Alternative Method for Stability Assessment of Indonesian Traditional Wooden Boats

Abstract

Due to the small down-flooding angle, the available intact stability criteria were difficult to apply to an Indonesian traditional wooden. This paper discusses the application of the dead ship criteria of Second Generation Intact Stability Criteria as an alternative method to assess the stability of the Indonesian traditional wooden boats. The hydrodynamics factors correspond to the formula to calculate the heel angle due to wave were determined by model experiments. The calculations were conducted for four different down-flooding angles consisting of 20 degrees, 25 degrees, 30 degrees and 35 degrees with scattered wave data of Lombok Strait. The results showed that the critical metacentric height decreases if the down-flooding angle increases. The minimum area under the righting arm curve up to the down-flooding angle tends to be independent of the down-flooding angle. The capsizing index corresponds to the critical metacentric height decreased when the down-flooding angle increased. These results showed that the method to assess ship stability in the Second Generation Intact Stability Criteria could be used to evaluate the stability of the Indonesian traditional wooden boats.