Module overview
This fundamentals module is aimed primarily for the MSc students in Maritime Engineering Science and students on the MECH/Navel Engineering programmes. It provides them with the essential knowledge of Ship Science required for their subsequent studies. This module can also be taken by other students who may need the relevant information for their degrees, subject to their Degree programme regulations. Lectures are delivered in Teaching Weeks 0 of the academic year with tutorials, examination, and coursework completed during the rest of the semester.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Appreciate the fundamental concepts and the technical language associated with each of the topics covered
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Appraise the fundamental behaviour of rigid structures in a seaway
- Explain fundamental physical (geometric, hydrostatic & hydrodynamic and structural), economic and control concepts utilising appropriate mathematical formulations.
- Appreciate the approaches used in real and inviscid fluid mechanics and be able to undertake basic analysis of simplified flows
- Explain how the structural strength concepts are applied to simple structural forms and to the design of the amidships-section of a ship
- Comprehend the basic concepts of a number of interrelated fundamental topics to allow meaningful appreciation of why these subjects need to be pursued to advanced levels in the modern marine industry.
- Recognise and appreciate the fundamental concepts used to provide estimates of the resistance components of ships and the provision of an appropriate means of propulsion using basic propeller design methods
- Recognise conflicts within the design process and the need for both technical and economic considerations within a design.
- Select machinery suitable for ship propulsion
- Apply relevant analytical and numerical tools required to undertake practical calculations
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the fundamental concepts and the technical language associated with each of the topics covered
- Possess sufficient fundamental knowledge in the identified subject areas to those without a naval architecture first degree to undertake other courses within the MSc programme
- Apply that knowledge to more advanced situations provided in the coursework
Syllabus
Fluid Mechanics: Overviews the Fundamental concepts underpinning fluid motions and forces as used in many of the other topics.
Ship Hydrostatics: Fundamental concepts of the equilibrium and stability of floating bodies including volume and mass effects. An introduction to maritime transport.
Ship Resistance & Propulsion: Introduction to ship resistance and propulsion with associated definitions.
Ship Structures: The longitudinal strength of ship hull girder and the associated structural components and nomenclature.
Ship Design & Economics: Introduction to Ship Design, Ship Operation and the Physical Ocean Environment.
Marine Engineering: Overview of main engine selection considerations and typical machinery layouts. Stern tubes and seals.
Seakeeping: An introduction to Response Amplitude Operators (RAO’s), Wave spectra, and behaviour of a ship in a seaway.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Lecture method:
Explanations / derivations of analysis methods and design procedures. Demonstration of analytical, numerical, and experimental methods introduced under the different subject headings. The lectures are completed in weeks zero.
Learning activities include:
- Questioning of students’ understanding during lectures. Sample questions circulated and a diverse set of coursework tasks.
- Completion of coursework.
Type | Hours |
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Follow-up work | 15 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 15 |
Wider reading or practice | 10 |
Lecture | 24 |
Completion of assessment task | 50 |
Tutorial | 12 |
Revision | 24 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Reference material. indicated through specific references / reference lists or bibliographies as appropriate to course material for each topic.
Lecture Notes. Summary lecture notes are circulated before arrival at University and during the course via the blackboard site
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Continuous Assessment | 50% |
Final Assessment | 50% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Set Task | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Set Task | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External