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100 1 _aLester, A. R.
_q(Alan Robert)
245 1 0 _aMerchant ship stability /
_cA.R. Lester.
260 _aLondon ;
_aBoston :
_bButterworths,
_c1985.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 314 pages) :
_billustrations
490 1 _aMarine engineering series
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (page 120) and index.
505 0 _aFront Cover; Merchant Ship Stability; Copyright Page; Preface; Author's Note; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Ship form and measurement; OBJECTIVES; DEFINITIONS; RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DIMENSIONS; MEASUREMENT OF AREA; EXAMPLES; MOMENTS OF AREAS AND VOLUMES AND CENTROIDS; APPLICATION OF SIMPSON'S RULES; DETERMINING VALUES OF FIRST AND SECOND MOMENTS ABOUT AXES FOR SHIP'S WATERPLANES; QUESTIONS ON SIMPSON'S RULES; SIMPSON'S RULES (ANSWERS); Chapter 2. Flotation; OBJECTIVES; PRESSURE; ARCHIMEDES' PRINCIPLE; PRINCIPLE OF FLOATATION; DISPLACEMENT; TONNE PER CENTIMETRE IMMERSION
505 8 _aDEFINITIONSLOAD LINES; QUESTIONS ON HYDROSTATICS; HYDROSTATICS (ANSWERS); LOAD LINE QUESTIONS; LOAD LINE (ANSWERS); Chapter 3. Determination of position of centre of gravity; OBJECTIVES; POSITION OF CENTRE OF GRAVITY RELATIVE TO KEEL AND CENTRE LINE; SHIFT OF WEIGHT; ADDING OR REMOVING A SINGLE WEIGHT; QUESTIONS ON KG; KG (ANSWERS); Chapter 4. Conditions of equilibrium; OBJECTIVES; CONDITIONS OF EQUILIBRIUM; STABLE EQUILIBRIUM FOR A SHIP; NEUTRAL EQUILIBRIUM FOR A SHIP; UNSTABLE EQUILIBRIUM FOR A SHIP; ASSESSMENT OF INITIAL STABILITY; TRANSVERSE METACENTRE OF A BOX SHAPED VESSEL
505 8 _aBM FOR A SHIP SHAPEQUESTIONS ON GM; GM (ANSWERS); Chapter 5. List and free surface; OBJECTIVES; LIST; EFFECT OF SUSPENDING WEIGHTS; QUESTIONS ON LIST; LIST (ANSWERS); FREE SURFACES; EFFECT OF LONGITUDINAL SUBDIVISION; EFFECT OF TRANSVERSE SUBDIVISION; EFFECT OF DEPTH OF LIQUID; QUESTIONS ON FREE SURFACE; FREE SURFACE (ANSWERS); CALCULATION OF INITIAL KG-THE INCLINING TEST; UNRESISTED ROLLING IN STILL WATER; QUESTIONS ON INCLINING TESTS; INCLINING TEST (ANSWERS); INCREASE IN DRAFT DUE TO HEEL; Chapter 6. Stability at large angles of heel; OBJECTIVES; FORM OF GZ CURVES; FEATURES OF GZ CURVES
505 8 _aDYNAMICAL STABILITYSTABILITY REQUIREMENTS UNDER LOAD LINE RULES; CONDITIONS OF EQUILIBRIUM FROM GZ CURVES; EFFECT OF FORM ON GZ CURVE; EFFECT OF SHIFTING WEIGHTS WITHIN THE VESSEL; GRAIN; HEEL DUE TO WIND LOADING; Chapter 7. Calculation of righting level and assessment of stability; OBJECTIVES; KN CURVES; WALL-SIDED VESSELS; ANGLE OF LOLL; QUESTIONS ON WALL SIDED FORMULA; WALL SIDED FORMULA (ANSWERS); SIMPLIFIED STABILITY INFORMATION; QUESTIONS ON USE OF SIMPLIFIED STABILITY DATA; SIMPLIFIED STABILITY DATA (ANSWERS); Chapter 8. Longitudinal stability-trim; OBJECTIVES
505 8 _aEFFECT OF LOADING OR DISCHARGING A WEIGHT AT THE CENTRE OF FLOTATIONCHANGE OF TRIM DUE TO SHIFTING A MODERATE WEIGHT ALREADY ON BOARD; MEAN DRAFT; CHANGE IN TRIM DUE TO CHANGE IN DENSITY; CALCULATION OF TRIM WHEN HANDLING LARGE WEIGHTS; DETERMINATION OF DISPLACEMENT (DRAFT SURVEY); QUESTIONS ON TRIM; TRIM (ANSWERS); Chapter 9. Dry docking and grounding; OBJECTIVES; DRY DOCKING; ASSESSMENT OF REDUCTION IN KM; ASSESSMENT OF RISE IN EFFECTIVE KG; GROUNDING; QUESTIONS ON DRY DOCKING AND GROUNDING; DRY DOCKING AND GROUNDING (ANSWERS); Chapter 10. Bilging; OBJECTIVES; FLOODING AND STABILITY
506 _3Use copy
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533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_b[Place of publication not identified] :
_cHathiTrust Digital Library,
_d2010.
583 1 _adigitized
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650 0 _aStability of ships.
650 0 _aMerchant ships.
650 6 _aNavires marchands.
650 7 _amerchant vessels.
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650 7 _aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
_xMilitary Science.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aMerchant ships.
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650 7 _aStability of ships.
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776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aLester, A.R. (Alan Robert).
_tMerchant ship stability.
_dLondon ; Boston : Butterworths, 1985
_w(DLC) 85006621
_w(OCoLC)11865961
830 0 _aMarine engineering series.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780408014489
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