Reeds Vol 13: Ship Stability, Powering and Resistance

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Reeds Vol 13: Ship Stability, Powering and Resistance
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jonathan Ridley
By (author) Christopher Patterson
SeriesReeds Marine Engineering and Technology Series
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:848
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreShipbuilding technology, engineering and trades
Marine engineering
ISBN/Barcode 9781472969705
ClassificationsDewey:623.8171
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Edition 2nd edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Reeds
NZ Release Date 31 August 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This indispensible guide to ship stability covers essential topics such as flotation and buoyancy, small angle, large angle and longitudinal stability, water density effects, bilging, ship resistance, and advanced hydrostatics. Each chapter has a comprehensive list of aims and objectives at the start of the topic, followed by a check-list at the end of the topic for students to ensure that they have developed all the relevant skills before moving onto the next topic area. The book features over 170 worked examples with fully explained solutions, enabling students to work through the examples to build up their knowledge and develop the necessary key skills. The worked examples, which range in difficulty from very simple one-step solutions to SQA standard exam questions and above, are predominantly based on a hypothetical ship. The reader is supplied with extracts from a typical data book for the ship which replicates those found on actual ships, enabling the reader to develop and practise real-life skills.

Author Biography

Jonathan Ridley is Principal Lecturer of Operations at Warsash Maritime Academy, Southampton Solent University, UK. Christopher Patterson BSc is Senior Lecturer of Merchant Vessel Engineering and Teaching and Learning Fellow at Warsash Maritime Academy, Southampton Solent University, UK