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Ship Design and Propulsion - NAVL3120
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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: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: NAVL3610 and Corequisite: MMAN3400
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Development of ships and shipbuilding. Ship types. Methods of ship design. Estimation of a ship’s dimensions, weights, and capacity. Computer-aided representation of hull shape and drawings. Load lines and freeboard. Tonnage. The ocean environment and seakeeping.
Propeller and waterjet terminology, theories of action, interaction with the hull, cavitation, engine and waterjet data, design of propellers and waterjets, practical details and drawing, strength, estimation of polar moment of inertia and entrained water.

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