A negative metacentric height __________.
A. will always cause a vessel to capsize
B. should always be immediately corrected
C. always results from offcenter weights
D. All of the above are correct
A. will always cause a vessel to capsize
B. should always be immediately corrected
C. always results from offcenter weights
D. All of the above are correct
hi, captain!
ReplyDeleteOption B. A negative metacentric height is always a huge problem e must be corrected immediately! Nice questions, congratulations!
Also B. I used to work on a semi-submersible that would go through a period of negative GM when the pontoons would submerge. Fun stuff!
ReplyDeleteB. Its a potential disaster waiting to happen. Fix it immediately.
ReplyDeleteB is the correct answer.
ReplyDeleteWhen a vessel flops over with a Negative GM it resides at what is know as an "Angle of Loll", where G is above M.
A virtual Rise in G can be caused by Free Surface Effects which can cause a Negative GM.
Bravo.
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