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1 Ch. 4 - Initial Transverse Stability: 1.1 Righting Arm and Metacentric Height (GM) by crowds-refills94 is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Chapter 4 discusses the initial transverse stability of ships, focusing on concepts such as the metacentric radius and righting arm at small heel angles. It introduces key variables and equations for calculating stability, emphasizing the importance of the metacentric height and the effects of larger heel angles on stability behavior. The chapter also includes a derivation of the metacentric radius using the wedge method and outlines the conditions under which the small-angle approximation holds true.
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