95SCS-4

Sr. No. EMR

EXAMINATION OF MARINE ENGINEER OFFICER
Function: Controlling Operation of ship and care for persons on board
Operational Level
SHIP CONSTRUCTION & STABILITY
CLASS IV
(Time allowed - 3 hours)
Afternoon Paper

INDIA (2002)
N.B. -

at

Total Marks 100

(1) All Questions are compulsory

(2) All Questions carry Equal Marks.
(3) Neatness in handwriting and clarity in expression carries weightage

1. A vessel has the following dimensions : length 120.0m; block coefficient, 0.78; KB 3.2m.
Ordinates of the waterplane at the 6.0m draft are:
Station
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Ordinate (m) 0.1 14.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 9.5
1.0
If the vessel is floating on an even keel at a draft of 6.0m, calculate the vessels KM.
2. A vessel about to complete loading in a summer zone is expected to enter a winter zone after
steaming from the loading port for 10 days. On passage, fuel consumption is expected to be 30 tonnes
per day and water consumption 15 tonnes per day. The ship is at present floating in water of density
1.013 tonnes/m3 at a draft of 9.0m.
Summer load draft
9.475m
FWA
203mm
TPC
30 tonnes/cm
Find
A. The maximum permissible draft on completion of loading.
B. The amount of cargo which the vessel can load.
(Note. A vessel passing from a summer zone to a winter zone, or from a tropical zone to summer
zone, must arrive at the zone boundary at the draft appropriate to that zone.)
3. A vessel has displacement 6200 tonnes KG, 8.0m. Distribute 9108 tonnes of cargo between spaces
Kg, 0.59m and 11.45m, so that the vessel completes loading with a KG of 7.57m.
4. A floating body has square cross section of side 1 m and KG always equal to 0.5 m. Find the range of
relative densities over which the body will be (a) stable and (b) unstable, when floating in fresh water.
What will be the minimum GM and at which draft does it occur.

5. A box vessel; length, 140m; breadth, 20m; depth, 14m; is floating at draft 5.8m, KG, 8.00m. A
midship compartment length, 24m; breadth, 7m, has a watertight flat at a height 6m above the keel.

Find the bilged draft and the GM in the intact and bilged condition.
6. A ship of 5000 tonnes displacement has GM = 0.5 meters. The still water period of roll is 20 seconds.
Find the new period of roll when a mass of 100 tonnes is discharged from a position 14 metres above
the centre of gravity.
7. Reserve buoyancy is the _____________.
A. unoccupied space below the waterline
B. volume of intact space above the waterline
C. excess of the buoyant force over gravitational force
D. difference between buoyancy in salt and fresh waters
Briefly Justify Your Answer
8. Adding the transverse free surface correction to the uncorrected height of the center of gravity of a
vessel yields ____________.
A. "FSCT"
B. "KG"
C. "KGT"
D. "GMT"
Briefly Justify Your Answer
9. The difference between the average of the forward and aft drafts is _____________.
A. list
B. heel
C. trim
D. flotation
Briefly Justify Your Answer
10. In the absence of external forces, adding weight to one side of a floating vessel, will cause the vessel
to ____________.
A. heel until the angle of loll is reached
B. list until the center of buoyancy is aligned vertically with the center of gravity
C. trim to the side opposite TCG until all moments are equal
D. decrease draft at the center of flotation
Briefly Justify Your Answer
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95SCS-4
Sr. No. EMR
EXAMINATION OF MARINE ENGINEER OFFICER
Function: Controlling Operation of ship and care for persons on board
Operational Level
SHIP CONSTRUCTION & STABILITY
CLASS IV
(Time allowed - 3 hours)
Afternoon Paper

INDIA (2002)
N.B. -

at

Total Marks 100

(1) All Questions are compulsory

(2) All Questions carry Equal Marks.
(3) Neatness in handwriting and clarity in expression carries weightage

Answers
Answer For Question No. 1
Under water volume = 16850 m
Function I
= 41405
BM
= 10.95m
KM
= 14.14m

