General HydroStatics (GHS) was created by Creative Systems, Inc. – the leading provider of stability software (ship stability calculations) for maritime designers, engineers and builders. GHS is a world-famous PC-based simulator of vessels in fluids and fluids in vessels – for ships, yachts, docks, drilling platforms, buoys, tanks, etc. – answering such questions as:

• How deep and at what attitude will it float?
• How much load will it carry?
• When will it capsize?
• Will it survive if damaged?

In addition, GHS calculates tank characteristics: volume and surface properties of any tank, pool, basin, etc. It also does longitudinal strength: shear and bending moments, stress and deflection due to weight and buoyancy forces. It also includes ground reaction: buoyancy arising from points of ground contact. The Multi-Body module gives GHS the ability to model the interactions of multiple vessels in a wide variety of configurations when latched together or resting on one another. Also available: grain shift calculations involving migrating void pockets.