The course "Impianti Navali" was created in AA 16/17 and incorporated the previous teachings of "Impianti di Propulsione Navale" and "Impianti e Allestimento Navale". The course consists of a first part (40 hours) focused on propulsion systems, and a second part (20 hours) focused on auxiliary system, including ER auxiliaries, hull, and safety systems. The teaching has strong design and application characterization.
The student will have an overall picture of Design principles of ship propulsion plants, ship auxiliary plants and ship safety plants.
The course aims to present the basics of the design and operation of propulsion and auxiliary systems for the most common types of Ships. It provides a basic understanding of ship propulsion systems for the most common types of ships (cargo, passenger, military, offshore) through analysis of the various components, in particular prime movers, power transmission systems, thrusters. Moreover, it provides a basic understanding of ship systems with special reference to propulsion auxiliary systems, ship safety systems, and major hull systems. Eventually, it provides the basis for safe operation of the described systems, and the skills to understand and apply the most relevant regulations (classification rules, SOLAS, MARPOL).
At the end of the course, the student will be able to describe and understand the operation of a ship propulsion plant and auxiliary system, and to carry out a preliminary design respecting the applicable regulations.
In particular, the student will be able to:
- understand the main issues related to ship propulsion and auxiliary plant in relation to requirements;
- understand and correctly read technical documents, design guides, and regulations applicable to ship propulsion and shipboard installations;
- apply acquired knowledge to solve problems related to the design and operation of ship installations;
- express themselves using both Italian and English technical language to communicate clearly and effectively with specialists and non-specialists;
- effectively interpret graphs, diagrams and technical drawings, and use them to express themselves.
- study independently the main topics addressed by the course, especially in function of the unavoidable need for continuous updating that the discipline requires.
Knowledge of thermodynamics, technical physics, thermal and electrical machines, naval architecture and hydrodynamics is essential for understanding the teaching content.
Teaching will consist of lectures, classroom exercises with debriefing and discussion, and educational visits. During lectures, extensive use will be made of technical documents, project guides and regulations in order to develop the skills of critical reading, comprehension and application of English-language technical texts in the design field.
Material provided by the lecturer on the aulaweb, including notes, course handouts, extracts from standards, project guides and component catalogues.
Ricevimento: Office hours on request, either in presence or via MS TEAMS. please contact the professor via e-mail or MS TEAMS chat.
RAPHAEL ZACCONE (President)
SILVIA DONNARUMMA
BRUNO SPANGHERO
MASSIMO FIGARI (President Substitute)
https://corsi.unige.it/8722/p/studenti-orario
Written project-based test lasting 2-3 hours (Limited to COVID-19 emergency: online, under standard conditions in presence). Admission to the oral examination with a minimum mark of 16/30.
Oral examination consisting of 2 questions on the course programme (15'). In order to pass the exam, both the oral answers need to be sufficient.
The written examination, with a strong design characterization, aims to verify the candidate's ability to solve design problems of relevant complexity, integrating information from different sources, including their own notes, the examination text, catalogs, experimental test results, regulations and manuals, in order to synthesize a solution, assuming missing data and resolving ambiguities, motivating and arguing the choices adopted.
The oral interview aims to test the student's ability to argue about the topics learned, to illustrate their more conceptual and theoretical aspects, as well as to solve practical problems by quickly making and adequately motivating realistic, albeit approximate, quantitative evaluations in the absence of data and computational tools.
