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Ship Structures 1 - NAVL3410
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Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite:MATH2019 and MATS1101; Co-requisite: MMAN3400
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

Ship Construction - materials,welding and cutting, shipyard practice and major ship structural components. Influence of classification society rules and other regulations on construction details.
Introduction to rationally-based structural design and optimization. Loading and responses in ship and offshore structures. Bending of the hull girder - linear deterministic approach. Statistical predictions of wave-induced loads and hull girder response. Application of (Vlasov) extended beam theory to include non-circular torsion -hull girder analysis of open-deck vessels.
Fatigue and fracture of ship structures - fatigue of welded constructions. S-N curve approach to assess fatigue life of steel and aluminium constructions. Fracture mechanics - basic concepts, prediction of fatigue life, crack growth, inspection and maintenance requirements. Application to ship structural joints.


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