Damaged Stability

Bilging
Damaged Stability
When a vessel is holed in a compartment that
extends above the waterline, then the vessel
has lost part of its effective waterplane.
The moment of inertia of the waterplane is
reduced I = LB/12
Hence the BM is reduced BM = I/V
Results in a loss of stability
Damaged Stability
No gain to vessels weightKG remains
constant
Think of water flowing in and water flowing
out of the hull.
The buoyancy of the compartment would no
longer assist the vessel but there would be no
extra weight from within that compartment.
USS Cole
Damaged Stability
What happens when bilged (holed)

Volume lost = Volume gained
Underwater volume lost in the damaged
condition must be gained in the remaining
intact section of the vessel.
This occurs as the hull sinks in the water.

Volume lost = Volume gained
Vessel sinks until
volume lost is recovered by the volume gained
VOLUME
LOST
GAINED
VOLUME
Volume lost = Volume gained
If volume gained =
area of intact waterplane x increase in draft
Then the volume lost =
area of intact waterplane x increase in draft
So we can say:
Increase in draft= Volume of lost buoyancy
Area of intact waterplane

Damaged Stability
The vessel will experience the following:
Increase in draft
Reduction of vessels GM
Change of trim and/or list depending upon the
site of bilging and the integrity of the
compartment.

Permeability
Permeability is the amount of water that can fill a
compartment after it has been bilged.
An empty hold would have a permeability of
100%
An engine room would typically have a
permeability of 80% 85%
Coal filled holdpermeability of 30%-40%
The symbol (pronounced mew) is used
for permeability
Permeability
Coal filled hold permeability of 30%-40% Empty hold permeability of 100%
Permeabilty
Formulae:

Permeability = Volume occupied by water
Volume of compartment
= Broken Stowage x 100 percent
Stowage factor

Permeability
Permeability will affect the volume of flooding
and the amount of lost waterplane.
If applied to the increase in draft formula

Increase in draft= Vol of Lost Buoyancy x
Original Waterplane Area Lost Area x