Module Catalogue 2024/25

Pre Requisite Comment

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Co Requisite Comment

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Aims

The module aims to provide students with the main causes of performance loss of ships at sea, and ways to estimate those losses.

Outline Of Syllabus

Ships are complex assets operating in some of the harshest environments on earth. Actively monitoring, managing and reducing their energy demands whilst maintaining operability is critical to meet the latest climate and environmental regulations. The understanding of how the environment effects these energy demands, and how the energy performance and impact is calculated is explored throughout the syllabus.
The syllabus comprises:
•       Forces and moments acting on a ship in her natural environment.
•       The ship and operator’s response to these external forces and moments.
•       The effect of the ship’s response to service conditions on resistance and propulsion characteristics.
•       Methods to estimate, both numerically and practically, the performance impact of service conditions.
•       Mitigation of harmful emissions through pollution prevention methods.
•       Environmental performance indicators.

Intended Knowledge Outcomes

By the end of this module, students will be able to:
IKO1: Develop the physical phenomena and associated theory relating to performance losses in service (M1, M2, M3).
IKO2: Identify voluntary and involuntary performance losses (M2).
IKO3: Examine methods of estimating forces and moments, both direct and indirect, from the effects of service
conditions on ship performance (M4).
IKO4: Appraise different methods of assessing environmental performance (M5).

Intended Skill Outcomes

By the end of this module, students will be able to:
ISO1: Demonstrate and apply methods to estimate the forces and moments on a ship in service conditions (M1, M2, M3).
ISO2: Explain results from estimation of service performance (M17).
ISO3: Describe how ship performance can be estimated on ships in service(M2).
ISO4: Describe the development of environmental performance indicators (M2, M5).

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

The module will consist of lectures, tutorials and online resources which provide students with a structured format to assimilate the knowledge content and define the scope of each of the syllabus topics.
Exercise and tutorial sessions provide students with the opportunity to gain feedback which enhances their learning which can be further applied in their summative assessment. (IKO1-4)

The independent study time is essential for students to work through the lecture material, in their own time and at their own pace. (ISO 1-4)

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The Written Exercise project affords students the opportunity to assemble, appraise, demonstrate, recall and report on subject specific key skills (IKO1-4). This also allows students to demonstrate critical thinking as well as demonstrating numeracy and literacy and associated cognitive skills.
The Computer Assessment (quiz) (ISO1-4) can be used to provide the student with feedback so they can assess their progress and develop their skills for use with the summative assessment.
The coursework assesses their knowledge without a tight time limit, which is beneficial to the more practical applications of estimating ship performance.

General Notes

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