The metacentric height (GM) is a measurement of the initial static stability of a floating body. It is calculated as the distance between the centre of...

Look up metacentric in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Metacentric may refer to: Metacentric height, the distance between the center of gravity of a ship...

righting moment and metacentric height). Tumblehome is the inverse of flare, where the hull becomes narrower with increasing height. Naval architecture...

to side caused by waves. Angle of loll Heeling (sailing) Capsizing Metacentric height Ship stability Ship motions Kemp, Peter (1976). The Oxford Companion...

minimum metacentric height or a minimum righting moment. Because different countries may have different requirements for the minimum metacentric height, most...

negative metacentric height) and therefore takes on an angle of heel to either port or starboard. When a vessel has negative metacentric height (GM) i.e...

"righting arm" acting to restore a tilting ship to vertical; see metacentric height Galaxy Zoo, a crowdsourced astronomy project Gaza Strip (FIPS PUB...

(disambiguation) Centre of gravity frame Centre of gravity wavelength Metacentric height This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...

Standard gravitational parameter μ = G M   {\displaystyle \mu =GM\ } Metacentric height, related to ship stability Transconductance, an electronic component...

a large metacentric height rolls more quickly and therefore more uncomfortably for people on board; a vessel with a small metacentric height will roll...

tons (33,326 t), depending on the type of bulge fitted. The ships' metacentric height was 3.4 feet (1.0 m) at deep load without a bulge fitted and 5.1 feet...

the protective deck was at waterline, the ships were given a large metacentric height so that they would remain stable in the event of flooding above the...

Their crew consisted of 1,360 officers and enlisted men. They had a metacentric height of 1.74 metres (5 ft 9 in) at deep load. During the ships' modernization...

normally and 22,560 long tons (22,922 t) at deep load. They had a metacentric height of 6 feet (1.8 m) at deep load and a complete double bottom. Their...

Static and dynamic forces on a boundary Laminar and turbulent flow Metacentric height and vessel stability Pump Design. Hydro-Electric Power Generation...

freeboard at high rolling angles, so she had to be given a larger metacentric height (the vertical distance between the metacentre and the centre of gravity...

unfortunate side effects, including a lower center of gravity, higher metacentric height, and the loss of coal bunkers, which were employed as part of the...

Curtis or Parsons steam turbines. Their larger beam gave them greater metacentric height, in which the Delawares were notably deficient, which improved buoyancy...

draughts and comparing with the known hydrostatic properties. The metacentric height (GM), which dominates stability, can be estimated from the design...

at deep load, increases of over 3,000 long tons (3,000 t). Their metacentric height declined from 6 ft (1.8 m) at deep load to 4.4 ft (1.3 m) and the...

extended up the side to the lower edge of the armor deck. She had a metacentric height of 2.54 feet (0.8 m) and was fitted with a ram bow. Texas's machinery...

12 mph). Her crew numbered 940 officers and ratings in 1917. Her metacentric height was 3.4 feet (1.0 m) at deep load. The Revenge class was equipped...

normally and 22,890 long tons (23,257 t) at deep load. She had a metacentric height of 5.33 feet (1.6 m) at deep load. Furious and her half-sisters were...

them exceedingly wet even in a slight swell. They had a transverse metacentric height of 0.734 m (2 ft 4.9 in). The ships had a standard crew of 35 officers...

forecastle deck to cure some minor structural problems forward. They had a metacentric height of 6.2 feet (1.9 m) at deep load as built as well as a complete double...

load and 17,820 long tons (18,106 t) at deep load. Lord Nelson had a metacentric height of 5.27 feet (1.6 m) at extra deep load. The Lord Nelson class "proved...

long tons (610 t) of ballast still left the ship with a very low metacentric height of only 1.6 feet (0.49 m) lightly loaded and 3.8 feet (1.2 m) at deep...

the ships lost up to 62% speed and heeled over 7 degrees. With a metacentric height of 2.53 m (8 ft 4 in), larger than that of their British equivalents...

150 tons overweight and dangerously top-heavy due to insufficient metacentric height, it touched off a redesign and rebuilding of the class. One 5-inch...

8 m) and a draught of 12 feet 3 inches (3.7 m). The A class had a metacentric height of 1.76 feet (0.54 m) at deep load. The ships' complement was 138...