Yacht Design School Lesson 6b
Stability
Revised 05/07/2020 - Copyright 202
0Books To Be Read With This Lesson
Albert Strange on Yacht Design Construction and Cruising by/ed.
by Jamie Clay & Mark Miller
Preliminary Design of Boats and Ships by Cyrus Hamlin
Seaworthiness - The Forgotten Factor by C.A. Marchaj
Skene's Elements of Yacht Design, 8th edition, edited by Francis S. Kinney
Tall Ships Down by Daniel S. Parrot
Yacht Designing and Planning by Howard I. Chapelle
Tools for This Lesson
No additional tools are required.
What You Will Receive With This Lesson
What You Will Learn In This Lesson
Basic Concepts of Stability
Static Stability
Dynamic Stability
Metacentric Height as a Measure of Initial Stability
Comparative Stability by the Wind Pressure Coefficient Method
Comparative Stability by the Dellenbaugh Angle Method
Stability Testing by Inclining Experiments
Moment of Inertia
Waterplane Moment of Inertia about the Centerline
Moment to Alter Trim One Inch & Moment to Heel
Free Surface Effects