TO CHECK IF YOU WOULD FLOAT IN A

DAMAGED CONDITION YOU WOULD NEED TO

KNOW YOUR RESERVE BUOYANCY AND THE
ANGLE OF IMMERSION.
AS A THUMB RULE, THE RESERVE BUOYANCY
= FREEBOARD X TPC
IF THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE
COMPARTMENT DAMAGED IS MORE THAN THE
INITIAL RESERVE BUOYANCY, THE SHIP WILL
DEFINITELY GO DOWN.

THE ANGLE OF DECK EDGE IMMERSION

CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE GENERAL
ARRANGEMENT OF MIDSHIP PLAN BY
USING THE NEW DRAFT AND A
PROTRACTOR.
WE NOW FURTHER NEED TO CALCULATE
THE FOLLOWING TO CHECK THE
SURVIVABILITY OF THE VESSEL
1. DRAFT,
2. TRIM
3. GM, AND
4. ANGLE OF HEEL.

TO START WITH , YOU MUST HAVE THE

STABILITY DATA OF YOUR ORIGINAL INTACT
CONDITION AVAILABLE. ALL THE
CALCULATIONS HERE ARE BASED ON THE
CONSTANT DISPLACEMENT METHOD OF
CALCULATION.

CALCULATING MEAN DRAFT

MEAN SINKAGE = (V)/ (A-a)

= PERMEABILITY

V= VOLUME OF COMPARTMENT

A=WATER PLANE AREA = 100 TPC/1.025

a= WATER PLANE AREA OF DAMAGED

COMPARTMENT

NEW MEAN DRAFT = INITIAL MEAN

DRAFT + SINKAGE.

CALCULATING GM

G IS THE SAME POSITION AS BEFORE.

HOWEVER, M MOVES . THE INITIAL KG IS
KNOWN

FINAL GM = KM-KG

KM = KB + BM

THEREFORE

GM = KB + BM KG

NEW KB = (KB + V (D +S/2) /

= VOLUME OF DISPLACEMENT
(UNCHANGED)

KB = INITIAL KB

V= VOLUME OF COMPARTMENT

D= INITIAL DRAFT

S= SINKAGE (PREVIOUSLY CALCULATED

TO FIND B M (WHEN NOT HEELED)

BM = BM l b3/12

BM =INITIAL BM

Where l = length of W.P.Area of Compt.

b = breadth of ----------do ------------.

= initial displacement .

THE ABOVE IS TRUE FOR ONLY FOR

SYMMETRICAL FLOODING ( NO LIST ).

TO FIND B M (WHEN HEELED)

BM = BM l b3/12 - l b X2/

WHERE X DISTANCE OF WATER PLANE

AREA OF COMPARTMENT FROM

CENTERLINE ( THIS CAN BE MEASURED

OF FROM THE GENERAL ARRANGEMENT
PLAN)

THEREFORE NEW OR FINAL

GM = KB+ BM KG

TO FIND THE TRIM, WE NEED TO FIND

THE MCTC AND THE NEW LCF.

MCTC = GML/ 100L BML/100L

WHERE L = LBP.

B ML IS FOUND IN A SIMILAR WAY AS

THE TRANSVERSE BM.

NEW BML = BML- bl3/12 - lbY2/

WHERE Y = DISTANCE OF WATER PLANE

AREA OF COMPARTMENT FROM
CENTERLINE ( THIS CAN ALSO BE
MEASURED OF FROM THE GENERAL
ARRANGEMENT PLAN)

BML OR KML IS FOUND IN THE STABILITY

BOOKLET KML = KM + BML

TO FIND THE POSITION OF THE NEW LCF

POSITION OF NEW LCF = (A LCF a Y ) /

(A-a)

REMEMBER THAT LCF WILL SHIFT

TOWARDS THE DAMAGED COMPARTMENT.

Y=CENTER OF GRAVITY OF
COMPARTMENT FROM AMIDSHIPS

A=WATER PLANE AREA

a= WATER PLANE AREA OF DAMAGED

COMPARTMENT

LCF = ORIGINAL LCF FROM AMIDSHIPS

TO FIND TRIM :

CHANGE IN TRIM = VY / MCTC

V= VOLUME OF COMPARTMENT

Y = DISTANCE OF CENTER OF GRAVITY OF

COMPARTMENT FROM NEW LCF

MCTC = PREVIOUSLY CALCULATED.

NEW TRIM = OLD TRIM CHANGE IN TRIM

CHANGE IN TRIM WILL BE IN THE

DIRECTION OF THE DAMAGED
COMPARTMENT. THIS CAN BE APPLIED TO
THE NEW HYDROSTATIC DRAFT
CALCULATED EARLIER.

TO CALCULATE ANGLE OF HEEL :

TAN = VX/ GM

= ANGLE OF HEEL

V= VOLUME OF DAMAGED COMPARTMENT

X = DISTANCE OF CENTER OF GRAVITY

OF COMPARTMENT FROM CENTER LINE.

(VX= LISTING MOMENT)

= DISPLACEMENT
GM = NEW GM ( CALCULATED EARLIER).

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE !