SHIP RESISTANCE – PROPULSION – SHIP HYDRODYNAMICS


General Info


  • Course Title: Ship Resistance – Propulsion – Ship Hydrodynamics
  • Course Code: NAOME1325
  • Semester: 4th
  • Course Type: S.1
  • Weekly Teaching Hours: 4 (Lectures)
  • Credits (ECTS): 5
  • Offered to ERASMUS+ students: Yes
  • Course Website:https://eclass.uniwa.gr/courses/NA200/
  • Professors: S. Peppa


Course Content / Syllabus


Phenomenological methods, Linear wave theory Ship resistance, Resistance components, Coherence resistance, Pressure resistance, Friction resistance, Wave resistance and related theories. Ship resistance prediction based on systematic series Calculation of ship resistance using the FORMDATA method and the Lap-Keller method Similarity theory, Dimensional analysis Experimental determination of resistance, Froude experimental method Ship propulsion, Propeller geometry, Propeller operation, Propeller - hull interaction factors Propeller systematic series, Propeller cavitation, Selection of marine propulsion machinery systems, Propeller – Engine matching.


Course Outline



  1. G.B. = General Background, S.B. = special background, S.: Specialised.↩︎