Kul-24.

3300 Ship Buoyancy and Stability

Assignment 3.
Markus Tompuri

Model Answer

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1. Let us consider metacentric height of the buoy:

GM 0

The buoy is stable and floats upright

GM 0

The buoy is unstable and floats inclined

Metacentric height of the buoy can be determined with following equation:

GM 0

KB 0

B0 M 0

KG

T
2

IT

H
2

Where T is the draft of the buoy, IT is the waterplane moment of inertia and H is the
height of the buoy. Lifting force of the buoyancy is equal to the weight of the buoy:

mg

Where m is the mass of the buoy and

m
20 kg
0.020 m 3
1000 kg m 3

is the water density.

Volume of displacement of the buoy is:

D 2T

Where D is the diameter of the bottom. Thus the draft is:

4
D2

4 0.020 m 3
2
0.45 m

0.126 m

Waterplane area of the buoy is circular, so the moment of inertia can be calculated
with following equation:

IT

D4
64

0.45 m
64

0.002 m 4

When we calculate the GM, we get:

GM 0

0.126 m
2

GM 0

0.002 m 4
0.020 m 3

0.65 m
2

0.162 m

Buoy is unstable and floats inclined.

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Assignment 3.
Markus Tompuri

Model Answer

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2. If the ship has N number of tanks, the combined free surface effect to the
metacenric height can be calculated with following equation:
GM corr

GM 0

t, j T , j
j 1

Lets first calcualte the uncorrected metacentric height:

GM 0

KM 0

KG

7.0m 6.0m 1.0m

We look at three different cases based on the figure below. Length of the tanks is
always lj = 20 m. All the tanks contain ballast water, therefore,
j
1025 mkg3
t, j

Volume of the displacement is:

8000 10 3 kg
1025 kg m 2

7804.9m 3

Lets calculate the corrected (effective) metacentric heights for different cases:

GM corr

GM 0

iT , j
j 1

a)

1 l b13
12
3
20m 16m
1.0m
12 7804.9m 3
0.125m
GM 0

Kul-24.3300 Ship Buoyancy and Stability

Assignment 3.
Markus Tompuri

GM corr

GM 0

Model Answer

iT , j
j 1

l b23
12
3
20m 8m
1.0m 2
12 7804.9m 3
0.781m
GM 0

b)

GM corr

GM 0

iT , j
j 1

l b33
12
3
20m 4m
1.0m 4
12 7804.9m 3
0.945m
GM 0

c)

3. Ship speed is Vs = 21 kn = 10.8 m/s

Yaw motion angular velocity:

Vs
Vs
Ds
r
2
Centrifugal force acting on the center of gravity of the ship:

Fkp

Ds
2

Vs

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Assignment 3.
Markus Tompuri

Model Answer

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Having neglected the rudder forces, for the equilibrium the hydrodynamic reaction
and the centrifugal force have the same magnitude.
The heeling moment is:

M ext

T
2

Vs KG

Righting static moment (approximation of initial stability):

M st

GM 0 sin

In the equilibrium situation (steady turn) sum of the moments is zero, therefore:

M ext

M st

T
2

Vs KG

KG
sin

Vs

6.8

T
2

g GM 0
KG

arcsin

GM 0 sin

Vs

T
2

g GM 0

8m
6.2m
10.8m / s
2
arcsin
10.8m / s
550m
9.81 sm3 0.4m