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Q10. A) Describe measures which may be taken to improve the stability or trim of a damaged ship. (6)

B) A watertight bulkhead is 8m high and is supported by vertical stiffeners 700mm apart, connected at the tank top by brackets having 10 rivets 20mm diameter. The bulkhead is flooded to its top edge with sea water. Determine:

(a) Shearing force at top of stiffeners,

(b) Shear stress in the rivets,

(c) Position of zero shear. (10)

Q6. A ship 90 m long displaces 5200 tonne and floats at draughts of 4.95m forward and 5.35 m aft when in sea water of 1023 kg/m3. The water plane area is 1100m2, GML 95m, LCB 0.6m forward of midships and LCF 2.2m aft of midships. Calculate the new draughts when the vessel moves into fresh water of 1002 kg/m3

Q6. A. Describe the effect of cavitation’s on the propeller blades.

b) A ship has a constant cross-section in the form of a triangle which floats apex down in sea water. The ship is 85 m tong, 12 m wide at the deck and has a depth from keel to deck of 9 m. Draw the displacement curve using 1.25 m Intervals of draught from the keel to the 7 .5m waterline. From this curve obtain the Displacement in fresh water at a draught of 6.50 m. (10)

Q9. A. Describe how the force on the ship’s bottom and the GM vary when grounding takes place.

Q7. A box barge 45 m long and 15 m wide floats at a level keel draught of 2 m in sea water, the load being uniformly distributed over the full length. Two masses, each of 30 tonne, are loaded at 10 m from each end and 50 tonne is evenly distributed between them. Sketch the shear force diagram and give the maximum shear force.

Q10. The following data are available from the hydrostatic curves of a vessel.

Draught (m)
KB (m)

KM (m)
I (m4)
4.9
2.49

10.73
65250
5.2
2.61

10.79
68860
Calculate the TPC at a draught of 5.05m. (16)

Q6. A. Explain how to distinguish between list and loll and describe how to return the ship to the upright in each case. (6)

B. A propeller has a pitch ratio of 0.95. When turning at 120 rev/min the real slip is 30%, the wake fraction 0.28 and the ship speed 16 knots. The thrust is found to be 400 KN, the torque 270 KN-m and the QPC 0.67. Calculate: (10)

i. The propeller diameter.

ii. The shaft power.

iii the propeller efficiency.

iv. The thrust deduction factor.

Q9. (a) What are the effects of adding mass to draught and trim of a ship?
(b) A ship of 7000 t displacement has a water plane area of 1500 m2. In passing from sea water into river water of 1005 kg/m3 there is an increase in draught of 10 cm. Find the density of the sea water (10)

Q8. The centre of gravity of a ship of 5000 tonne displacement is 6 m above the keel and 1.5 m forward of midships. Calculate the new position of the centre of gravity if 500 tonne of cargo are placed in the t’ween decks 10 m above the keel and 36 m aft of midships. (16)

Q6. (a) How does a moving coil ammeter measure large current (6)

(b) A moving coil instrument with a coil resistance of 1.98Ω, produces full scale deflection from a current of 10mA. Determine the value of shunt required to extend the range up to 10A. (10)

Q8. a) Describe the means by which the magnetic flux associated with a conductor may be changed (6)

b) Find the generated e.m.f./conductor of a 6-pole d.c. generator having a magnetic flux/pole of 64m Wb and a speed of 1000 rev/min. If there are 468 conductors, connected in six parallel circuits, calculate the total generated e.m.f. of the machine. Find also the total power developed by the armature when the current in each conductor is 50 A. (10)

Q5.a) Briefly explain static induction and dynamic induction. (6)

b) A coil of 250 turns is wound uniformly over a wooden ring of mean circumference 500mm and uniform cross-sectional area of 400mm². If the current passed through the coil is 4A find (a) the magnetizing force (b) the total flux. (10)

Q9. (a) Describe the effect of running an induction motor on reduced voltage (6)

(b) A 90V D.C. generator is used to charge a battery of 40 cells in series, each cell having an average e.m.f. of 1.9 V and an internal resistance of 0.0025 Ω. If the total resistance of the connecting cells is 1Ω, calculate the value of the charging current (10)