Docks and Harbour Engineering - Interview Questions and Answers

31. When a ship floats at its designed water line, the vertical distance from water line to the bottom of the ship is known as

32. By increasing the rise of lock gates, (i) the length of the lock gate will increase (ii) transverse stress due to water pressure on the gate will increase (iii) compressive force on the gate will increase Of these statements

33. The difference in height between highest high water and lowest low water is called

34. At a given port, the fetch is 400 nautical miles, the maximum height of storm wave will be