Ship Design and Construction

At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. interpret the ship design spiral in-line with class rules and owner’s requirements; 2. classify ships and other marine vessels according to their geometry, characteristics and functions; 3. determine ship principal dimensions & coefficients, loading & strength, intact & damaged stability, deadweight, freeboard & floodable length; 4. explain the fundamentals of ship construction and material selection for ship hull plating, framing, machinery mounting, superstructures, bilge Keels, fenders, etc; and 5. develop material joining procedure: welding procedures, riveting.

Basic concepts in ship design: Rules based on design principles, class societies rules and regulations, and ship design spiral. Classification of ships, their characteristics and functions. Modelling and analysis of ships, machinery, strength and performance. Determination of intact and damaged stability; statical and dynamical stability; and floodable length. Ship geometry and hydrostatic curves. Ship structures: Structural arrangement of ships. Fundamentals of hull vibration. Calculation of displacement; form coefficients; principal dimensions; deadweight and light-ship. Power vs speed calculation. Loadlines and freeboard parameters. Fundamentals of ship construction. Structural arrangements, framing systems, functions of ship, double bottom, single bottom, shell plating, etc. Decks, bulkheads, pillars, girders, hatch coamings, machinery mounting; superstructures deck houses, foundation laws and stern structures, bossings and struts, bilge keels and fenders. Ship sections and materials selection: materials joining processes. Testing of welds. Bottom and side framing. Deep tank and corrugated bulk heads. Fore-end and after-end-arrangements. Stem construction. Forepeak- collision bulk heads. Bulbous bows.