Stresses on ship have been discussed here. A ship like other objects is subjected to both stress and strain, and since the size of the ship is large, they serve a great importance. Ship is subject to stress and strain because loading, buoyancy, weather and machinery. All of them have different effect on ship structure. It […]
Watertight Bulkhead is an integral part of the modern ship construction and serves as a strengthening member. It is to be noted that it also gives protection to the ship from any kind of fire or grounding. It won’t let the other compartment fill in case grounding takes places in one part. To simplify this, […]
Inclining Experiment is discussed in this article which is used to determine the metacentric height of a ship. Metacentric height or GM, is crucial and critical for a ship stability. If the GM of the ship is more, than ship become stiff. This makes ships to roll but come back to original place very fast. […]
Dry Docking is an important practice that is associated with all the vessels that float on the water. In this article we will focus on the merchant ships only. When ship is sailing on the sea, there are several maintenances that cannot be carried out when ship is floating on the water. Mostly under water spaces are checked and repaired when […]
Learn about center of gravity of ship and how does it changes when there is a movement of mass on the ship. Concept of Center of Gravity COG of an object is the point at which the whole weight of the object may be regarded as acting. If this object is suspended from COG, then it will remain balanced […]
Read about free surface effect in vessels and the methods that are used to reduce the same. If, free surface effect is not corrected, then it posses great threat to the stability of the ship. Tanker ships mostly have problem with this type of effect. Let’s see what it is and how we tackle in real scenarios. Concept of Free […]
The ship is defined in terms of its size and the shape. This is required to find out it’s characteristics for stability, resistance, power needed to run the ship at a particular speed, her seaworthiness, it’s maneuverability, load carrying capacity etc. Read about the terminology that is used in the naval architecture and ship construction. Also know about the […]