Basic Naval Architecture Course

Description

Basic Naval Architecture Course

***We’ll get in touch with you to advise the course schedule after booking, depending on availability and your preference***

• Module 1: Ship Hull’s geometry and terms (2 hours)
  • Parts of a ship
  • Why does a ship float? – Weight and buoyancy, Archimedes principle
  • Geometrical terms – LBP, LOA, Breadth, Depth, Draft, Freeboard, Sheer, Camber
  • Lines drawing/offset table
  • Extreme vs Moulded
  • Test and review + brief intro to next module

• Module 2: Displacement and trim (2 hours)
  • Displacement and its calculation
  • Coefficients – Cb, Cwp, Cm, Cp
  • Integration methods for displacement – section area curves and Simpson’s rules
  • Concept of trim, LCB, LCF
  • Test + review

• Module 3: Stability of a ship (4 hours)
  • Initial Stability – stable vs unstable equilibrium
  • The concept of metacentre and GM
  • Hydrostatics and hydrostatic table
  • Exercise on using hydrostatics to find displacement and trim
  • Stability at large angles – cross curves
  • The GZ curve and IMO Stability criteria
  • Stability criteria for different types of vessels
  • Effect of free surface of liquids
  • Exercise on computing stability for a barge

• Module 4: Ship Structures (2 hours)
  • Ship as a beam
  • Sagging and hogging
  • Global vs local strength of a ship
  • Weight distribution of a ship
  • Standard integration method for load, SF and BM
  • Midship Section Modulus calculation and stress calculation
  • Scantling calculations – introduction

• Module 5: Resistance and Propulsion (2 hours)
  • Powering of ships – the basics and different methods
  • What is resistance and how is it calculated?
  • The ITTC line and Holtrop-Mennen method
  • Effective Power
  • Propeller types
  • Sea trials