Ship Stability Engineering: Metacentric Height (GM), GZ Righting Curves & Damage Stability
In the unforgiving physics of naval architecture, a ship at sea is an unconstrained floating body subject to six degrees of freedom: surge, sway, heave, pitch, yaw, and roll. Among these, the maintenance of transverse stability—the physical ability of a vessel to resist capsizing when subjected to heavy beam seas, high crosswinds, cargo shifts, or … Read more
