GEM 438E STABILITY OF SHIPS

CONTENTS

• Introduction to stability theory

• Chronological development of stability theories

• Types of stability theories and their application to ships

• Deterministic and probobalistic stability methods

• Subdivision of ships and floodable length

• Damage stability of ships

• Lost buoyancy and added weight methods

• Launching of ships

• Grain loading stability rules and calculations

• Dynamic stability and stability in waves

• Stability of special ship types

• International stability criteria: SOLAS, MARPOL, IBC and ICG Codes

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