Statical stabilty

What is the force of gravity on a mass always acting?

What is considered to be the point where the total weight of a ship and its contents act?

Where does the force of buoyancy always act?

What is the centre of the underwater volume of the ship called?

What is the ability of the ship to return to an upright position after being heeled by an external force known as?

What is the horizontal distance between the vertical forces acting through B and G called?

What is the magnitude of the couple formed by the forces of weight and buoyancy?

What is the righting moment called?

What is the righting lever called?

When does the position of the centre of buoyancy (B) change?

What causes the position of B to change?

What is the total force of buoyancy considered as?

How do variations in displacement and GZ affect the stability of the ship?

At different angles of heel, will the length of GZ be the same or different?

What does the couple ∆ x GZ tend to do if it turns the ship toward the upright position?

For a stable ship, what is ∆ x GZ called?

What forms a couple in the context of ship stability?

What does GZ represent in the context of ship stability?

What is the buoyancy force equal to?

What is the term used to describe the force that always acts vertically upwards?