| CODE | MEC3009 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Ship Studies 1 | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Mechanical Engineering | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | An introduction to the work of a Naval Architect. To introduce the fundamental concepts in to: - Ship Design - Definition - Characteristics - Hydrostatics - Stability - Strength - Ship's working environment - Docking & Grounding - Hazards and Protection Aims To expose the students to the Maritime Industry as a whole. To provide the student with good introductory understanding of the principles and methodology in to the field of Naval Architecture. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - know the maritime industry structure and operation as a whole - understand the basic skills and processes required to design ships - define a ship, its characteristics, its hydrostatic performance and stability properties - understand the ship working environment and the effect on the ship build and strength - understand the dangers and hazards, and how they can be prevented and tackled 2. Skills (including transferable [generic] skills): By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - appreciate the design in relation to its purpose - define the ship in relation to the hydrostatics and stability requirements - appreciate how the design reflects on ship strength, by analysing the ship girder loading and response - appreciate the dangers associated with the ship environment and understand how to protect the ship from the hazards - define the ship in relation to docking and grounding Main Text - Introduction to Naval Architecture - E.C. Tupper - Basic Ship Theory, vol 1& 2, - K.J. Rawson & E.C. Tupper - Ship Construction - D.J. Eyres - Practical Ship Design - D.G.M. Watson |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-Requisite Study-units: MEC1400 - Engineering Mechanics - Statics MEC1401 - Mechanics of Materials MEC2306 - Engineering Mechanics - Dynamics |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Claire Muscat Fenech |
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