Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Wear to covers and spine, edges and corners creased and worn, bottom 7cm of spine missing, surface of spine worn, internally in reasonable condition, pages crisp and clear but yellowing, page3/4 detached, first few pages a little loose.
Language: English
Published by Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, U.S.A., 1990
ISBN 10: 0434910287 ISBN 13: 9780434910281
Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Book is in very clean condition with sraight, tight, solid binding, light shelf wear to covers only, page ends marked in red pen with previous owner's name. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 127 pages full of graphs, charts, formulae, very technical in orientation. Chapters include Simpson's rules, Ship stresses, Transverse stability, Longitudinal stability, drydocking, water pressure, Free surface, Stability data, etc. Keywords: Curves of Metacentres, Statical Stability, Stable Equilibrium, Coefficient Block, Prismatic, Waterplane, Center of Flotatiion, Bouyancy, Gravity, Pressure, Trim, Displacement, Draught, Dynamical, Free Surface, Flooding, GEC -- Elliot Safe Load Computer, Hydrostatic, Inclining Test, Inertia, KN Curves, Reserve, Righting Lever, Moment, Rolling, Shear, Stress, Synchronism, Upthrust, Waterplane, Metacentric Height, Moseley's Formula, Morrish's, Period of Roll.