95SCS-4

Sr. No. 1
EXAMINATION OF MARINE ENGINEER OFFICER

Function: Controlling Operation of ship and care for persons on board

at Operational Level
SHIP CONSTRUCTION & STABILITY
CLASS IV

INDIA (2001)
Total Marks 100
N.B. -

1.

(Time allowed - 3 hours)

Afternoon Paper
(1) All Questions are compulsory
(2) All Questions carry Equal Marks.
(3) Neatness in handwriting and clarity in expression carries weightage

(A) Sketch a ship's stern frame, showing how it is connected to the ship's structure and
detailing the special ship's plates to which it is attached.
(B) State the material used to manufacture the stern-frame.
(C) Explain why corrosion is a problem and how it is prevented.

2. (A) Describe, with a sketch how an aluminum superstructure is attached to the steel deck.
Indicate all materials used.
(B) Discuss the use of aluminum for ship construction, explaining its advantages and
disadvantages.
3. A buoy is to be used to float a mooring chain. The buoy is cylindrical, of length 4m,
radius 0.75m and is to float half submerged. The mooring chain is made of steel of RD
7.95 and has a mass of 0.15 tonnes/m. The chain will be suspended in 10m of salt water.
Calculate :
(A) The mass of the buoy;
(B) The thickness of the plate which should be used to construct the buoy if the buoy is to
be made of metal of RD 7.5.
4. A vessel with a summer load draft of 10m is floating at a draft of 9.8m in water density
1.010 tonne/m3 in a summer zone. The vessel has a TPC of 20 tonne/cm and a FWA
210mm.
The vessel displacement at 9.8m draft is 16000 tonnes and she has KG 9.6 m. The vessel
is to load cargo so as to sail at the maximum permissable draft. Space is available at KG
12m and KG 8m. Distribute the remaining cargo, so that the KG of the vessel does not
exceed 9.65m.
5. A box shaped vessel has length 120 m, breadth 18m, depth 12m is floating at draft 8m in
fresh water with KG 7.278 m. A weight of 432 tonnes is loaded on deck at Kg 12m. find
the dynamical stability of the vessel up to the angle of deck edge immersion.
6. According to SOLAS, a bulkhead capable of preventing the passage of smoke and flame
for one hour would be classified as a/an ____________.
(A) A-60
(B) B-60
(C) C-60
(D) D-60
Briefly Justify Your Answer

7. The average of the observed drafts is known as ____________.

(A) mean draft
(B) true mean draft
(C) mean of the calculated drafts
(D) draft at the center of flotation
Briefly Justify Your Answer
8. When flooding occurs in a damaged vessel, reserve buoyancy ______________.
(A) decreases
(B) remains the same
(C) increases
(D) shifts to the low side
Briefly Justify Your Answer
9. The vertical distance between "G" and "M" of a vessel is used as a measure of
__________.
(A) stability at all angles of inclination
(B) initial stability
(C) stability at angles less than the limit of positive stability
(D) stability at angle less than the downflooding angle
Briefly Justify Your Answer
10. 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
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95SCS-4
Sr. No. 1
EXAMINATION OF MARINE ENGINEER OFFICER

Function: Controlling Operation of ship and care for persons on board

at Operational Level
SHIP'S CONSTRUCTION & STABILITY
CLASS IV

INDIA (2001)
Total Marks 100
N.B. -

(Time allowed - 3 hours)

Afternoon Paper
(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. 3
(a) mass buoy + mass of chain =mass displaced by buoy + mass displaced by chain
i.e. Mb + 10 x 0.15t = x 0.752 x 4 x 1.025 + 10 x 0.2 x 1.025
7.95
Mb + 1.5t = 3.623t + 0.258t
Mb = 2.380 tonnes
(b) Let the thickness of the metal be T meter:
Mb = +
Where is the volume of the metal and is the density of the metal
2.380 = (2rtL + 2r2t) 7.95
= 7.95 x 2rt (L + r)
= 7.95 2 0.75 4.75t
= 177.952t
t = 2.380
= 0.0134m
177.052
i.e. thickness of metal = 13.4mm
Answer to Question No. 4
DWA 126 mm.
Load 469 tonnes at KG 12m and load 183 tonnes at KG 8 m.
Answer for Question No. 5

Displacement = L x B x d x
= 120 x 18 x 8 x 1 tonne
= 17280 tonne
Weight
KG
Moment
17280
7278
125755.2
432
12000
5184.0
17712
130939.2

KG = moment
= 130939.2 m = 7.393m
Weight
17712
Load draft
d = displacement
= 17712
m = 8.2m
LxBX
120 x 18 x 1
Final KM
= d + B2
= 8.2 +
182
m
2
12d
2
12 x 8.2
KM = 7.393m
KG = 7.393m
GM = 0.000m
Angle of deck edge immersion
tan = freeboard
= 12 8.2 = 22.890
half breadth
9
2
GZ = sin (GM + BM tan )
GZ = BM tan2sin
BM = 3.293m
BM = 1.646m
2
GZ = 1.646 tan2sin
Area 0 20
Heel
GZ
SM
F
(area)
0
0.000
1
0.000
5
0.001
4
0.004
10
0.009
2
0.018
15
0.031
4
0.124
20
0.075
1
0.075
0.221
Area 0 20 = 1 x 5 x 0.221
3 57.3
= 0.0064m radians
Area 20 22.89
Heel
GZ
20
0.075
22.89 0.114
0.189
Using trapezoid rule
Area = 1 x 2.89 x 0.189
2

57.3
= 0.0048m radians
Area 0 20 = 0.0064m radians
Area 0 22.9 = 0.0112m radians
Dynamical stability = area x displacement
= 0.0112 x 17712
= 198.4 tonne m

Answer for Question No. 6

Correct Answer : A

Answer for Question No. 7

Correct Answer : A

Answer for Question No. 8

Correct Answer : A

Answer for Question No. 9

Correct Answer : B

Answer for Question No. 10

Correct Answer : B