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Damage Stability - Margin-Line Clearance

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Margin-line clearance check - in damaged condition, the waterline must not immerse the margin line (76 mm below bulkhead deck at side) per SOLAS II-1 Reg. 7.

Formula

$$ \text{clear} = (h_{BHD} - 0.076) - (T_{dam} + y_{half} \tan\theta) $$

Symbol legend

SymbolMeaningUnitSource
$h_{BHD}$Bulkhead deck at sidemGA drawing
$T_{dam}$Damaged mean draftmhydrostatics
$\theta$Damaged heeldegdamage case analysis

Sources

  • SOLAS II-1 Reg. 7.