Q8 (10 Marks) Calculations
SC&S • Written Exam

(a) Define 'light displacement' and load displacement' (6)

(b) A ship of 8000 tonne displacement has a metacentric height of 0.46 m, centre of gravity 6.6 m above the keel and the centre of buoyancy 3.6 m above the keel. Calculate the second moment of area of the water plane about the centre line of the ship. (10)

Appeared In: Dec 2022

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