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Basic Naval Architecture

Ship Stability

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. Philip A. Wilson

    1. Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

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  • Teaches the basics of ship stability as enforced by international law
  • Includes probabilistic ship damage assessment for those classes of ships now required to have it
  • Covers second generation ship stability methods as required by the International Maritime Organisation as of 2016
  • Brings the reader up to date with the modern day methodology which is to affect ship design over the next 50 years

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction to Naval Architecture

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    Pages 1-14

  3. Basic Properties

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    Pages 15-22

  4. Equilibrium and Stability Concepts for Floating Bodies

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    Pages 23-28

  5. Calculating Volumes and Centres of Buoyancy

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    Pages 29-37

  6. Further Comments on Displacement Volume and Centre of Buoyancy

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    Pages 39-55

  7. Numerical Integration Formulæ

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    Pages 57-66

  8. Problems Involving Changes of Draught and Trim

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    Pages 67-80

  9. Transverse Initial Stability Topics

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    Pages 81-98

  10. Wall-Sided Formula and Applications

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    Pages 99-105

  11. Large Angle Stability

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    Pages 107-121

  12. Flooding Calculations

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    Pages 123-133

  13. End on Launching and Launching Calculations

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    Pages 135-139

  14. Stability Assessment Methods (Deterministic and Probabilistic)

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    Pages 141-169

  15. Second Generation Stability Methodology

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    Pages 171-186

  16. Examples

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    Pages 187-203
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About this book

This textbook provides readers with an understanding of the basics of ship stability as it has been enacted in international law. The assessment of ship stability has evolved considerably since the first SOLAS convention after the sinking of the RMS Titanic, and this book enables readers to familiarise themselves with the most up-to-date modern day methodology, as well as looking ahead to the effects on ship design over the next fifty years. The author not only explains the methodology of probabilistic ship damage as required by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), but also details the new requirements to assess certain sizes and classes of ships to the seven second-generation ship stability requirements. Many textbooks that are currently used by undergraduates focus on the geometric-centric deterministic approach to the assessment of ship stability, whereas this book also includes material on the classes of ships that are now required to have probabilistic ship damage assessment, as has only recently been agreed by the IMO.

Basic Naval Architecture: Ship Stability contains up-to-date information, making it ideal for university students studying ocean or marine engineering, as well as being of interest to students on naval architecture and ship science courses. Highly illustrated and including chapter studies for ease of learning, the book is an ideal one-volume textbook for students.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

    Philip A. Wilson

About the author

Professor Philip Wilson has worked at the University of Southampton for more than forty years. He helped start the Department of Ship Science, which is now an integral part of the Faculty of Engineering and the Environment. During this period, he has focused on the determination of the response of ships, of all designs, to waves and as part of that process, he has also lectured on ship stability. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Basic Naval Architecture

  • Book Subtitle: Ship Stability

  • Authors: Philip A. Wilson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72805-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-72804-9Published: 19 February 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89212-2Published: 09 June 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-72805-6Published: 09 February 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 203

  • Number of Illustrations: 134 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Solid Mechanics, Engineering Design, Offshore Engineering, Engineering Fluid Dynamics

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