Stiff Ship & Tenuei Ship

NSP RA}0, Naval Aichitect

O There are three important centers in the ship as far as stabiIity is concerned:
4 enter of gravity
4 enter of Buoyancy
4 eta center

O The distance between enter of gravity and eta center is known as

etacentric Height, G

O The distance between entre of buoyancy and etacentre is known as
etacentric Radius, B


O Time Period of RoII is inverseIy proportionaI to the square root of G

O hen G is Iarge, Time period of roII is smaII that means the ship wiII come back
fastThen the ship is said to be STIFF


O hen G is smaII, Time period of roII is Iarge that means the ship wiII come back
sIowIyThen the ship is said to be TENDER

O In generaI The Ship ShouId not be too stiff and too tender


O I has given a generaI guideIine that the initiaI G shaII be not Iess than 0
meters

O If G > 0, Positive StabIe
O If G < 0, Negative StabIe
O If G = 0, NeutraI StabIe