TRIM & STABILITY

TRIM & STABILITY

Trim or longitudinal
TrimStability
may be considered as the longitudinal

equivalent of list. Trim is also known as

longitudinal stability. It is in effect transverse
stability turned through 90. Instead of trim
being measured in degrees it is measured as the
difference between the drafts forward and aft. If
difference is zero then the ship is on even keel.
If forward draft is greater than aft draft, the
vessel is trimming by the bow. If aft draft is
greater than the forward draft, the vessel is
trimming by the stern.

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Now let a weight w, already on board, be shifted aft through a distance
d, as shown in Figure 16.1. This causes the centre of gravity of the ship to
shift from G to G1, parallel to the shift of the centre of gravity of the weight
shifted, so that:
or

A trimming moment of W GG1 is thereby produced.

But
The ship will now trim until the centres of gravity and buoyancy are again
in the same vertical line, as shown in Figure 16.2. When trimmed, the
wedge of buoyancy LFL1 emerges and the wedge WFW1 is immersed. Since
the ship, when trimmed, must displace the same weight of water as when
on an even keel, the volume of the immersed wedge must be equal to the
volume of the emerged wedge and F, the point about which the ship trims,
is the centre of gravity of the water-plane area. The point F is called the
centre of flotation or tipping centre.
W GG w d

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