E 6002 - Assignment #1 page 1

ls
L
2
:=
distance to centroid of struct.
lm
Lss
2
:=
distance to centroid of machinery
mean draft
Tm 0.8m = Tm
Taft Tfwd +
2
:=
Tfwd 0.5m :=
draft fwd.:
Taft 1.1m :=
draft aft.:
g :=
water weight density
1025
kg
m
3
:=
water mass density
all distances measured from AP
unless noted
Lss 10m :=
length of superstructure (aft)
B 8 m :=
beam
L 50m :=
length
Problem
(a slight modification of problem 1, page 225 in Rawson and Tupper V1, 3rd Ed.)
A powered barge with rectangular x-sections has length of 50m. and a beam of 8m. When empty, draughts
are 0.5m fwd. and 1.1m aft. The lightship weight is made up of steel structure assumed evenly distributed
over the entire length, and machinery/superstructure weight spread over the aft 10m. A cargo load of 100
tonnes can be carried evenly over the fwd 40m., but to keep the fwd draft at a maximum of 0.6m, ballast
water must be added evenly to the aft 10m.
To Do:
a) find the weight of the structure and machinery
b) find the required ballast water weight
c) draw the load (total weight) diagram
d) draw the shear force diagram
e) draw the bending moment diagram
f) find the maximum bending moment.
Definitions
Wm : weight of machinery & superstructure
Ws : weight of hull structure
Wl : Lightship weight Wm+Ws
E6002 - Assignment #1 : SOLUTION
by C.G.Daley
Barge Ballasting
E 6002 - Assignment #1 page 2
MCT 3.35 10
4

kN m
m
= MCT
Ip
L
2

:=
MCT: moment to move bow 1 m
(relative to mid ship)
pitch Inertia: Ip
Ip
1
12
B L
3
:=
Ws 2713.99kN = Ws Wl Wm :=
solving for Ws
solving for Wm:
Wm 502.59kN = Wm
lcw ls ( )
1
Wl
lm
1
Wl
ls +

:=
lcw
Wmlm W Wm ( ) ls +
W
=
revised expression for lcw
W
s
Wl Wm =
replace W
s

lcw
Wmlm Wsls +
Wm Ws +
=
expression for lcw
Solve for Wm and Ws:
lcw lcb :=
equate center of weight
with center of buoyancy:
lcb 21.87m = lcb L
1
3
Taft
2
3
Tfwd +
Taft Tfwd +

:=
find center of buoyancy
Wl Fb :=
lightship weight =buoyancy
Fb 3216.58kN = Fb L B
Taft Tfwd +
2
:=
total buoyancy:
E 6002 - Assignment #1 page 3
Taft 1.14m =
Add ballast to bring Tfwd to 0.6 m:
distance to ballast centroid
lb
Lss
2

:= lb 5m =
change in mean draft per
kN of ballast
dTm
1
L B
:= dTm 2.49 10
4

m
kN
=
Moment caused by 1 kN of
ballast
Mb 1 lb
L
2

:= Mb 20 m =
Change in draft fore and aft :
dT 58.54kgmsec
-2 m
kN
=
dT
Mb
MCT
:=
net change in Tfwd per kN
of ballast
dTfwd dT dTm + := dTfwd 3.48 10
4

m
kN
=
Required Ballast:
Wbal
.6m Tfwd
dTfwd
:= Wbal 161.11kN =
New total weight
W W Wbal + := W 3769.96kN =
find condition with 40 t of cargo added:
Now add 40 t of cargo:
Wc 40000 kg g := Wc 392.27kN =
distance to cargo centroid
lc Lss
L Lss
2
+

:= lc 30m =
New total weight
W Wl Wc + := W 3608.85kN =
change in mean draft
dTm
Wc
L B
:= dTm 0.1m =
Moment caused by cargo
Mc Wc lc
L
2

:= Mc 1961.33kN m =
Change in draft fore and aft :
dT
Mc
MCT
:= dT 0.06m =
new draft fwd.
Tfwd Tfwd dTm + dT + := Tfwd 0.66m =
new draft aft.
Taft Taft dTm + dT :=
E 6002 - Assignment #1 page 4
0 10 20 30 40 50
5
.
10
4
0
5
.
10
4
net_load
i
x
i
net_load
i
w x
i
( )
:= x
i
L
100
i := i 0 100 .. :=
w x ( ) w1 p x ( ) x Lss < if
w2 p x ( ) otherwise
:=
total distributed load
p x ( ) B Taft
x
L
Tfwd Taft ( ) +

:=
distributed buoyancy load
w2 64.09
kN
m
= w2
Ws
L
Wc
L Lss
+ :=
distributed weight load in fore region
w1 120.65
kN
m
= w1
Ws
L
Wm Wbal +
Lss
+ :=
distributed weight load in aft region
Determine load, shear and bending curves:
Taft 1.28m = Taft Taft dTm + dT :=
new draft aft.
Tfwd 0.6m = Tfwd Tfwd dTm + dT + :=
new draft fwd.
dT 0.1 m = dT
Mb
MCT
:=
Change in draft fore and aft :
Mb 3222.19 kN m = Mb Wbal lb
L
2

:=
Moment caused by ballast
dTm 0.04m = dTm
Wbal
L B
:=
change in mean draft
E 6002 - Assignment #1 page 5
calculate shear:
derivative of p(x) wrt. x
p' x ( ) B Taft x
1
2
x
2
L
Tfwd Taft ( ) +

:=
values of the 2 parts of the function
at the break
f1 w1Lss p' Lss ( ) := f1 235.3kN =
f2 w2Lss p' Lss ( ) := f2 330.33 kN =
q x ( ) w1x p' x ( ) x Lss < if
w2x p' x ( ) f1 + f2 otherwise
:=
shear
i
q x
i
( )
:=
0 10 20 30 40 50
2
.
10
5
1
.
10
5
0
1
.
10
5
2
.
10
5
3
.
10
5
shear
i
x
i
E 6002 - Assignment #1 page 6
kN 1000newton
Definition of Units:
max moment ( ) 2245.29kN m =
Maximum Bending Moment:
0 10 20 30 40 50
0
5
.
10
5
1
.
10
6
1.5
.
10
6
2
.
10
6
2.5
.
10
6
moment
i
x
i
moment
i
momx
i
( )
:=
momx ( ) w1
x
2
2
p'' x ( ) x Lss < if
w2
x
2
2
p'' x ( ) f2x f1x + f3 + f4 otherwise
:=
2 part function for moment
f4 3914.18kN m = f4 w2
Lss ( )
2
2
p'' Lss ( ) f2Lss f1Lss + :=
f3 1086.02kN m =
f3 w1
Lss ( )
2
2
p'' Lss ( ) :=
values of the 2 parts of the function
at the break
p'' x ( ) B
1
2
Taft x
2

1
6
x
3
L
Tfwd Taft ( ) +

:=
derivative of p'(x) wrt. x
Calculate Moment: