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BM - from Waterline Inertia

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Transverse metacentric radius BM from transverse moment of inertia of waterplane divided by displaced volume - fundamental stability geometry.

Formula

$$ BM = I_T / \nabla $$

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SymbolMeaningUnitSource
$I_T$Transverse moment of inertia of WLm⁴waterplane survey
$\nabla$Displaced volumehydrostatics

Sources

  • Rawson & Tupper Vol 1.