The DEEP DRILLER is loaded as shown in the...

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The DEEP DRILLER is loaded as shown in the Sample Load Form #3 (Preparing to Drill). If all the liquid mud (see table 8) is dumped, what would be the new height of the longitudinal metacenter?

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The DEEP DRILLER is loaded as shown in the Sample Load Form #3 (Preparing to Drill). If all the liquid mud (see table 8) is dumped, what would be the new height of the longitudinal metacenter?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Longitudinal metacenter (KML) and how it is affected by loading condition changes • Effect of removing a weight at a known vertical and longitudinal position on KM and GM calculations • Role of free-surface correction when tanks containing liquid are either slack or emptied

💭 Think About

• Think about what happens to the vessel’s longitudinal stability if you completely remove all liquid mud: does the vessel become more or less resistant to trimming? • When liquid mud is dumped, how does that change both the total displacement and the free-surface effect? What does each of those do to the metacentric height? • On the Sample Load Form, identify which items change when mud is dumped and which stay the same; trace which columns feed into the new KML calculation.

✅ Before You Answer

• Locate on Sample Load Form #3 where KML (or KM") is calculated and which intermediate values feed into it (displacement, LCF, moments, etc.). • Confirm how the free-surface correction for longitudinal stability is treated before and after dumping the mud: are the tanks slack or pressed up, or are they now empty? • Recalculate or conceptually track the change in displacement (Δ) and ensure you understand whether an increase or decrease in Δ tends to increase or decrease KML in the form you are using.

Question 1 of 27070

The DEEP DRILLER is loaded as shown in the Sample Load Form #3 (Preparing to Drill). If all the liquid mud (see table 8) is dumped, what would be the new height of the longitudinal metacenter?

61.13 feet

61.19 feet

61.22 feet

62.94 feet

Question 1 / 2707066636ee728f7522a1c5178d9

Question 1 of 2707066636ee728f7522a1c5178d9

The DEEP DRILLER is loaded as shown in the Sample Load Form #3 (Preparing to Drill). If all the liquid mud (see table 8) is dumped, what would be the new height of the longitudinal metacenter?

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Question 1 of 27070

The DEEP DRILLER is loaded as shown in the Sample Load Form #3 (Preparing to Drill). If all the liquid mud (see table 8) is dumped, what would be the new height of the longitudinal metacenter?