UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
Department of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Course
NM102: Introduction to Naval Architecture, Ocean & Marine
Engineering
Academic Year 2021-22
1) A rectangular pontoon has a width of 6m, length of 10m and a draught of 2m
in fresh water. Calculate (a) weight of pontoon, (b) its draught in seawater of
density 1025 kg/m3and (c) the load that can be supported by the pontoon in
fresh water if the maximum draught permissible is 2.3m
2) A uniform body of size 4mx2mx1m floats in water. What is the weight of the
body if the depth of immersion is 0.6m? Also determine the meta-centric
height.
3) A solid wood cylinder has a diameter of 0.6m and a height of 1.2m. The [Link].
of the wood is 0.6. If the cylinder is placed vertically in oil of density 0.85,
would it be stable?
4) A barge below with rectangular midship section floats with draught of 3m in
sea water. It floats at its design waterline which is 26m long and the keel is
22m long. It is 9m wide
Using the LWL as a reference length, calculate the following hull geometric
properties
Displacement volume
Block coefficient
Waterplane area coefficient
Midship area coefficient
Prismatic coefficient.
5) Rectangular shape block, which is built with a material with 𝜌 density and its
length is L Beam is B Draft is T.
In order for this rectangle to floatin aligned with density 𝜌
A) What should be the relation between the and B/D ratios
b) If = 0.5, what is the B/D?
6) A rectangular box, (constructed from a material with , with depth, Length
L, Beam B) is added on an isosceles triangle barge with Length L, Beam B
and depth D (material density of 𝜌 .
What should be the , and B/D ratios so that the combined figure can float
with 3D/2 draft in a liquid with 𝜌 density?
7) When a ship, without changing weight, passes from seawater to freshwater, it
will sink further in the water due to the density difference.
Show that the increase in draft, say d (in cm), is given by
∆( )
d= ×
s: density of the seawater
f density of fresh water
NEW CONCEPT: TPC – Tonnes added per 1 cm of immersion
TPC = Waterplane area x
8) Ship with 15,000 tonnes of displacement has the centre of gravity of 7.8 m
above the keel, it’s centre of buoyancy, 3.81 m above the keel and its
metacentre 8 m above the keel.
500 tonnes of fuel (with its centre of gravity 0.6 meters) has been loaded.
Calculate the new GM.
9) During an inclining experiment of a vessel, when a 4-tonne-mass is moved at
a distance 12 metres across the dec, thedeflection of a 3m long pemndulum is
found to be 60 milimeters. The vessel has a displacement of 3500 tonnes.
Calculate the GM of the vessel.
10) A ship of displacement 1747.0 tonnes has a beam-to-draft ratio equal to 3.53
metres when floating in the seawater. If the immersed midship section is 30
m2, block coefficient is 0.537 and midship area coefficient is 0.834, calculate
the length, beam and draft of the ship.
11) 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.
12) A ship of 6,000 tonnes displacement has KM = 7.3 m, and KG = 6.7 m, and is
floating upright. A weight of 60 tonnes already on board is shifted 12 m
transversely. Find the resultant heeling.
13) A ship of 8,000 tonnes displacement has KM = 8.7 m, and KG = 7.6 m The
following weights are then loaded and discharged: Load 250 tonnes cargo
KG 6.1 m and centre of gravity 7.6 m to starboard of the centre line. Load
300 tonnes fuel oil KG 0.6 m and centre of gravity 6.1 m to port of the centre
line. Discharge 50 tonnes of ballast KG 1.2 m and centre of gravity 4.6 m to
port of the centre line. Find the final GM.
14) A ship, 122 metres long, has a beam of 15.25 metres and floats in sea water
with an even keel draft of 5.50 metres. If the block coefficient, CB, is 0.695,
what is the displacement? The immersed midship section area is AM = 82.50
m2 . Calculate the values of CP and CM.