Ship Design and Propulsion - NAVL3120
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
School: School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Course Outline: http://www.mech.unsw.edu.au/
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: NAVL3610
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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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.
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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