SHIP DESIGN

General Info

• Course Title: Ship Design
• Course Code: NAOME1334
• Semester: 6th
• Course Type: S.¹
• Weekly Teaching Hours: 5 (Lectures)
• Credits (ECTS): 6
• Offered to ERASMUS+ students: Yes
• Course Website: https://eclass.uniwa.gr/courses/NA243/
• Professors: C. Politis

Course Content / Syllabus

Ship Design: Aims, owner’s requirements, design specifications, stages in ship design. Preliminary Design: Preliminary estimation of main dimensions and hull-form coefficients. Powering requirements. Weight groups and displacement equation. Displacement control, hold capacity control. Preliminary control of trim and stability, basic stability regulations of IMO. Loadline regulations and freeboard calculation. Preliminary estimation of construction cost. In the context of the course, the students, divided in small groups of two persons, have to compile a study with subject “Preliminary selection of main dimensions and hull form coefficients. Displacement control”. Each group is dealing with a different type and size of ship.

Course Outline