Ship Hydrostatics and Stability

by Adrian Biran, Rubén López-Pulido

Overview

Ship Hydrostatics and Stability, Third Edition, is a comprehensive guide to understanding ship hydrostatics in ship design and ship performance, taking you from first principles through basic and applied theory to contemporary mathematical techniques for ship design and project approval. Real-life examples are used to explain the theory and calculations using MATLAB and Excel.

The new edition of this trusted resource covers new naval architecture regulations, such as a Second-Generation Intact Stability Code (SGISC), and new case studies. Extensive reference to computational techniques is made throughout, and downloadable MATLAB files accompany the book to support your own hydrostatics and stability calculations.

The book also includes tables of notations and technical terms, as well as indexes in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080982908
Publisher:	Butterworth-Heinemann
Publication date:	10/17/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	414
File size:	11 MB
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About the Author

Adrian Biran, DSc in Technology Sciences, worked for many years as an adjunct professor at the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology. He is the author of several technical papers and best-selling books published in six languages on various subjects, including naval architecture and MATLAB. Earlier in his career, he held roles including design engineer, chief of department, and project leader at IPRONAV (Bucharest, Romania), project leader at IPA (Bucharest, Romania), senior engineer at the Israel Shipyards (Haifa, Israel), and research engineer at the Technion R&D Foundation (Haifa, Israel).

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An essential resource for naval architects

Table of Contents

Basic ship hydrostaticsNumerical integration in naval architectureHydrostatic curvesStatical stability at large angles of heelSimple models of stabilityWeight and trim calculationsIntact stability regulations IParametric resonanceIntact stability regulations IIFlooding and damage conditionLinear ship response in wavesComputer methods

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A comprehensive guide to understanding ship hydrostatics in ship design and ship performance.

Editorial Reviews

"The hydrostatic approach to ship stability aims to balance idealized ship weight against buoyancy forces. This textbook is a complete guide to understanding ship hydrostatics in ship design and ship performance. Real life examples explain the theory and calculations." —Offshore Engineer, October 2004

"I found the book to be a thorough, well-referenced treatment of those areas of naval architecture it set out to cover. The subject matter is developed in a logical way as the reader progresses through the book. It will be very useful to those taking a degree or practising in the field." —Eric Tupper, Author of Introduction to Naval Architecture, The Naval Architect, Feb 2004

"The book meets expectations of both academia and practice. This excellent textbook, which may also serve as reference throughout the professional career, deserves unrestricted recommendation and should soon be found on the bookshelf of any naval architect or mariner." —Volker Bertram - author of Practical Ship Hydrodynamics and Ship Design for Efficiency and Economy

"The author guides readers from first principles though basic and applied hydostatic and ship stability theory, and introduced conteporary mathematical techniques for hydrostatic modeling and analysis" —Sea Technology, Nov 03

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