Ship Stability, Powering and Resistance
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 784
ISBN-13: 9781408176122
Subjects: Stability of ships
Description: "This indispensible guide to ship stability covers topics such as flotation and buoyancy, small angle, large angle and longitudinal stability, water density effects, bilging, ship resistance, and advanced hydrostatics. Each chapter has a comprehensive list of aims and objectives at the start of the topic, followed by a check-list at the end of the topic for students to ensure that they have developed all the relevant skills before moving onto the next topic area. The book features over 170 worked examples with fully explained solutions, enabling students to work through the examples to build up."--Provided by publisher.