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Buyoncy Force of A HULL
Buyoncy Force of A HULL
TERMINAL OBJECTIVES:
ENABLING OBJECTIVES:
FUNDAMENTALS OF STABILITY
Stability is the tendency of a vessel to rotate one way or the other when
forcibly inclined. Stability can be broken down into several categories,
each of which are alternatively emphasized in designing and operating
Navy and Coast Guard ships.
STABILITY
INITIAL STABILITY - The stability of a ship in the range from 0°
to 7°/10° of inclination.
The ship's hull will sink to a draft where the forces of buoyancy and the
forces of gravity are equal.
DISPLACEMENT
GRAVITY
The force of gravity acts vertically downward through the ship's center
of gravity. The magnitude of the force depends on the ship's total
weight.
UNITS OF MEASURE
Force: A push or pull that tends to produce motion or a
change in motion. Units: tons, pounds, Newtons, etc.
Height = 8 FT of 6 FT
1. First, calculate the volume of water that has been added to the
compartment.
= 20 FT x 20 FT x 6 FT
= 2400 FT3
M - Metacenter
G - Center of Gravity
B - Center of Buoyancy
K - Keel
K - Keel: The base line reference point from which all other
reference point measurements are compared.
When the ship's hull is made heavier, the drafts increase as the ship
sits deeper in the water. "B" will move up.
When the ship's hull is lightened, the drafts decrease as the ship sits
shallower in the water. "B" will move down.
The distance between the forces of buoyancy and gravity is known as the
ship’s righting arm. As shown above, the righting arm is a perpendicular
line drawn from the center of gravity to the point of intersection on the
force of buoyancy line.
For small angles of heel (0o through 7o to 10o, metacenter doesn’t move),
the value for the ship’s righting arm (GZ) may be found by using
trigonometry:
Using the Sine function to solve for the righting arm:
With initial stability (0o to 7o-10o) the metacenter does not move, and
the Sine function is almost linear (a straight line.) Therefore, the size
of the ship’s Righting Arm, GZ, is directly proportional to the size of
the ship’s Metacentric Height, GM. Thus, GM is a good measure of the
ship’s initial stability.
RM = 2.4 FT x 6000 LT
STABILITY CONDITIONS
The positions of Gravity and the Metacenter will indicate the initial
stability of a ship. Following damage, the ship will assume one of the
following three stability conditions:
POSITIVE STABILITY
NEUTRAL STABILITY
The metacenter and the ship’s
center of gravity are in the same
location. As the ship is inclined,
no Righting Arms are created.
(until the metacenter starts to
move after the ship is inclined
past 7o-10o)
NEGATIVE STABILITY
The ship’s center of gravity is
located above the metacenter. As
the ship is inclined, negative
Righting Arms (called upsetting
arms) are created which tend to
capsize the ship.
Range of Stability: This ship will generate Righting Arms when inclined
from 0o to approximately 74o. (This curve usually assumes that the entire
superstructure is watertight.)
Angle of Maximum Righting Arm: The angle of inclination where the maximum
Righting Arm occurs.
Danger Angle: One half the angle of the maximum Righting Arm.
Used for determining displacement and other properties of the ship for
stability and damage control. These draft marks indicate the depth of the
keel (baseline) below the waterline.
Ship’s operating drafts. These draft marks include the depth of any
projections below the keel of the ship.
Since the required minimum freeboard varies with water density and
severity of weather, different markings are used for:
- F - Fresh Water
- S - Standard Summer
- W - Winter
4. MT1", TPI, KM, and LCB are determined using LINE #2.
Example: