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EN342 Ship Hydrostatics and Stability (3-2-4).

Theories and procedures for predicting a ship’s hydrostatic response to various conditions are addressed. Methods for computing the stability characteristics of both intact and damaged ships are studied. Floodable length computations are taught. Stability and subdivision criteria are explained. The lines plan for a hull form is developed and analyzed.

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         1. Describe methods for calculating a ship’s hydrostatic properties, including calculation of areas, volumes, centroids, and important hydrostatic parameters such as Δ, LCF, LCB, KB, KM, TPI, MT1”.
         2. Draw and interpret a ship’s lines drawing.
         3. Calculate and assess basic intact, impaired and damaged stability characteristics of a ship. Specifically, calculate metacentric height (GM), calculate and plot righting arm curves (GZ), and calculate changes in drafts and trim for weight additions, removals, or shifts.
         4. Describe basic methods to calculate a ship’s damaged stability and trim and determine required watertight subdivision, including development of floodable length curves.
         5. Describe basic design criteria for assessing intact and damaged stability of naval and merchant ships, including intact and damaged heeling moment and righting energy criteria, and extent of damage and watertight subdivision criteria.
         6. Describe basic characteristics of submarine hydrostatics, stability and trim, including the equilibrium polygon, and basic hydrostatic and hydrodynamic effects on depth control.
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            1. Naval Architecture Terminology
            2. Hydrostatic Pressure and Archimedes’ Principle
            3. Centers of Buoyancy, Flotation and Gravity
            4. Ship’s Hull Form; Form Coefficients; Lines Drawing & Table of Offsets
            5. Changes to Center of Gravity due to Weight Additions, Removals and Shifts
            6. Initial Stability and Metacentric Height
            7. Impaired Stability: Free Surface, Grounding/Drydocking
            8. Longitudinal Stability and Draft Changes – Weight Additions, Removals and Shifts
            9. Numerical Integration of Areas, Volumes and Centroids
            10. Intact Overall Stability and Righting Arm Curve; Cross-Curves of Stability
            11. Weight Changes on Righting Arm Curve
            12. Curves of Form, Bonjean Curves
            13. Inclining Experiment
            14. Intact Stability Criteria
            15. Damage Stability – Added Weight and Lost Buoyancy Methods
            16. Load Lines and Floodable Lengths
            17. Subdivision Criteria
            18. Submarine Hydrostatics, Stability and Trim
            • FF-7 Trim Lab
            • FF-7 Inclining Experiment
            • FF-7 Righting Arm Lab
            • FF-7 Flooding Experiment

         2. Prerequisites

            EN247 Principles of Naval Architecture or EN245Principles of Ocean Systems Engineering, NAOE Department

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            Laboratory Projects

   2. Course Coordinator

      Assistant Professor Carolyn Judge

      Goals

2. Classnotes and laboratory handouts