Start of Critical Period: Dry-Docking
Start of Critical Period: Dry-Docking
Start of Critical Period: Dry-Docking
Sequence of events:
B1
B2
In between the time the ship touches the blocks aft and touches
forward and aft the ship undergoes a change of trim.
The change of trim at any stage during the critical period may be
considered to be the same as that change of trim that would have
occurred had a weight ‘w’ been discharged at the aft perpendicular
equivalent to the upthrust P in tonnes.
GV
d
w
K
G will move directly away from the centre of gravity of the
discharged weight (which was at K) to GV.
Therefore: d = Initial KG
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The upthrust P acting at the keel during the critical period will
have exactly the same effect as if a weight equal to P had been
discharged from the keel. Consider a ship during the critical
period being slightly inclined by an external force.
P (W-P)
M
Z1 G Z
B1
Z1 G Z
B1
W
[(W-P) × GZ] gives a righting moment.
[P × GZ1] gives a capsizing moment.
Therefore:
Available righting moment = [(W-P) × GZ] - [P × GZ1]
GGV = w × d Loss of GM = P × KG
W-w W-P
P × x = (W-P) × y
P (W-P)
M
M1 y
x
G
G
B1
M1 y
x
B1
expanding this;
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(W × MM1) - (P × MM1) = P × KM1
(W × MM1) = P × Initial KM
MM1 = P × KM
W
Note
The KM in the formula is that which is appropriate to the
waterline for the time that the loss of GM is being calculated
for. It is found by entering the hydrostatic data with either the
true mean draught or the effective displacement (W-P).