UNSW Handbook Course - Ship Hydromechanics A

Ship Hydromechanics A - NAVL3603


	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: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 6
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: MATH2029, MECH2300, MECH2612
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Basic concepts and techniques. Hydrostatic particulars and integration techniques. Coefficients of form. Intact stability. Stability at a small angle. Cross curves of stability. Righting-arm curve. Effect of a free surface. Wall-sided formula. Effect on stability of suspended weights. Watertight subdivision. Flooding. Determination of floodable length. Launching and docking. Computer methods in hydrostatics and stability.
Dimensional analysis applied to problems in Naval Architecture. Conservation of mass, Bernoulli equation, momentum principle. Stream function and potential function. Body generation with a distribution of sources and thin-body approximation. Complex potential, velocity and pressure. Airfoils and hydrofoils.

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