Example 1

A ship has a length and breadth at the waterline of 40.1 m and 8.6
m respectively. If the water-plane area is 280 m2 calculate the
coefficient of fineness of the water-plane area (CW).
Solution

Example 2
A ship floats at a draught of 3.20 m and has a waterline length and
breadth of 46.3 m and 15.5 m respectively. Calculate the block
coefficient (CB) if its volume of displacement is 1800 m3.
Solution

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Example 3
A ship has length 200 m and breadth 18 m at the waterline. If the
ship floats at an even keel draught of 7.56 m in water RD 1.012 and
the block coefficient is 0.824 calculate the displacement.
Solution

Example 4
A ship floats at a draught of 4.40 m and has a waterline
breadth of 12.70 m. Calculate the underwater transverse area
of the midships section if CM is 0.922.
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Example 5
A ship has the following details: Draught 3.63 m; Waterline length
48.38 m; Waterline breadth 9.42 m;
Cm 0.946; Cp 0.778.
Calculate the volume of displacement.
Solution

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 Tonnes per Centimetre immersion TPC
The TPC for any given draught is the weight that must be
loaded or discharged to change the ships mean draught by
4 one centimetre (1cm)
 Where:
TPC : tonnes per cm
WPA : water plane area m2
: water density 1.025 t/m3
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Example 6
Calculate the TPC for a ship with a water-plane area of 1500 m2
when it is floating in:
(a) fresh water;
(b) dock water of RD 1.005;
(c) salt water
Solution:

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 LOAD/DISCHARGE

Example 7
M.V. Almar has a displacement of 13200 ton at an initial mean draught
of 4.40 m in salt water and is required to complete loading with a
draught of 6.70 m (displacement will reach 20610 ton). Calculate the
amount of cargo that must be loaded.

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 Load line dimension

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Fresh Water Allowance (FWA)
Fresh Water Allowance (FWA) is the number of millimetres by which
the mean draught changes when a ship passes from salt water to
fresh water, or vice-versa, when the ship is loaded to the Summer
displacement.
The FWA is found by the formula:

TPCSW is the salt-water TPC value for the summer load draught.

Example 8
A ship floats in SW at the Summer displacement of 1680
tonnes. If the TPCSW is 5.18, how much will the draught
change by if the ship is towed to a berth where the density
of the water is 1.000 t/m3?
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Example 9
A section of steel plate to be used in the construction of a ships deck has
dimensions as shown.
Calculate the area of the plate.

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Example 10
A ships water-plane area has half-ordinates from aft to forward as
follows:
0.6 m, 1.5 m, 1.6 m, 1.4 m and 0.0 m. If the half-ordinates are equally
spaced at 4.2 m apart, calculate:
(a) the total water-plane area;
(b) the TPC if the ship is floating in salt water (RD 1.025).

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 Example 11
A plate section has dimensions as shown. Calculate the area.

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Example 12
A small boat has a half water-plane area with equally spaced half-
ordinates as follows:
0.20 m, 1.20 m, 1.70 m, 1.82 m, 1.75 m, 1.65 m and 1.21 m.
The half-ordinates are equally spaced at 1.40 m apart.
Calculate the water-plane area.

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