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.