Can You guys pls give me an application of Absolute Value in Maritime or in Marine Engineering?

Question

If you could give me pictures as well much better.... Pls. HELP ME :-( !!!!!!!!

Answer 1

On example, is the maximum heel a boat can have before it will capsize. In most cases it does not matter if the heel is to starboard or port. If we use a model where we call a heel to starboard positive and a heel to port negative, then we would just be concerned with the absolute heel of the boat.