COURSE WORK

Exercise 1

Do similar calculations to find out the apparent weight in oil (density 0.85
tonne/m3) and muddy water (density 1.3 tonne/m3) and mercury (density 13,000
kg/m3)

Fluid Density Fluid Support Apparent Weight

( ) ( ) ( )
Oil
Fresh Water
Muddy Water
Mercury

What can be concluded about relationships between buoyancy of objects and

the densities of fluids in which they are immersed?

Exercise 2

Do similar calculations for salt water (density 1025 kg/m3 and oil density 0.85 tonne/m3)

Exercise 3

A block of wood length 5m, breadth 0.5m and depth 0.2m is floating in seawater at
a draught of 0.1m. Find the weight of the block.

Exercise 4

Find the new draught of the box in example 3.3 when it goes into river, water
density 1.000 tonne/m3. Also find a new draught if it is in sea water with density

1.100 tonne/m3.
Exercise 5
1.0m

A cylindrical container weighing 5 tonne floats with its

axis vertical. If the diameter is 1.0m, find its draught
in:

i. sea water
ii. oil of density 870 kg/ m3.

Exercise 6

A cylindrical tank diameter 0.6m and mass 200kg floats with its axis vertical. Find its
present draught in oil ( = 0.95 tonne/m3).
Find the weight of cargo to be added to ensure it will float at a draught of 0.85m.

Exercise 7

A boat with constant triangular crossection is floating with its apex down. Its LBP is 10m,
breadth 2m and depth 0.7m. If it floats in sea water ( = 1025 kg/m3). at a draught of
0.5m, what is its weight?

Exercise 8

A box 2m x 1m (LxB) is floating in sea water.

Calculate its , , CB, CWP and TPC at draughts of 0.3 and 0.5m

Exercise 9

Find hydrostatic particulars in sea water (, ,Awp,LCB, LCF,TPC) of a box barge with
dimension L=100m, B=20m, at draughts of 1.0m, 3.0m, 5.0m, 7.0m, 9.0m. If the barge
weighs 2,300 tonne, what is its draught? If the barge is floating at a draught of 4m, what
is its CB?
 Exercise 10

Calculate , , KB , LCB, Aw, TPC, CB, CP, CM, CW, LCF of a cylinder radius
1m floating with axis vertical at draughts of 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5m.

It can be seen from Exercise 9 and 10 that for cuboids or cylinders, the waterplane areas are constant at
different draughts. Hence, many hydrostatics particulars which depend on waterplane areas also remain
constant.

Exercise 11

An empty cylindrical shaped tank is floating in sea water (density 1.025 t/m3) at
a draught of 8.0 m with its axis vertical. The external diameter of the tank is
12.0 m, internal diameter 11.0 m, thickness of base 1.0 m and the overall height
is 16.0 meter. Its centre of gravity is 6 meter above its inner base.

Calculate:

ii. Final draught of the tank after 500 m3 diesel oil (density 850 kg/m3) is
poured into the tank.

The second moment of area of a circle about its D 4 .

diameter is 64

Exercise 12

A ship with length 100m, breadth 22m has the following volumes and areas
at different waterlines. Calculate its , CB, CW and TPC in saltwater density
1.025tonnes/m3.

Draught Aw  (m3) 
Cb Cw TPC
(m) (m2 ) (tonnes)
 Aw Aw x 
x  100
LBT (LB)
2 1800.0 3168.0

4 2000.0 6547.2

6 2100.0 10137.6

8 2120.0 13728.0

10 2130.0 17424.0
 Exercise 13

Using MV Bulker Hydrostatic Curves, find displacement, LCB, LCF, TPC at

draught of 9.5m. If 1500 tonnes is added to the ship, what is its new draught?

Hydrostatic tables can be used in a similar manner to obtain hydrostatic particulars once draught is known or
to obtain draught and other particulars once the displacement or another particular is known. There is
however a need to interpolate the table to obtain intermediate values.
 Exercises 15

1. Find BML and BMT of a box shaped barge 120m x 20m x 10m floating at a
draught of 7m.
2.
A cylinder of radius r = 10m is floating upright at draught of 6m in fresh
water. Find its KML and KMT.

3.
A fish cage consists of a wooden platform placed on used oil drums with
the following dimensions.

If the total weight of the structure is 3 tonnes, floating in sea water calculate:

i) draught
ii) KMT
iii) KML

4. A catamaran consists of two box-shaped hulls spaced 5m apart,

centreline to centreline. Each hull measures (L x B x D) 10m x 0.5m
x 1m. If its draught is 0.3m, find its :

i)  and 
ii) KB
iii) BMT
iv) Maximum allowable KG if GM minimum is 0.2m

5. A ship has the following characteristics at a draught of 2m:

LBP = 220m
 Displacement = 153 tonnes BML
= 24.3 m

LCF = 0.97m aft of amidships

Calculate:

i. MCTC in sea water density 1.025 tonne/m3.

ii. longitudinal second moment of area of the waterplane about
the centre of floatation
iii. longitudinal second moment of area of the waterplane about
the centre of amidships

Exercise 16
A box-shaped barge is floating in sea water at a draught of 5m. The extreme dimensions of the barge
(L x B x D) are 12m x 11m x 10m. The wall and floor are 0.5m thick. Its centre of gravity is 4m above
keel.
Calculate:
i. The displacement and GMT of the empty barge.
ii.
The barge is to be used to carry mud (density1500 kg/m 3). If
the draught of the barge cannot exceed 7.5m, find the
maximum volume of mud that can be loaded into the barge.
iii. For the barge loaded as in (ii), find its GMT.
Exercises 17

1. Bunga Kintan (Hydrostatic data given on page 12) is floating at

draught of 6.5m. If its KG is 6.8m, what is its GM?

