Module Catalogue 2024/25

Pre Requisite Comment

None

Co Requisite Comment

None

Aims

To provide students with naval architectural techniques in the area of stability for ships and wave forces for fixed offshore structures. To give students an appreciation of the processes by which naval architectural requirements are generated and how physical constraints impact upon design.

Outline Of Syllabus

The module will cover: a general introduction to transportation, marine vehicles and their roles, ship geometry lines plan, curve of areas, equilibrium of floating bodies (submerged and floating in a free surface), properties of irregular shapes, areas, first and second moments, numerical integration, effects of changes of draught and trim, large angle stability, GZ curves and effects of changing hull geometry, flooding calculations, added weight, lost buoyancy, floodable length, permeability, inclining experiment, launching calculations, wave forces, morrisons equation, techno economic investigations

The module will include preschool reading, examples, an intensive school (five days), and a postschool assignment

Intended Knowledge Outcomes

On completion of this module students will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding to undertake the following:

IKO1 - Understand the function of stability of ships in the design process
IKO2 - Appreciate the widely varying designs that are current in marine practice
IKO3 - Be aware of how design requirements are generated and how physical constraints impinge to generate an
optimal design solution

Intended Skill Outcomes

On completing the module students will be able to develop the following subject specific skills:

ISO1 - IT skills
ISO2 - Decision making
ISO3 - Communication skills
ISO4 - Project and resource management
ISO5 - Collation, analysis and evaluation of data
ISO6 - Project planning
ISO7 - Problem solving
ISO8 - Time management
ISO9 - Ability to work alone

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Students are encouraged to develop their knowledge and understanding of the subject by independent reading for which they are given guidance in the distance learning material (IKO1 - 3). This preschool study is reinforced via lectures during the intensive school itself. The use of design exercises during the intensive school and work-based assessments and application after the intensive school also enable the student to learn. Subject-specific skills (e.g. IT and project planning) are developed via the distance learning material, which is delivered by a web based system (Canvas). Cognitive skills (problem solving/decision making) are taught primarily through case studies and design classes, and developed through work-based assignments. Key transferable skills (communication, time management, ability to work alone etc) are developed through the work-based postschool assignment and via completion of the module itself, including the distance learning material (ISO1 - 9).

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

Knowledge and understanding are assessed via the unseen written examination and the written assignment. Subject specific and cognitive skills are assessed via design exercises and the module assignments, as are communication skills.

General Notes

N/A