Ship stability is an area of naval architecture and ship design that deals with how a ship behaves at sea, both in still water and in waves. Stability calculations focus on the center of gravity and center of buoyancy of vessels and on how these interact.
Read more about Ship Stability: History, Add-on Stability Systems, Calculated Stability Conditions, Required Stability, See Also, References
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