Ship Hydrostatics and Stability is a complete guide to understanding ship hydrostatics in ship design and ship performance, taking you from first principles through basic and applied theory to contemporary mathematical techniques for hydrostatic modeling and analysis. Real life examples of the practical application of hydrostatics are used to explain the theory and calculations using MATLAB and Excel. The new edition of this established resource takes in recent developments in naval architecture, such as parametric roll, the effects of non-linear motions on stability and the influence of ship lines, along with new international stability regulations. Extensive reference to computational techniques is made throughout and downloadable MATLAB files accompany the book to support your own hydrostatic and stability calculations. The book also includes definitions and indexes in French, German, Italian and Spanish to make the material as accessible as possible for international readers.

The leading resource on hydrostatic approaches to ship stability for naval architects

About the Author
Adrian Biran is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. He has a Dipl. Ing. Degree from the Bucharest Polytechnic Institute and MSc and DSc degrees form the Technion. Adrian Biran worked as design engineer and project leader for IPRONAV in Bucharest, and Israel Shipyards and as research engineer in the Technion R&D Foundation in Haifa. Ruben Lopez-Pulido is a Member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA), UK, and the Spanish Association of Naval Architects (AINE). Former Maritime Attache of the Embassy of Spain in London and Representative of Spain to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) of UN. He was Naval Architect & Software Engineer at SENER working as developer of Naval Architecture Modules of FORAN System, a CAD/CAM/CAE software for ship design and shipbuilding. He was Hydrodynamicist and Stability of Ships Researcher at the CEHINAV (ETSIN-UPM) Madrid Ship Model Basin. In 2010 he received the Spanish National Best Outstanding Career Award for naval architects under 35 years of age, to recognize outstanding professional service and contributions to the maritime & shipping business, naval architecture and marine engineering community.


Book Information
ISBN 9780080982878
Author Adrian Biran
Format Paperback
Page Count 414
Imprint Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology
Weight(grams) 770g