Introduction to ship stability, density
and specific gravity, Laws of flotation, centre of gravity (G), centre of
buoyancy (B), effect of suspended weights on G, effect of; removing;
discharging or shifting weights on G, tonnes per centimetre immersion (TPC),
angle of list, TPC and displacement curves, metacentric height, calculating KB,
BM and metacentric diagrams, effect of change of density on ship’s draft,
inclining experiment, final KG and reasons for its rise, transverse statical
stability, moments of statical stability, factors affecting GZ curves,
longitudinal stability, Stability and hydrostatic curves, the effect of free
surface of liquids (FSE), bilging and permeability, dynamical stability, effect
of beam and freeboard on stability, effects of side winds on stability, dry-docking,
ship resistance, squat effect, propeller and propulsion
