COMPUTER AIDED GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF MARINE STRUCTURES


General Info


  • Course Title: Computer Aided Geometric Design Of Marine Structures
  • Course Code: NAOME1327
  • Semester: 5th
  • Course Type: S.1
  • Weekly Teaching Hours: 2 (Lectures), 2 (Laboratory)
  • Credits (ECTS): 5
  • Offered to ERASMUS+ students: Yes
  • Course Website:https://eclass.uniwa.gr/courses/NA183/
  • Professors: Th. Gerostathis and B. Kapnopoulou, M. Mastrokalos


Course Content / Syllabus


Theoretical part Introduction to CASD systems. Design, construction and analysis using computers. Introduction to Information Technologies in Naval Architecture. Computer generated drawings. Elements of geometric modeling using computers. Geometric transformations. Parametric representation of curves and surfaces. Elements of differential geometry. Bézier, B-Spline and NURBS curves and surfaces. Interpolation and curve fitting. Surface interpolation. Methods of fairing of two-dimensional curves (e.g. stations, waterlines) under design constraints. Methods of fairing three-dimensional curves and surfaces. Parametric computer-aided hull design.
Laboratory Part of the Course Design and fairing of lines of various types of ships. Training in three-dimensional hull design with specialized software packages (e.g. Rhino3D, Grasshopper).


Course Outline



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