PROBLEM DEFENITION

A Barge of dimension 150m 30m 20m and thickness 5mm is loaded as given in diagram below. Calculate the shear force diagram for this loading.arrangement

Given data
density of barge material = 7800 kg/m3 density of cargo = 2400 kg/m3

4M
2M 1M 1M

4M

LOADED AREA

Assumptions
1) Every region in the barge can be treated as a cantilever beam 2) All forces acting upwards(including shear force) are treated as positive and all acting down as negative . 3) The partitions for different regions are dimensionless.

SOLUTION SET
Weight of empty barge = volume of barge density of barge material = ( 150 30 20 - 149.95 29.95 19.95) 7800 9.81 = 30.952 MN Weight of empty barge /unit length = 0.2603 MN/metre run

weight of cargo material = 29.95 29.95 (4+2+1+4+2) 2400 9.81 = 274.547 MN/m

Total weight of ship = 274.547 + 30.952 = 305.499 MN

(which is nothing but equal to buoyant force)

Buoyant force acting per unit length = 2.03666 MN/ metre run

Calculation of loading at various regions Divide the different loading parts into five regions as shown below.

REGION 1

REGION 2

REGION 3

REGION 4

REGION 5

Weight of ship(empty)

weight of cargo -2.80648 -1.40323 -0.70162 -2.80648 -1.40323

buoyant force 2.03666 2.03666 2.03666 2.03666 2.03666

All forces per unit metre length(in MN)

Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5

-0.2603 -0.2603 -0.2603 -0.2603 -0.2603

REGION 1
load = weight of empty ship +weight of cargo - buoyant force

V = 0.9857x At x= 30m , V = 29.571 MN

wx

V
wx x

REGION 2

29.571

V = 29.571-0.4224x At x= 30m , V = 16.899MN

wx
16.8909

REGION 3

V
16.899

V = 16.899-1.12633 At x= 30m , V = -16.8909 MN

wx x

REGION 4

V = -16.8909+.9857x At x= 30 , V =12.6801 MN 12.6801 REGION 5

wx x

V
V = 12.6801-0.4224x At x= 30m , V = 0.0129 MN

Length(m) Shear force(MN)

0 0

30 29.571

60 16.899

90 -16.8909

120 12.6801

150 0.0129

Effect of shear force on different sections.

Shear force
40

30

20

10

Shear force

0 0 -10 30 60 90 120 150

-20

diagram below.