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Q5. A box barge of length 50 m is of uniform construction and has a displacement of 600 tonne when empty.

The barge is divided by four transverse bulkheads to form five holds of equal length. Cargo is loaded as shown in Fig Q5, the cargo in each hold being uniformly distributed.

For this condition of loading:

(a) verify that the barge has an even keel draught; (2)

(b) draw to scale EACH Of the following:

(i) the load diagram; (6)

(ii) the shear force diagram; (5)

(c)using the diagrams drawn in Q5(b), determine the longitudinal position of the maximum bending moment. (3)