Calculation of the Ships Vertical Center of Gravity, KG NAU 205
Ship Stability Steven D. Browne, MT
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Center of Gravity (G)
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Light Ship KG Inclining Experiment
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Moment The product of a quantity and its distance from a
reference point. Example: A 40 lb child is sitting 4 ft from the
center of a seesaw. What is the moment? Ans: 160 ft-lbs
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Moment To balance, both moments must be equal. Example: A 40 lb
child is sitting 4 ft from the center of a seesaw. Where must an 80
lb. child sit to balance the seesaw? Ans: 160 ft-lbs = 80 lbs. x
distance Distance = 2 ft.
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Using moments to find KG
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Wt. (in lbs)Dist. (in ft.)Moments (in ft.-lbs) 100 X10=1,000
150X30=4,500 250 lbs5500 5,500 ft.-lbs / 250 lbs = 22 ft. G is 22
ft. from the left end
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Using moments to find KG
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KG = total moments / total displacement
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Example 1: A vessel floating at her light draft displaces 5,000
tons. The light ship KG is 20. 200 tons are loaded 10 above the
keel and 300 tons 5 above the light ship KG. What is the new KG?
Using moments to find KG
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Example 1: A vessel floating at her light draft displaces 5,000
tons. The light ship KG is 20. 200 tons are loaded 10 above the
keel and 300 tons 5 above the light ship KG. What is the new KG?
Using moments to find KG Wt. (in tons)KG (in ft.)Moments (in
ft.-tons) 5000 X20=100,000 200X10= 2,000 300X25= 7,500 5500
tons109,500 ft-tons 109,500 ft.-tons / 5,500 tons = 19.9 ft. KG =
19.9 ft.
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Example 2: The vessel in example 1 has the following weights
removed: 700 tons 5 above the keel, 300 tons 2 above the keel and
150 tons 15 above the keel. What is the new KG? Using moments to
find KG
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Wt. (in tons)KG (in ft.)Moments (in ft.-tons) 700X 5=3,500 300X
2= 600 150X15=2,250 1,150 tons6,350 ft-tons Original5,500 tons
109,500 foot-tons Discharged-1,150 tons- 6,350 foot-tons Final
4,350 tons 103,150 foot-tons New KG = 103,150 ft-tons / 4,350 tons
= 23.7 feet Example 2: The vessel in example 1 has the following
weights removed: 700 tons 5 above the keel, 300 tons 2 above the
keel and 150 tons 15 above the keel. What is the new KG? Using
moments to find KG
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Wt. (in tons)KG (in ft.)Moments (in ft.-tons)
5,500X19.9=109,500 -700X 5= -3,500 -300X 2= -600 -150X15= -2,250
4,350 tons103,150 ft-tons New KG = 103,150 ft-tons / 4,350 tons =
23.7 feet Example 2 (Second Method): The vessel in example 1 has
the following weights removed: 700 tons 5 above the keel, 300 tons
2 above the keel and 150 tons 15 above the keel. What is the new
KG? Using moments to find KG
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Calculating the shift of G (GG) Loading, discharging or
shifting 1 load: Method 1: KG = total moments / total displacement
GG = [KG KG] Method 2: GG = (w x d) / w = weight of load d =
distance of shift or distance from G (for loading and discharging)
= new displacement
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Calculating the shift of G (GG) Rules about the movement of G:
1.When a weight, g, is loaded, the vessels center of gravity, G,
will move toward the loaded weight. 2.When a weight, g, is
discharged, G will move away from the discharged weight. 3.When a
weight, g, is shifted, G will move parallel to the shifted weight.
4.When a weight, g, is suspended, G will move toward the point of
suspension.
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Calculating the shift of G (GG) Example 3: Suppose that on a
10,000 ton vessel with a KG of 25 ft, 200 tons are shifted
vertically upwards 20 ft. What is GG? Method 1 Wt. (tons)KG
(ft.)Moments (ft.-tons) Initial Cond.10,000X25 = 250,000
Shift200X20+ 4,000 Final10,000 254,000 KG = 254,000 ft.-tons /
10,000 ft.-tons = 25.4 ft. GG = 25 ft. 25.4 ft. = 0.4 ft.
upwards
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Calculating the shift of G (GG) Example 3: Suppose that on a
10,000 ton vessel with a KG of 25 ft, 200 tons are shifted
vertically upwards 20 ft. What is GG? Method 2: GG = (200 tons x 20
feet) / 10,000 tons GG = 0.4 ft upwards
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Example 4: 300 tons of salt water are loaded in a stbd. deep
tank with the center 10 ft. above the keel. Displacement before
loading was 9,700 tons, KG of 25 ft. Find the vertical shift of G.
Calculating the shift of G (GG) GG = (300 tons x 15 ft) / 10,000
tons GG = 0.45 ft downwards
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Example 5: A tank weighing 60 tons is discharged from the
portside of an upper deck with a KG of 45 ft. Displacement of the
ship before discharging was 6,060 tons, KG 20 ft. Find the vertical
shift of G. Calculating the shift of G (GG) GG = (60 tons x 25 ft)
/ 6,000 tons GG = 0.25 ft downwards
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GG with a suspended weight
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Example 6: You need to lift a 30 ton container. The head of
your jumbo boom is 80 ft. above the container. The ships
displacement 10,000 tons. What is GG the moment the container is
off the deck? GG with a suspended weight GG = (30 tons x 80 ft) /
10,000 tons GG = 0.24 ft upwards