Simpson's rules (ship stability)

For Simpson's rules used in numerical analysis, see Simpson's rule.

Simpson's rules are a set of rules used in ship stability and naval architecture, to calculate the areas and volumes of irregular figures.[1] This is an application of Simpson's rule for finding the values of an integral, here interpreted as the area under a curve.

Simpson's First Rule
  1. ^ Bryan Barass; D.R.Derett. Ship stability for Masters and Mates (PDF). United Kingdom: Elsevier Butterworth. p. 69.