Since the very date of its foundation in 1995, the Ship Stability Workshop has provided the industry experts with the excellent opportunities to gather together and also present the very latest research results. The present Workshop is intended to give some sort of overview of the current situation and the discussions that have been developed from technical presentations is forms a part of the meeting.

These notes are sort of attempt to summarize the discussion in each of the areas, but the very nature of the discussion leads in interesting directions, not necessarily tied in to the topic which initiated the thought. Therefore, there is some structure to these notes, but they certainly are not a verbatim record of the meetings, and they have been edited to make them more structured, since similar topics arose at different times during the meetings. The summaries are ordered in the same sequence as the presentation topics.

The first presentation is intended to highlight some of the developments in the area of numerical and physical modeling of intact stability. This includes hybrid models, use and validation of numerical models, simple capsize criteria, visualization of the data etc. The hybrid models are essentially linear, however there is some non-linear capability. In this chapter a new method for expanding the ship theory type programs is presented and include capsizing due to the stability failure... 

Since the time when the very first release of this book appeared fifty years ago, a truly great deal of activity has been there in simplistic geometry and also in the Hamiltonian systems. The general audience of the present edition of the volume remains the same as it used to be for the initial one, namely practicing engineers working in the field of mechanics and interested in the geometrical methods, physists, mathematicians and other professionals.

The authors have also included the fundamental results in manifold theory plus the most important facts from the point set topology. Significant updates have been made relating to the qualitative theory and symmetry groups, several completely new chapters addressing the rigid body, mechanics, topology and quantization, plus other chapters; many corrections have been made to the original content of the volume.

The book is divided into four major parts - the first part is titled Preliminaries and covers the differential equations and calculus of manifolds, while the second part deals with the analytical dynamics covering the Langrangian and Hamiltonian systems, mathematical systems etc. The third part of the book provides an outline of the qualitative dynamics, including topological, differentiable and Hamiltonian dynamics. The last part is dedicated to the celestial mechanics...

This book is the compendium of the most useful tips aiming to help all learners of English with the common grammatical problems. One of the best features of the present publication is the approach used by the authors when sorting the grammatical rules.

The book opens with the chapter titled "Use your head" dedicated to the dictionary skills - abbreviations and parts of speech plus tenses and dependent prepositions, phrasal verbs, word formation, error correction and word check, prefixes etc. The second chapter - "Severe weather" - address metaphors and idioms, collocations and prepositions, writing formal letters, contrast links.

Then, the other chapters deal with such aspects of grammar as register and style, cause and effect, relative clauses, comparatives and superlatives, emphasizes, degrees of comparison, cohesive devices, modal verbs, linking and logical devices, reported speech, discourse cloze, compound adjectives with character, lexical cloze, punctuation, expressing the future, quantifiers, structural cloze, word building and so many others. In short, the information provided in this book is very useful and practical, making this book so popular.

The publication was specifically compiled to provide readers with the useful source of historical and technical information relating to the famous destroyers of "Fletcher" class. The main content is full of photographs of the destroyers in action; it also contains numerous line drawings of the weapon systems that used to be installed on them.

The document is telling the glorious story of the "Fletcher" class destroyers, including a chronographic narrative of the naval battles seen by those destroyers. The names of the vessels are provided with respect to the naval engagements. In short, the boo will be very interesting not only to professional naval historians but also to the ship modelers willing to craft a model of the Fletcher destroyer or one of her sister-ships.

They will find a very good resource for all modifications that have been made to the vessels throughout their naval careers. Jerry Scutts, the author of this nice and informative document, is telling the amazing story of these versatile and capable vessels. All technical characteristics are provided along with the drawings, data tables and illustrations by Joe Sewell and Robert Harrison giving readers a full picture. We recommend this publication for collection, or to be used for constructing the model.

Let us introduce an excellent training pack developed by Ernest D'Acunto. It consists of the booklet and a set of audio files intended to help readers improve and control their pronunciation. The book itself has been divided into eleven chapters. The opening chapter of the booklet checks what is the English language for transport and logistics while the second chapter s dedicated to the knots and how to tie them properly.

The other chapters cover various fields of transport and logistics, including nomenclature of various parts of the vessel, including dimensions, hull materials, construction techniques, navigation etc. There is a separate chapter dealing with the various positioning tools, namely radars and GPS systems.

Moreover, there are chapters on the weather prediction tools, meteorology, intermodal freight transport, oil tankers, handling of goods and passengers, safety regulations, safety signs and legislation, and so many other aspects of transportation (note, however, that the terminology dealt with in the book is not limited to sea transportation). There is one additional file included in the pack, containing answer keys to all exercises and transcripts.

This clear, easy-to-understand step-by-step instruction book prepared by  the veteran sailor and, later, professional journalist Brian Gilbert guides the readers through the every single phase of the boat restoration process, starting from repairing the boat hull and keels, re-constructing and renewing the cabins and ports, to painting, sealing and wiring. They will learn how to deal with evaluation, repair and replacement of the hardware, canvaswork and upholstery.

The appendices provided at the end of the publication and supplemented with so vivid and informative illustrations, will make you understand the tasks as well as the costs and labour involves in the boat restoration projects. Everyone will enjoy this book since it provides you with so necessary and important confidence to restore the boats you can afford to own and to sail. It gives so many practical and helpful instructions the people need in order to properly restore their boats.

Moreover, it contains pictures detailing each of the steps of the boat refurbishing process, including guidance on proper selection and use of the tools. Note that the book was written for regular people without lots of cash but with some skills.

The book is designed to provide necessary instructions on the recommended practices outlines in the latest release of ASME Code and relating to the inspection of the pressure vessels and piping arrangements, their evaluation and monitoring. The publication will annotate and explain the content of the Code and inspection/fitness-for-service practices of API.

The information in the book has been presented in a very clear and precise manner making in readable even for the non-professionals in the industry; this publication shall definitely be considered a truly comprehensive guidance explaining how exactly the stress analysis, construction materials, established engineering practices and NDT inspection could affect the fitness of the pressure vessels and piping for their intended service.

In fact, it is a thorough exploration of the failures occurring to the tanks, piping and vessels done through the perspective of an engineer, meaning that it will need to be usable and user-friendly enough to come to the correct run-or-repair decision. It will provide readers with the due understanding of why the above mentioned equipment may fail, when and how it can happen and what shall be done to avoid this. An excellent reference source for marine and mechanical engineers.

The purpose of this brief essay is to put into perspective ongoing research involving the simulation of intact ships in waves and wind, including conditions leading to capsize. A major challenge lies in the conversion of theoretical knowledge and numerical models to practical and useful information. One necessary condition for such knowledge transfer to be successful is a strong link between the research world and the "real" world, like ship operators and regulatory bodies.

In conjunction with the present Cooperative Research Navies project on Dynamic Stability, work has been carried out with the following objectives: modeling of capsize physics and risk analysis, development of "rational" design criteria, development of decision support tools (ship operation) improvement of training/education, The numerical simulation of ship capsizing and broaching plays a central role in this process. To establish confidence levels in the time domain tool developed in recent years, Quality Assurance is essential. This includes the development of QA procedures, benchmark tests, and validation through model tests and full scale data.

Without any further elaboration, I would like to mention that research is carried out along similar lines for damaged ships within the same navy framework. This work relies heavily on the methods and procedures developed for intact ships, as discussed below.