2. A ship has a displacement of 1,800 tonnes and KG = 3m. She loads

3,400 tonnes of cargo (KG = 2.5 m) and 400 tonnes of bunkers (KG
= 5.0m). Find the final KG. 2.84m

3. A ship sails with displacement 3,420 tonnes and KG = 3.75 m.

During the voyage bunkers were consumed as follows: 66 tonnes
(KG = 0.45 m) and 64 tonnes (KG =1 m). Find the KG at the end of
the voyage.

4. A ship has displacement 2,000 tonnes and KG = 4m. She loads 1,500
tonnes of cargo (KG = 6m), 3,500 tonnes of cargo (KG = 5m), and
1,520 tonnes of bunkers (KG = 1m). She then discharges 2,000
tonnes of cargo (KG = 2.5 m) and consumes 900 tonnes of oil fuel
(KG = 0.5 m.) during the voyage. If KM= 5.5m, find the final GM on
arrival at the port of destination.

5. A ship arrives in port with displacement 6,000 tonnes and KG 6 m.

She then discharges and loads the following quantities:
Discharge 1250 tonnes of cargo KG 4.5 metres
675 tonnes of cargo KG 3.5 metres
420 tonnes of cargo KG 9.0 metres
Load 980 tonnes of cargo KG 4.25 metres
550 tonnes of cargo KG 6.0 metres
700 tonnes of bunkers KG 1.0 metre

70 tonnes of FW KG 12.0 metres

During the stay in port 30 tonnes of oil (KG 1 m.) are consumed. If the final KM is 6.8 m.,
find the GM on departure.

6. A ship of 9,500 tonnes displacement has KM 9.5 m and KG 9.3 m. A

load 300 tonnes on the lower deck (Kg 0.6 m) is lifted to the upper
deck (Kg 11 m). Find the final GM.

7. A ship of 4,515 tonnes displacement is upright and has KG 5.4 m and

KM 5.5
m. It is required to increase GM to 0.25m. A weight of 50 tonnes is
to be shifted vertically for this purpose. Find the height through
which it must be shifted.

8. A ship of 7,500 tonnes displacement has KG 5.8 m. and GM 0.5 m. A

 weight of 50 tonnes is added to the ship, location Kg = 11m and 7m
from centreline to the starboard side. Find final location of G above
keel and from the centreline. What is its new GM?

Exercises 18

1. Carry out similar calculation as in Example 5.1, but with KG=7.0.

2. A ship of 3,500 tonnes displacement (KG 2.7 m, and KM 3.1 m) is

floating upright. Find the listing angle when a weight of 12 tonnes is
shifted 8 metres across.

3. A ship of 5,000 tonnes displacement is upright and has KG 6.0 m and

KM
6.4 m. Find the distance through which a 15 tonnes weight already onboard must be shifted
to obtain a list of 2.5 degrees.

4. During an inclining experiment of a 3,000 tonnes displacement ship,

a weight of 10 tonnes was moved transversely across the deck
through a distance of 12 m, causing the ship of to list 3 degrees to
starboard. If KM 6 m, find the KG.

5. A ship of 6,000 tonnes displacement has KM = 7.3 m, and KG = 6.7

m, and is floating at a list of 11.3 degrees to starboard. Find how
much water to be transferred from starboard to port tanks, a
distance of 5 meters to bring the ship to upright.

6. A ship of 10,000 tonnes displacement, is listed 2 degrees to

starboard and has yet to load 200 tonnes of cargo. There is space
available (centre of gravity, 6 m to port and 3m to starboard from
the centre line). Find how much cargo to load on each side if the
ship is to be upright on completion of loading.

7. A ship of 5,000 tonnes displacement has KM = 5.5 m and KG = 5.0

m. She has yet to load two 20 tonne boxes with her own derrick and
the first box ls to be placed on deck on the inshore side (KG 9 m and
centre of gravity 6 m out from the centre line). When the derrick
plumbs the quay its head is 15 m above the keel and 12m out from
the centre line. Calculate maximum list during operation. Note: The
maximum list is obviously occur when the first box is in place on the
deck and the second box is suspended over the quay.

8. A ship of 12,500 tonnes displacement, KM 7 m, KG 6.4 m, has a 3

 degree list to starboard and has yet to load 500 tonnes of cargo.
There is space available in the ‘tween decks, centres of gravity 6 m
each side of the centre line. Find how much cargo to load on each
side if the ship is to complete loading upright. (282.75 tonnes P)

9. A ship is listed 2.5 degrees to port. The displacement is 8,500

tonnes KM 5.5 m, and KG 4.6 m. The ship has yet to load a
locomotive of 90 tonnes mass on