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Moment to Change Trim 1 cm

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Longitudinal-moment sensitivity of trim for a wall-sided ship.

Formula

$$ \text{MCT1cm} = \frac{\Delta \cdot GM_L}{100 \cdot L_{pp}} $$

Symbol legend

SymbolMeaningUnitSource
$\Delta$Displacementthydrostatic table
$GM_L$Longitudinal metacentric heightmhydrostatic table
$L_{pp}$Length between perpendicularsmship particulars
$MCT1cm$Moment to change trim 1 cmt·m / cmresult

Sources

  • Derrett & Barrass Ch.10.
  • SNAME - PNA Vol I.