= 184.022m4

Answer For Question No. 2

(a) Allowance between summer and winter load lines
= summer draft x 1000
48
= 9.475 x 1000 = 197mm
48
As DWA = FWA (1025 - )
25
DWA = 245 (1025 1013)
25
= 97mm
To calculate the change of draft while on passage to the boundary of the winter zone, the total
consumption of the fuel and water must be calculated and divided by TPC, as follows:
Change of draft on passage = 30 x 10 + 15 x 10 = 15cm
30
Knowing the DWA and the allowance to make for fuel and water consumed on passage to the zone
boundary, the maximum permitted draft may now be calculated, as follows:
Summer draft
= 9.475m
S-W allowance
= 0.197m
Winter draft
= 9.278m
DWA draft
= 0.097m
In dock draft
= 9.375m
Passage Allowance
= 0.150m
Max. draft
= 9.525m
Present draft
= 9.000m
Permitted sinkage

= 0.525m

The calculation so far has established that the vessel may load to a draft of 9.525m in dock in order to be
at the appropriate winter draft on arrival at the winter zone boundary. There is another limitation which
must be considered, i.e. will the vessel be deeper than the summer draft plus the DWA when at this draft
in the dock? If so, then the figure of 9.525m will have to be reduced accordingly and the permitted
sinkage will similarly decrease.
Summer draft = 9.475m
DWA
= 0.097m
Max. draft
9.572m
As this figure is greater than 9.525m, then 9.525 is clearly the limiting draft to which the vessel can be
loaded in the dock. The amount of cargo to load must now be determined using the permitted sinkage of
0.525m or 52.5cm, again correcting the TPC for the density of the dock water as follows:
(b) TPCD = TPCS D
S
= 30 x 1013 = 29.65 tonnes/cm
1025
Cargo to load = sinkage x TPCD
= 52.5 x 29.65
= 1556.6 tonnes at maximum draft of 9.525m
Weight (tonnes)
6200.0
9108.0 w
W
15308.0
KG = moment of weight

KG
8.0
0.59
11.45
12.0

Answer to Question No. 3

Moment
49600.0
5373.7 0.59w
+ 11.45w
54973.7 10.86w

Displacement
7.57 = 54973.7 10.86w
15308.0
115881.6 = 54973.7 10.86w
w = 5612 tonnes
Load 5612 tonnes at Kg 11.45m
Load 3496 tonnes at Kg 0.59m
Answer for Question No. 4
KG = 0.5m
KM = d + B2
2 12d
KM =
d + 1
2 12d
For the vessel to be stable KM > KG. Putting
KG = KM
0.5 = d + 1
2 12d
6d = 6d2 + 1
0= 6d2 6d + 1
d = 0.789m or 0.211m
By inspection of box shape KM curve, vessel will be stable for RD < 0. 211 and RD > 0.789
Vessel will be unstable for
0.211 RD 0.789

KM minimum occurs at
d = B = 1 = 0.408m
6
6
at this draft KM = d = 0.408
KG = 0.500
GM = - 0.092
Answer for Question No. 5
Intact volume before bilging = intact volume after bilging
LBdi = LBdb lBdh
140 x 20 x 5.8 = 140 x 20 x db 24 x 7 x 6
16240 = 2800db 1008
db = 17248 / 2800 = 6.16m
KM intact
KM = di + B2
= 5.8 + 202
= 2.9 + 5.747m = 8.647m
2
12 di
2
12 x 5.8
GM = KM KG = 8.647 8.000 = 0.647m
KM bilged
In this case the KB must take in to account because of the fact that the underwater shape is not
symmetrical. KB must be found by taking moment about the keel.
Volume
Kb
Moment
L x B x db
17248
3.08
53123.8
lxbxh
- 1008
3.00
- 3024.0
16240
50099.8
KB = moment

= 50099.8 = 3.085m

Volume
16240
In this case the waterplane is intact
BM = I = LB3 = B2 = 202
= 5.747m
V
12LBdi 12di 12 x 5.8
GM1 = KB + BM KG = 3.085 + 5.747 8.000 = 0.832m
Answer for Question No. 6

15.6 secs

Answer for Question No. 7

Correct Answer : B

Answer for Question No. 8

Correct Answer : C

Answer for Question No. 9

Correct Answer : C

Answer for Question No. 10

Correct Answer : B