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Q8: A box shaped barge of uniform construction is 32 metres long and displaces 352 tonnes when empty, is divided by transverse bulkheads into four equal compartments.  Cargo is loaded into each compartment and level stowed as follows: -

No. 1 hold – 192 tonnes                                               No.2 hold – 124 tonnes

No. 3 hold –272 tonnes                                                No.4 hold – 176 tonnes.

Construct load and shearing force diagram, before calculating the bending moments at the bulkheads and at the position of maximum value; hence draw the bending moment diagram.