Ship stability for masters and mates, 7th edition.

Article Type:	Book review
Date:	Oct 1, 2013
Words:	132
Publication:	Reference & Research Book News
ISSN:	0887-3763

9780080970936

Barrass, C. B. and D.R. Derrett.

Butterworth-Heinemann

2012

567 pages

$79.95

VM159

British specialists in marine technology (Barrass) and navigation (Derrett) provide a resource for students studying for their Transport Certificates of Competency for Deck Officers and Engineering Officers and STCW equivalent international qualification. Primarily for chief mates and officers on watch on board merchant ships, it focuses on linking ship stability with ship motions. The topics include the effect of decreasing free surface on stability, moments of statical stability, timber ship freeboard marks, effects of change of density on a ship's draft and trim, and draft surveys. Answers to chapter-end exercises are appended. First published in 1964 and updated here from the 2006 edition.

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