Ship stability for masters and mates - Barrass, C. B. (Elsevier / BH, 2012)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Front Cover; Dedication; Ship Stability for Masters and Mates; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Part I -Linking Ship Stability and Ship Motions; Chapter 1 -- Group Weights, Water Draft, Air Draft, and Density; Group Weights in a Ship; Effect of Change of Density when the Displacement is Constant; Effect of Density on Displacement when the Draft is Constant; Chapter 2 -- Transverse Statical Stability; Introduction; Definitions; The Metacenter; Equilibrium; Correcting Unstable and Neutral Equilibrium; Stiff and Tender Ships; Negative GM and Angle of Loll; The GM Value
Chapter 3 -- Effect of Decreasing Free Surface on StabilityCorrecting an Angle of Loll; Chapter 4 -- TPC and Displacement Curves; Introduction; TPC Curves; Displacement Curves; Chapter 5 -- Form Coefficients; The Coefficient of Fineness of the Waterplane Area (Cw); The Block Coefficient of Fineness of Displacement (Cb); The Midships Coefficient (Cm); The Prismatic Coefficient (Cp); Chapter 6 -- Discussion on LCB Position Relative to Amidships; Observations Regarding Figure 6.1; Formulae Used for Figure 6.1; Observations and Formulae Regarding Figure 6.2
Observations and Formulae Regarding Figure 6.3Chapter 7 -- Quadrature -- Simpson's Rules for Areas and Centroids; Areas and Volumes; Areas of Waterplanes and Similar Figures Using Extensions of Simpson's Rules; Volumes of Ship Shapes and Similar Figures; Appendages and Intermediate Ordinates; Areas and Volumes Having an Awkward Number of Ordinates; Centroids and Centers of Gravity; Summary; Chapter 8 -- Quadrature -- Simpson's Rules for Moments of Inertia; The Theorem of Parallel Axes; Summary; Chapter 9 -- Quadrature -- Simpson's Rules for Centers of Pressure on Transverse Bulkheads
Centers of Pressure by Simpson's RulesSummary; Chapter 10 -- KB, BM, and KM Calculations and Graphics on Metacentric Diagrams; To Find KB; To Find Transverse BM; Metacentric Diagrams; Chapter 11 -- Final KG Plus 20 Reasons for Rise in KG; Twenty Reasons for a Rise in G; Chapter 12 -- Angle of List Considerations -- Text, Calculations, and Graphics; Summary; Chapter 13 -- Angle of Heel -- Effects of Suspended Weights; Conclusions; Summary; Chapter 14 -- Angle of List Due to Bilging of Side Compartments; Summary; Chapter 15 -- Heel Due to Turning; Chapter 16 -- Angle of Loll