Kursens beskrivning

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Understands the different disciplines of naval architecture and different phases of the product development cycle. Can identify the different design methods and tools for different disciplines and can select the design tools based on the design stage. Remembers the basic terminology and notations of the naval architecture and search field specific literature for different design tasks.

Credits: 5

Schedule: 17.09.2021 - 17.12.2021

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Spyros Cheirdaris

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  The course will start with an introductory phase identifying a generic framework for ship design using the classical design spiral. Ship mission, main dimension and powering requirements are defined using statistical methods. Hull form definition is based on the hydrostatics, hydrodynamics and ship general arrangement. Definition of ship structure, equipment and machinery at conceptual level using reference techniques. Weight estimation is carried out using statistical methods and initial ship geometry. 

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Compulsory assignment and compulsory lectures

  Grading scale : 1 - 5 ; 50% grading will be based on exam (25% from 1st Mid term exam + 25% from 2nd mid term exam OR 50% from Final exam), 50% on assignment (25% on Assignments from Week 1 - Week 10 and 25% based on final assignment submission and gala performance).

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Contact Teaching (Lectures : 2h x 10 + Tutorials : 2h x 10 + 6 h Gala Attendance) = 46h

  Exams 3h x 2 = 6h

  Group Assignments : 20h

  Self Study : 60h

  TOTAL : 132h (aprox. 5 ECTS)

   

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Lecture notes, selected journal and conference articles and the following books:

  1. Naval Architecture for Non-Naval Architects, by Harry Benford (1991), ISBN 0-939773-56-2
  2. Sustainability in the Maritime Industry: A Collection of Relevant Papers edited by Rich Delpizzo, Haifeng Wang, and Andrew Panek (2011), ISBN: 978-0-939773-87-9
  3. Ship Design and Construction edited by Thomas Lamb (2003) ,ISBN 0-939773-40-6 (Vol I)  ISBN 0-939773-41-4 (Vol II) Book
  4. Principles of Naval Architecture Series: Edited by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) Book
  5. Basic Ship Theory, Combined Volume 5th Edition ; Authors: E. C. Tupper KJ Rawson, ISBN: 9780750653985 eBook ISBN: 9780080523385 Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann Published Date: 5th October 2001 Page Count: 784
  6. Martin Stopford Maritime Economics - 3rd Edition Book;

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

3 Good Health and Well-being

11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

13 Climate Action

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  See: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/view.php?id=25587#section-0

  Teaching Period:

  2020-2021 Autumn I-II

  2021-2022 Autumn I-II

  Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=MEC-E1004

  Registration for Courses: In the academic year 2021-2022, registration for courses will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi) instead of WebOodi.

  WebOodi

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