NA 2 – Ship Statics
Hydrostatics of ships covering buoyancy, intact/damaged stability regulations, limiting KG, drydocking calculations, and hydrostatic software tools.
This course in hydrostatics of ships covers buoyancy, weights, metacenters, and stability at small and large angles of heel and trim. Stability after damage and hydrostatic considerations in drydocking and grounding are treated. Stability regulations are discussed along with the concept of limiting vertical center of gravity. In the project part of the course, curves of form are calculated for a small vessel with much of the work done on a computer. Students are introduced to hydrostatic software to calculate the cross curves of stability for the same hull form.