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Q5. The hull of a box shaped vessel is 80 m long and has a mass of 640 tonne uniformly distributed over its length. Machinery of mass 200 tonne extends uniformly over the middle 20 m length of the vessel.
Two holds extending over the extreme forward and aft 20 m lengths of the vessel each have 340 tonne of cargo stowed uniformly over their lengths.
(a) Construct curves of EACH of the following:
(i) load per metre;  (8)
(ii) shearing force.  (4)
(b) Calculate the value of the maximum bending moment.  (4)