3.2 Severe wind and rolling criterion (weather criterion)
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3.2 Severe wind and rolling criterion (weather criterion)

3.2.1 Scope

 This criterion supplements the stability criteria given in section 3.1. The more stringent criteria of section 3.1 given above and the weather criterion should govern the minimum requirements for passenger or cargo ships of 24 m in length and over.

3.2.2 Recommended weather criterion

  3.2.2.1 The ability of a ship to withstand the combined effects of beam wind and rolling should be demonstrated for each standard condition of loading, with reference to the figure as follows:

  • .1 the ship is subjected to a steady wind pressure acting perpendicular to the ship's centreline which results in a steady wind heeling level (1w1).

  • .2 from the resultant angle of equilibrium (θo), the ship is assumed to roll owing to wave action to an angle of roll (θ 1) to windward. Attention should be paid to the effect of steady wind so that excessive resultant angles of heel are avoided;footnote

  • .3 the ship is then subjected to a gust wind pressure which results in a gust wind heeling lever (1w2);

  • .4 under these circumstances, area “b” should be equal to or greater than area “a”;

  • .5 free surface effects (section 3.3) should be accounted for in the standard conditions of loading as set out in section 3.5;

    The angles in the above figure are defined as follows:

    θo = angle of heel under action of steady wind (see 3.2.2.1.2 and footnotefootnote)
    θ1 = angle of roll to windward due to wave action
    θ2 = angle of downflooding (θf) or 50° or θc, whichever is less,
    where:
    θf = angle of heel at which openings in the hull, superstructures or deckhouses which cannot be closed weathertight immerse. In applying this criterion, small openings through which progressive flooding cannot take place need not be considered as open.
    θc = angle of second intercept between wind heeling lever lw2 and GZ curves.

Figure 1 Severe wind and rolling

  3.2.2.2 The wind heeling levers lw1and lw2 referred to in 3.2.2.1.1 and 3.2.2.1.3 are constant values at all angles of inclination and should be calculated as follows:

where:
P = wind pressure of 504 Pa. The value of P used for ships in restricted service may be reduced subject to the approval of the Administration;
A = projected lateral area of the portion of the ship and deck cargo above the waterline (m2);
Z = vertical distance from the centre of A to the centre of the underwater lateral area or approximately to a point at one half the mean draught (m);
Δ = displacement (t)
g = gravitational acceleration of 9.81 m/s2

  3.2.2.3 The angle of roll (θ 1)footnote referred to in 3.2.2.1.2 should be calculated as follows:

where:
X1 = factor as shown in table 1
X2 = factor as shown in table 2
k = factor as follows:
k = 1.0 for round-bilged ship having no bilge or bar keels
k = 0.7 for a ship having sharp bilges
k = as shown in table 3 for a ship having bilge keels, a bar keel or both
with:
OG = distance between the centre of gravity and the waterline (m) (+ if centre of gravity is above the waterline, - if it is below)
d = mean moulded draught of the ship (m)
s = factor as shown in table 4.

Table 1 Values of factor X1

B/d X1
≤ 2.4 1.0
2.5 0.98
2.6 0.96
2.7 0.95
2.8 0.93
2.9 0.91
3.0 0.90
3.1 0.88
3.2 0.86
3.3 0.84
3.4 0.82
≥ 3.5 0.80

Table 2 Values of factor X2

CB X2
≤ 0.45 0.75
0.50 0.82
0.55 0.89
0.60 0.95
0.65 0.97
≥ 0.70 1.0

Table 3 Values of factor k

k
0 1.0
1.0 0.98
1.5 0.95
2.0 0.88
2.5 0.79
3.0 0.74
3.5 0.72
≥ 4.0 0.70

Table 4 Values of factor s

T s
≤ 6 0.100
7 0.098
8 0.093
12 0.065
14 0.053
16 0.044
18 0.038
≥ 20 0.035

 (Intermediate values in tables 1-4 should be obtained by linear interpolation.)

where:
C =

 The symbols in the above tables and formula for the rolling period are defined as follows:

L = length of the ship at waterline (m)
B = moulded breadth of the ship (m)
d = mean moulded draught of the ship (m)
CB = block coefficient
Ak = total overall area of bilge keels, or area of the lateral projection of the bar keel, or sum of these areas (m2)
GM = metacentric height corrected for free surface effect (m).

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