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USSB Unit to study Stability in Boats
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The Unit to study Stability in Boats, "USSB", has been designed to study the stability and hydrostatics of ships.
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General Description
The Unit to study Stability in Boats, "USSB", has been designed to study the stability and hydrostatics of ships. Besides, the buoyancy of the floating body, the metacenter and the center of mass can also be determined.
The unit consists of a flotation tank where different models of ship are submerged held by a clamping mechanism equipped with a clinometer. It allows the performance of rolling and righting experiments.
The unit is supplied with a 1/70 scale model of a cargo vessel that includes several transverse watertight bulkheads in representative positions. Each compartment is equipped with individual flooding valves for the study of the compartments flooding effects.
There are three alternative ship models available for optional study.
A dynamometer is used to measure the righting moment of the ship and a clinometer measures the inclination. Additional ballast and masses may be used to adjust the center of masses and the heel to perform further experiments.
Exercises and guided practices
GUIDED PRACTICAL EXERCISES INCLUDED IN THE MANUAL
- Study and performance of inclining experiments.
- Determination of the effect of a free surface on stability.
- Determination of the influence of a suspended mass on stability.
- Study of the effect of flooding one or several compartments.
- Study and performance of rolling experiments.
- Study and determination of buoyancy and center of buoyancy.
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8.3.- HYDROSTATICS
BHI
The Hydrostatics Bench and Fluid Properties, "BHI", is a compact, mobile and independent unit. There is a water storage tank, to work in a closed system, at the bottom of the bench. The water is distributed by hand pumps from this tank to two...
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