Samundra Institute of maritime studies (SIMS)
DNS FIRST SEMESTER
IMU EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
Ship construction I
Unit 1.1
1. Draw a neat profile view of a General Cargo vessel and show following
parts in it
Fuel tank/Bunker
Aft peak tank Fore peak tank. Steering gear room
tank
Forecastle deck and Monkey Island Mast house Hatch coamings
Poop deck
Cargo Holds
Hatch cover Bridge Pump room
Superstructure Propeller and
Engine room Bulbous bow
Rudder
Cargo gear /Deck
Main mast
Gangway Fore Mast crane
Double bottom tanks
Bulkhead Tween Deck
Diagram should be big and it should be in landscape (Horizontal) page.
2. Draw the profile view of ship and Show following,
a. Forward Collision Bulkhead
b. Aft collision bulkhead
c. Cargo hold bulkhead
d. Forward machinery bulkhead
e. Aft machinery bulkhead
Unit 1.2 and 1.3
1. Sketch Peak Tanks (Fore peak and aft peak) and label the parts.
Fore Peak Tank
Aft Peak Tank
2. Why are ventilators necessary?
3. Draw and label a Cowl ventilator and mushroom found on board a
ship.
Cowl Ventilator Mushroom Ventilator
4. Draw and label a sounding pipe and ballast tank air-pipe found on
board a ship.
Ullage
Sounding Pipe
Air pipe
5. Show the location of DB Tanks, Topside Tank and wing Tanks,
sketching Cross section view of a ship (Transverse view).
6. Sketch Beam Knee used in ship.
7. Explain working principle of rudder. Write a short note on three types
of rudder with diagram.
Working Principle : Rudder is a device used for steering and manoeuvring a vessel.
Rudders are hydrofoils which are pivoting on a vertical axis. They are located normally
at the stern behind propeller(s) to produce a transverse force and steering moment about
the ship centre of gravity by deflecting the water flow to the direction of the foil plane.
Unit 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 Loadline
A ship’s waterline is the line where its hull meets the surface of the
water. A load line, also called Plimsoll mark, is a marking indicating the
extent to which the weight of a load may safely submerge a ship, by way
of a waterline limit. It is positioned amidships on both sides of a vessel’s
hull and indicates the draft of the ship and the legal limit to which a ship
may be loaded for specific geographical areas and seasons of the year.
The purpose of the load line is to ensure that a ship has sufficient
freeboard (the height from the waterline to the main deck) and thus
sufficient reserve buoyancy (volume of ship above the waterline). It
should also ensure adequate stability and avoid excessive stress on the
ship’s hull as a result of overloading. Ships intended for the carriage of
timber deck cargo are assigned a smaller freeboard as the deck cargo
provides protection against the impact of waves.
1. Draw to scale the Load line mark and the load lines for a ship as seen
from
a) Port side.
b) Starboard side
2. If the maximum depth of the ship is 13 mtrs. and the summer draught is
8.5 mtrs. what will be the tropical freeboard.
Tropical FreeBoard = Total Depth of ship - Tropical Draft
Tropical Draft = Summer Draft + ( Summer Draft /48)
= 8.5 + (8.5/48)
= 8.5 + 0.177
= 8.677 m
Tropical FreeBoard = Total Depth of ship - Tropical Draft
= 13 - 8.667
= 4.333 m
3. Draw the Loadline Marks of a ship 130 m long, as seen from her
starboard side and mark all dimensions clearly. Statutory freeboard is
1.20 m. Her Load displacement is 6700 t, TPC (SW) 10 t/cm and the
summer draft is 6.72 m.
Note : Here Given Length of ship is 130 m , which is greater than 100 m. So, don’t draw WNA
loadline in diagram.
Now calculate exact values of , (SD/48 ) or (Summer Draft /48) = 6.72/48 =0.48 m
FWA= 6700/(4 X 10) =167.5 mm = 0.1675 m
Show all values in above diagram.
4. Draw the Loadline Marks of a ship 90 m long, as seen from her
starboard side and mark all dimensions clearly. Statutory freeboard is
1.20 m. Her Load displacement is 6700 t, TPC (SW) 10 t/cm and the
summer draft is 6.72 m.
Note : Here Given Length of ship is 90 m , which is less than 100 m. So, draw WNA loadline in
diagram.
Now calculate exact values of , (SD/48 ) or (Summer Draft /48) = 6.72/48 =0.48 m
FWA= 6700/(4 X 10) =167.5 mm = 0.1675 m
Show all values in above diagram.
5. At how many places on the shipside are the draft marks painted? Show
the location on ship.
Draft markings are painted at 6 places on ship
3 On starboard side - at forward perpendicular, at Mid ship, at Aft perpendicular
3 On port side - at forward perpendicular, at Mid ship, at Aft perpendicular
6. Draw where the waterline will be if the draft reading is 9.45 m.
Unit 2.3 Principle dimensions of ship
Define & illustrate the following:
Prepared By,
Mr. Azaruddin Momin
Faculty Naval Architecture
