Posts Tagged gravity

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Free Surface Effect

Sep28
by seafarer2008 on September 28, 2018 at 1:45 am
Posted In: Ships

Free Surface Effect Have you ever seen a sinking ship? I am sure you have. Nowadays, movies and TV news footage are able to show scenes of ships that have taken in a lot of water. The movie, Titanic, has […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Pump Trouble

Sep27
by seafarer2008 on September 27, 2018 at 5:04 am
Posted In: Skills

Troubleshooting Centrifugal Pumps Because most of the pumps on board ship are centrifugal pumps, we will examine the symptoms and common causes of centrifugal pump problems here. Centrifugal pumps work, as the name suggests, on the centrifugal forces acting on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Transverse Stability

Sep04
by seafarer2008 on September 4, 2018 at 11:53 am
Posted In: Ships

Transverse Stability How do we determine whether a ship is seaworthy or not? Although there are many factors that will affect seaworthiness, we can generally agree that a ship is seaworthy when it is fit to carry the cargo in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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