied by free downloadable MATLAB files to support readers' own hydrostatic and stability calculations

Preface
Acknowledgements
Definitions, principal dimensions
Basic ship hydrostatics
Numerical integration in naval architecture
Hydrostatic curves
Statical stability at large angles of heel
Simple models of stability
Weight and trim calculations
Intact stability regulations I
Parametric resonance
Intact stability regulations II
Flooding and damage condition
Linear ship response in waves
Computer methods
Bibliography
Index

Biran, Adrian

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