Stability – I : Chapter 4

  1. A box-shaped vessel 120m long and 15m wide has alight draft of 4m and load draft of 9.8m in SW. find her light displacement, load displacement and DWT.
Solution :

Area of box shape vessel = (L x B)
= 120m x 15m
Light draft = 4m

Light displacement = (u/w volume) x ( density)
= (L x b x d )x (1.025)
= (120 x 15 x 4) x (1.025)
= 7380 t

Load draft   = 9.8m

So load displacement = (u/w volume) x (1.025)
= ( L x b x d) x (1.025)
= (120 x 15 x 9.8) x (1.025)
= 18081t

Hence, DWT =   (Load displacement  –  Light displacement)
= ( 18081  –  7380 )
= 10, 701t

  1. A box-shaped vessel 100m long and 14m wide is floating in SW at a draft of 7.6m. Her light draft is 3.6 m and load draft 8.5m. Find her present displacement, DWT aboard and DWT available.
Solution:

Area of box shape vessel = (L x B)
= (100m x 14m)

Present draft = 7.6m
Present displacement = (Lx b x d) x (density)
= (100 x 14 x 7.6) x (1.025)
=10906 t
Light draft                = 3.6m

Light displacement = (L x B x D) x(1.025)
= (100 x 14 x 3.6 ) x (1.025)
= 5166t

When Load draft is     = 8.5m

Load displacement = ( L x b x d )x (1.025)
= (100 x 14 x 8.5) x (1.025)
= 12,197.5t

We know that

DWT aboard  =  (present displacement – Light displacement)
=    (10906 t – 5166 t )
= 5740 t

DWT available  = (Load displacement – present displacement)
=   ( 12,197.5 t  – 10,906 t )
= 1291.5t.

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5 Comments

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  • many questions have wrong answers in various exercises,,at least book ke end me answers ko chk kar lete…

  • what is the draft of a box shape steel (L=4 meters , B= 4 meters , Depth = 0.60 meters)
    floating in a salt water density 1.028 and the total weight of the steel box with steel on top of it is 1500 kg

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