Part 1 Linking Ship Stability and Ship Motions1 Forces and moments 2 Centroids and the centre of gravity 3 Density and specific gravity 4 Laws of flotation 5 Group weights, water draft, air draft and density 6 Transverse statical stability 7 Effect of free surface of liquids on stability 8 TPC and displacement curves 9 Form coefficients 10 Simpson’s Rules for areas and centroids 11 Second moments of area – moments of inertia 12 Calculating KB, BM and metacentric diagrams 13 Final KG plus twenty reasons for a rise in G 14 Angle of list 15 Moments of statical stability 16 Trim or longitudinal stability 17 Stability and hydrostatic curves 18 Increase in draft due to list 19 Water pressure 20 Combined list and trim 21 Calculating the effect of free surface of liquids (FSE) 22 Bilging and permeability 23 Dynamical stability24 Effect of beam and freeboard on stability25 Effects of side winds on stability26 Icing allowances plus effects on trim and stability 27 Type A, Type B and Type (B-60) vessels plus FL and PL curves (as governed by DfT regulations) 28 Load lines and freeboard marks 29 Timber ship freeboard marks 30 IMO Grain Rules for the safe carriage of grain in bulk 31 Angle of loll 32 True mean draft 33 The inclining experiment plus fluctuations in a ship’s lightweight 34 The calibration book plus soundings and ullages 35 Drydocking and grounding 36 Liquid pressure and thrust plus centres of pressure 37 Ship squat in open water and in confined channels 38 Interaction, including two case studies 39 Heel due to turning 40 Rolling, pitching and heaving motions 41 Synchronous rolling and parametric rolling of ships 42 List due to bilging side compartments 43 Effect of change of density on draft and trim 44 List with zero metacentric height45 The deadweight scale 46 The Trim and Stability book 47 Simplified stability information 48 The stability pro-forma Nomenclature of ship terms Photographs of merchant ships Ships of this millennium Part 2 Linking Ship Stability and Ship Strength49 Bending of beams 50 Bending of ships 51 Strength curves for ships 52 Bending and shear stresses Part 3 Endnotes53 Draft Surveys 54 Quality control plus the work of ship surveyors 55 Extracts from the 1998 Merchant Shipping (Load Line) RegulationsReference Number MSN 1752 (M) 56 Keeping up to date Part 4 AppendicesI Summary of stability formulaeII SQA/MCA 2004 syllabuses for masters and mates III Specimen exam questions with marking scheme IV Revision one-liners V How to pass exams in maritime studies References Answers to exercises Index