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Cargo Handling 4: Displacement Calculations (1 cr)

Code: MM14M204-3006

General information


Enrollment

15.06.2023 - 19.11.2023

Timing

20.11.2023 - 17.12.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

1 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Technology and Seafaring

Teaching languages

  • English

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Maritime Management, Captain

Teachers

  • Jani Lampiola

Groups

  • MMC21D-Å
    Maritime Management, Captain, 2021, full-time studies

Objective

The student knows how to calculate displacement and longitu-dinal/transverse stability with different densities. He/she is able to use Simpson’s rules to calculate surfaces and volumes for irregular bodies.

The student is provided with knowledge of the IMO recom-mendations concerning ship stability.

The objectives presented in the Convention table A-II/2 col-umn 2 are followed as applicable.

Content

• Stability calculations
• Surface and volume calculations (Simpson’s rules)
• Form coefficients
• Static stability and stability curves
• Calculating free surfaces
• Dynamical stability
• The influence of density on draught
• The true mean draught
• Inclining test
• Trim Loading programmes and their use

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

Cargo Handling 2 (OpL)