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Ship Hydrostatics and Practice - NAVL3610
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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 MMAN2600
 
 
Excluded: NAVL3603
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge: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.
Ship terminology. Project visits to dockyard, classification society, naval architecture consultancies, naval vessel, harbour tug and harbour ferry. Inclining experiment on a vessel in service, and practical aspects of ship stability and stability criteria. Report writing.


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