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Q5) A rectangular oil barge of light displacement 640 tonne is 80 m long and 12 m wide.

The barge is divided by four transverse bulkheads into five compartments of equal length.

When compartments 2 and 4 contain equal quanities of oil and the other compartments are empty, the barge floats at a draught of 4 m in fresh water of density 1000 kg/m³ .

(a) Draw EACH of the following curves on a base of barge length:

(i) curve of loads; (4)

(ii) curve of shearing forces; (4)

(iii)  curve of bending moments; (5)

(b) State the magnitude and position of the maximum bending moment. (3)