Armfield – Naval Architecture – NA8 Ships Stability Apparatus
The NA8 Ships Stability System is designed for the study of ship hydrostatics and stability. A comprehensive manual provides hydrostatic stability and other data for ship models and includes a number of experiments which are useful to students. Exercises are conducted on a 1/70 scale model of a general cargo vessel of 28,000-tonne ship mass. Rolling, righting and the effects of flooding various compartments may be studied. Optional alternative ships models are also available for study.
Demonstration Capabilities
- Inclining experiment
- Influence of a free surface
- Influence of a suspended mass (with the optional crane ship model)
- Effect of flooding various compartments
- Rolling experiments
Key Features
NA8 Ships Stability Apparatus
- Apparatus designed to enable students to study ship hydrostatics and stability
- Supply includes a water tank, a floating ship model, a dynamometer and a clinometer
- The model supplied is a 1/70 scale model of a 28,000-tonne general cargo vessel
- It includes a number of transverse watertight bulkheads in representative positions
- The compartments are fitted with individual flooding valves
- The model is constructed of glass reinforced plastic (GRP)
- Models of other ships are available as optional accessories
- The dynamometer measures the righting moment of the model
- It holds the model at any angle of heel within the range, with the model either free to trim or with heeling axis kept horizontal
- It exerts no vertical force on the model
- It is floor standing, with castors and is supplied Complete with counterweights
- Battery powered clinometer measures the inclination of the model, over the range of 0-45 degrees
Key Industries
- Biopharmaceutical and Biotechnology
- Chemical
- Cosmetics & Personal Care
- Education & Academics
- Food & Beverage
- Oil & Gas
- Pharmaceutical
- Powders & Pigments / Coating
Brand
The Armfield Industrial Division designs and manufactures research & development systems, primarily for the food, beverage, dairy, edible oil and pharmaceutical industries. Used by many of the world’s leading corporations, Armfield systems enable researchers and product developers to replicate full-scale industrial manufacturing processes on a miniature-scale in the laboratory.