460-Hydrostatics, Wetted Surface Area, and Bonjeans Curves

By: Kevin M. Kerwin, PE

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Course Objective

This Continuing Education course is written for Professional Engineers and others who are Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, and those who are interested in learning the tools required to determine ship stability.

Course Description

460-Hydrostatics, Wetted Surface Area, and Bonjeans Curves

This course is intended to show the calculation of Hydrostatics, wetted surface area, and the use of Bonjeans Curves, important tools for how ship stability is calculated.

This class covers the following topics:

Important reference datums or axes
Useful terms and abbreviations
How Hydrostatics are calculated
What information is contained in the Hydrostatics
How to read a Hydrostatic Table
How to read the Hydrostatic Curves
Differences in accuracy between the two sets of Hydrostatics
Wetted Surface Area calculation
Bonjeans Curves

Questions about this course? Email the Author: knakevin@kerwinnavalarchitects.com

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Course Code: 100298-09

Course PDH Hours: 1

Engineering Course Approvals

This course is accepted for engineering continuing education credit in all US states, territories, the District of Columbia, and Canadian provinces.
Ohio rules allow only 6-hours of unsupervised online courses such as this course per license renewal period
Kansas rules allow only 5-hours of self-study courses such as this course per license renewal period

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