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    Ship stability is an area of naval architecture and ship design that deals with how a ship behaves at sea, both in still water and in waves, whether intact...
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    measurement of the initial static stability of a floating body. It is calculated as the distance between the centre of gravity of a ship and its metacentre. A larger...
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    Seamanship (redirect from Ship-handling)
    operating a ship, boat or other craft on water. The Oxford Dictionary states that seamanship is "The skill, techniques, or practice of handling a ship or boat...
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    Simpson's rules are a set of rules used in ship stability and naval architecture, to calculate the areas and volumes of irregular figures. This is an application...
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  • dynamical systems Asymptotic stability Linear stability Lyapunov stability Orbital stability Structural stability Stability (probability), a property of...
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    (sailing) Capsizing Metacentric height Ship stability Ship motions Kemp, Peter (1976). The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. Oxford University Press...
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    Draft (hull) (redirect from Draft (ship))
    stabilize the ship, following the unloading of cargo. The draft of a large ship has little direct link with its stability because stability depends mainly...
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    initial stability and secondary stability are part of naval architecture as applied to small watercraft (as distinct from the study of ship stability concerning...
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    (2021-01-09). "Ship Stability - What Makes a Ship Unstable?". Marine Insight. Retrieved 2021-10-13. Sawyer, L.A. and Mitchell, W.H. The Liberty Ships: The History...
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  • Secondary stability, also known as reserve stability, is a boat or ship's ability to right itself at large angles of heel (lateral tilt), as opposed to...
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