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Q5) The hull of a box shaped vessel is 80 m long and has a structural 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 tonnes of cargo stowed uniformly over their lengths.

(a) Using graph paper, 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)