Ship Hydrostatics and Stability

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). Rubén López-Pulido is a member of the UK’s Royal Institution of Naval Architects and the Spanish Association of Naval Architects. Former maritime attaché of the Embassy of Spain in London and representative of Spain to the International Maritime Organization of the UN. He was a naval architect and software engineer at SENER working on the development of the naval architecture modules of the FORAN system, a CAD/CAM/CAE software for ship design and shipbuilding. He was a hydrodynamicist and stability of ships researcher at the CEHINAV (ETSIN-UPM) Madrid Ship Model Basin. In 2010, he received the Spanish National Outstanding Career Award for naval architects under 35 years of age to recognize his outstanding professional service and contributions to the maritime and shipping business, naval architecture, and marine engineering community.

1. Definitions, principal dimensions 2. Basic ship hydrostatics 3. Numerical integration in naval architecture 4. Hydrostatic curves 5. Statical stability at large angles of heel 6. Simple models of stability 7. Weight and trim calculation 8. Intact stability regulations I 9. Stability in Waves 10. Intact stability regulations II 11. Flooding and damage condition 12. Linear ship response in waves 13. Computer methods