UNSW Handbook Course - Principles of Ship Design

Principles of Ship Design - NAVL3100


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
	Course Outline: http://www.mech.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 3
	EFTSL: 0.062 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: NAVL3601 or NAVL3603
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Development of ships and shipbuilding. The trading environment. The ocean environment. Ship types. Freeboard and load lines. Tonnage. Methods and mathematics of ship design. Estimation of a ship?s dimensions, weights, capacity, freeboard, stability, powering and engine selection. Computer-aided representation of hull shape and drawings.

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