Group 6

BILGING
Bilging – is term used to describe the uncontrolled

flow of water in and out of a compartment in a

vessel. A compartment which is bilged is

considered to be damaged so that water is free

flow in and out of the compartment.

 - The effects of bilging an empty amidships

compartment -

1) The lost of buoyancy (constant displacement) method

2) The added weight method

- Lost buoyancy (constant displacement) method -

Problem #1 : (By lost of buoyancy – constant displacement method)

A box-shaped vessel has length 140 m, breadth 36 m and is on an even

keel draught of 6 m in salt water. In the present condition the KG is 12.80
m. An empty amidships compartment extending the full breadth and
depth of the vessel 60 m in length is bilged.

a) The draught in the bilged condition

b) The initial GM

c) The GM in the bilged condition

Box – shaped vessel suffers substantial side damage amidships.

Solution (a) 36 m
140 m

6m
36 m

60 m
Volume of buoyancy lost = Volume of buoyancy gained

Let x = Sinkage 60 x 36 x 6 (140 – 60) x 36 x X

12960 = 2880 x
x = 4.500 m

The draught in the bilged condition = 6.000 + 4.500 = 10.500 m

Solution (b)
To calculate the initial GM, first calculate KM.
KMBOX = KB + BM
𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝟔.𝟎𝟎𝟎
KB = = = 𝟑. 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐦
𝟐 𝟐
 𝑳𝑩𝟑 𝟏𝟒𝟎 × 𝟑𝟔𝟑
BM = = = 18.000 m
𝟏𝟐𝑽 𝟏𝟐 ×(𝟏𝟒𝟎 × 𝟑𝟔 ×𝟔 )

Therefore: KM = 3.000 + 18.000 = 21.000 m

Calculate GM
GM = KM – KG GM = 21.000 – 12.800 = 8.200 m

Solution (c)
To calculate the GM in the bilged condition, calculate KM.
Remember the assumptions:
KG Remains constant;
Displacement (and volume of displacement) remains constant.
KMBox = KB + BM

𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝟏𝟎.𝟓𝟎𝟎
KB = = = 5.250 m
𝟐 𝟐

𝑳𝑩𝟑 𝟏𝟒𝟎−𝟔𝟎 × 𝟑𝟔𝟑

BM = = = 10.286 m
𝟏𝟐𝑽 𝟏𝟐 × (𝟏𝟒𝟎 × 𝟑𝟔 × 𝟔)

Therefore: KM = 5.250 + 10. 286 = 15.536

Calculate GM for the bilged condition.

GM = KM – KG
GM = 15.536 – 12.800 = 2.736 m
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