95SCS-4

Sr. No. 10
EXAMINATION OF MARINE ENGINEER OFFICER
Function: Controlling Operation of ship and care for persons on board
Operational Level
SHIP CONSTRUCTION & STABILITY
CLASS IV
(Time allowed - 3 hours)
Afternoon Paper

INDIA (2001)
N.B. -

at

Total Marks 100

(1) All Questions are compulsory

(2) All Questions carry Equal Marks.
(3) Neatness in handwriting and clarity in expression carries weightage

1. The deck plating on a Vessel is supported primarily by deck longitudinals and deck
________________.
(A) girders
(B) stanchions
(C) frames
(D) beams
Briefly Justify Your Answer
2. When the longitudinal strength members of a Vessel are continuous and closely spaced, the Vessel is
____________.
(A) transversely framed
(B) longitudinally framed
(C) intermittently framed
(D) web framed
Briefly Justify Your Answer
3. A Vessel having continuous closely spaced transverse strength members is _____________.
(A) longitudinally framed
(B) transversely framed
(C) cellular framed
(D) web framed
Briefly Justify Your Answer
4. On a Vessel, the deck stringer is the outboard most deck ________________.
(A) plating
(B) beam
(C) stiffener
(D) stanchion
Briefly Justify Your Answer
5. A ship 128 meters long has a maximum beam of 20 meters at the waterline and coefficient of
fineness of 0.85. Calculate the TPC at this draft.
6. (A) Construct a displacement curve from the following data:
Draft(m)
3
3.5
4
4.5
5.0
5.5
Displacement (tonnes)
2700
3260
3800
4450
5180
6060
(B) If this ships light draft is 3m., and the load draft is 5.5m., find the deadweight.
(C) Find the ships draft when there are 500 tonnes of bunkers, and 50 tonnes of fresh water and
stores on board.

(D) When at 5.13m mean draft the ship discharges 2,100 tonnes of cargo and loads 250 tonnes of
bunkers. Find the new mean draft.
(E) Find the approximate TPC at 4.4m, mean draft.
(F) If the ship is floating at a mean draft of 5.2m, and the load mean draft is 5.5m., find how much
more cargo may be loaded.
7. Define centre of pressure. The fore peak bulkhead of a ship is triangular in shape with apex
downwards. Its vertical depth is 9m and its width at top is 8m. Calculate
(a) the pressure on the apex of the bulkhead,
(b) load on the bulkhead,
(c) the centre of pressure relative to the top edge of the bulkhead, when the bulkhead is flooded with
sea water on only one side with 5 m head on the top edge.
8. The fuel consumption, in tonne/hour, of a ship is given by the following expression: 1.524 + 0.0015 V3 when V is the speed in knot.
By reducing speed to 13 per cent below the normal, the daily fuel consumption is reduced by 60
tonne.
Calculate
(A) The reduced speed in knot.
(B) The reduced daily fuel consumption, in tonne.
(C) The saying in fuel, in tonne, during a voyage of 2851 nautical miles at the reduced speed.
9. Describe with the aid of sketches any four of the followings: (A) Web frame
(B) Inter-coastal
(C) Margin plate
(D) Meta-centre
(E) Freeboard
(F) Collision bulkhead.
10. Sketch and describe the following types of stem arrangement: (a) Soft nose plate stem.
(b) Rectangular stem bar
(c) Round stem bar.
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95SCS-4
Sr. No. 10
EXAMINATION OF MARINE ENGINEER OFFICER
Function: Controlling Operation of ship and care for persons on board
Operational Level
SHIP CONSTRUCTION & STABILITY

INDIA (2001)
N.B. -

at

CLASS IV
(Time allowed - 3 hours)
Afternoon Paper
Total Marks 100
(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. 1

Correct Answer : D

Answer for Question No. 2

Correct Answer : B

Answer for Question No. 3

Correct Answer : B

Answer for Question No. 4

Correct Answer : A

Answer for Question No. 5

Area of water-plane = L B CW
= 128 20 0.85
= 2176 sq. m.
TPC = 1.025A / 100 = (1.025 2176) / 100 = 22.3 tonnes
Answer for Question No. 6
(a)

(b) Load draft 5.5m Displacement 6060 tonnes

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

Light draft 3.0m Displacement 2700 tonnes

Deadweight 3360 tonnes
Light displacement
2700 tonnes
Bunkers
500 tonnes
Fresh water and stores
50 tonnes
Draft = 3.48m.
Displacement at 5.13m 5380 tonnes
Cargo discharged
2100 tonnes
3280 tonnes
Bunkers loaded
250 tonnes
New displacement
3530 tonnes
New draft = 3.775 meters
At 4.5m. draft the displacement is
4450 tonnes
At 4.3m. draft the dispalcement is
4175 tonnes
Difference to change the draft 0.2m
275 tonnes
Difference to change the draft 1cm
275 tonnes
20 tonnes
TPC = 13.75 tonnes
Load draft 5.5m
Displacement 6060 tonnes
Present draft 5.3m.
Displacement 5525 tonnes
Difference
535 tonnes
Load 535 tonnes

Answer for Question No. 7

140.8 kN/m2
2.896 MN
3.5625 m
Answer for Question No. 8
(a) 14.76 knots
(b) 152.2 tonnes
(c) 261 tonnes