Singapore Maritime Academy

Class 1&2 (Deck Officers) Certificate of Competency

MA2029 : Ship Stability
Bilging - Basic

A box-shaped vessel 80m long, 16m breadth is floating at a mean draft of of 4.8m.
1 A midship compartment length 12m and breadth 10m is bilged. Calculate her new
mean draft after bilging.

L x B x di = (L x B x db) - (l x b x db)
80 x 16 x 4.8 = (80 x 16 x db) - (12 x 10 x db)
6144 = 1160db
db = 6144 / 1160
= 5.2966 m
 A box-shaped vessel 80m long, 16m breadth is floating at a mean draft of of 4.8m.
A midship compartment length 12m and breadth 10m is bilged. The bilged
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compartment contained cargo of SF 2.1 m³/ton and relative density 0.65, calculate
the mean draft after bilging.

Broken Stowage (BS) = SF - (1/RD)

= 2.1 - (1/0.65)
= 0.5615
Permeability (ρ) = 0.5615 or 56.15%

L x B x di = (L x B x db) - (l x b x db)ρ
80 x 16 x 4.8 = (80 x 16 x db) - (12 x 10 x db)0.5615
6144 = 1280db - 67.38db
6144 = 1212.62db
db = 6144 / 1212.62
= 5.0667 m
 A box-shaped vessel 120m long, 20 breadth is floating at a mean draft of of 5.0m. A
3 midship compartment length 20m and breadth 12m is bilged.
3.1 Calculate her new mean draft after bilging.
3.2 Calculate the effect on the GM after bilging

L x B x di = (L x B x db) - (l x b x db)
120 x 20 x 5.0 = (120 x 20 x db) - (20 x 12 x db)
12000 = 2160db
db = 12000 / 2160
= 5.5556 m

Before Bilging
KB = 5/2
2.5 m

BM = B² / 12d
= (20 x 20) / (12 x 5)
= 6.6667 m

KM = 9.1667 m

After Bilging
KB = 5.5556 / 2
2.7778 m

BM = B² / 12d
= (20 x 20) / (12 x 5.5556)
= 6.0000 m

KM = 8.7777 m

Reduction in GM = KM before bilging - KM after bilging

= 0.3890 m
 A box-shaped vessel 120m long, 20 breadth is floating at a mean draft of 5.0m. A
midship compartment length 20m and breadth 12m is bilged. The bilged
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compartment has watertight flat 4.5m above the keel and permeability of 30%.
3.1 Calculate her new mean draft after bilging.
3.2 Calculate the effect on the GM after bilging

L x B x di = (L x B x db) - (l x b x h)ρ
120 x 20 x 5.0 = (120 x 20 x db) - (20 x 12 x 4.5)0.3
12000 = 2400db - 324
2400db = 12324
db = 12324 / 2400
= 5.1350 m

Before Bilging
KB = 5/2
2.5 m

BM = B² / 12d
= (20 x 20) / (12 x 5)
= 6.6667 m

KM = 9.1667 m

After Bilging
Volume KB Moment
120x20x5.1350 5.1350/2 31641.87
20x12x4.5x0.3 4.5/2 729.00
12000 30912.87

KB = 3.912.87 / 12000
2.5761 m

BM = B² / 12d
= (20 x 20) / (12 x 5.0)
= 6.6667 m

KM = 9.2427 m

Reduction in GM = KM before bilging ± KM after bilging

= 0.0760 m
 A box-shaped vessel 100m long and 15 beam floats at an even keel draft of 5m and has a
5 compartment 6m long at the extreme fore-end. Calculate the final drafts if this compartm
bilged

L x B x di = (L x B x db) - (l x b x db)
100 x 15 x 5 = (100 x 15 x db) - (6 x 15 x db)
7500 = 1500db - 90db
db = 7500 / 1410
= 5.31915 m

BB’ = l / 2
= 6/2
= 3 m

BML = B(L-l)³
12V
= 12 x 94 x 94 x 94
12 x 7500
= 9967008
90000
= 110.7445 m

MCTC = W x BML
100L
= (L x B x Draft x Density) x BML
100L
= (100 x 15 x 5 x 1.025) x 110.7456
100 x 100
= 851352.2
10000
= 85.13522 t-m

Change of Trim = W x BB'

MCTC
= ( L x B x di x density ) x BB'
MCTC
= ( 100 x 15 x 5 x 1.025 ) x 3
85.13522
= 23062.5
85.13522
 = 270.8926 cm
= 2.7089 m by the stern

Change of Draft Aft = l x COT

L
= 47 x 270.8911
100
= 127.3188 cm
= 1.2732 m

Change of Draft For'd = COT - COD A

= 2.7089 - 1.2732
= 1.4357 m
Forward Aft
Bilged Draft 5.31915 m 5.31915 m
Change of Draft due to Trim 1.4357 + 1.2732 -
Final Drafts after Bilging 6.7549 m 4.0460 m
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