Ship Stability for Deck Officers: GM, Free Surface, Trim, Stability Curves and Damage Stability with 280 Practice Questions

By Talor Press

The number is only as good as the condition it applies to. Sixteen chapters build stability from what GM actually measures to the criteria a loading condition has to satisfy, with every working calculation shown in numbers.

The language of stability, displacement and hydrostatics, loading discharging and shifting weights, free surface effect, list and heel and the inclining test, trim and longitudinal stability, stability curves and the large angle story, stiff and tender ships and rolling, bulk cargoes and grain and cargo shift, damage stability and watertight integrity, heavy weather and icing, and the stability book as an authority rather than a reference.

WHAT IS INSIDE

280 multiple-choice questions: 240 chapter questions plus a 40-question practice final examination

Complete answer keys for both, with 72 explained answers for the ones that most often catch people out

4 worked loading scenarios

8 clear technical diagrams

Examination preparation, a revision checklist built from every chapter, and chapters on records and on keeping competence current

A 14-term glossary

WHO IT IS FOR

Deck cadets and officers preparing for examinations, and serving officers who want the working behind the loading computer output.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HCPK9TZX
• ISBN13: 9798190501438
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"