Ship Stability for Masters & Mates

Understanding ship stability is critical for all maritime students or professionals who are studying for a deck or engineering certificate of competency, or seeking promotion to a higher rank within any branch of the merchant marine or Navy. The sixth edition of the now classic 'Ship Stability' provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of ship stability and ship strength, squat, interaction and trim, materials stresses and forces. Contents Part 1 Linking Ship Stability and Ship Motions 1 Forces and moments 2 Centroids and the centre of gravity 3 Density and specific gravity 4 Laws of flotation 5 Group weights, water draft, air draft and density 6 Transverse statical stability 7 Effect of free surface of liquids on stability8 TPC and displacement curves 9 Form coefficients 10Simpson?s Rules for areas and centroids, etc