Any damage to the ship’s hull plating results in specific consequences in the form of flooding one or more watertight compartments, thereby causing changes in the ship’s stability and position. Determining these changes is the essence of unsinkability calculations related to the operation of a damaged ship. The paper presents a methodology for calculating the metacentric height and the ship’s position during the flooding of a damaged compartment. A computer program developed for simulating the flooding of a damaged compartment is presented, and the metacentric height during the flooding of the main engine room is determined.
Any damage to the plating results in specific consequences, i.e., the flooding of one or more watertight compartments, which causes changes in the ship’s stability and position. Determining these changes is the essence of unsinkability calculations related to the operation of a damaged ship. During the operation of a ship, atypical damage may occur that is not foreseen in the stability documentation, which is why knowledge of unsinkability calculation methods is essential.
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Source: Logistyka Magazine