OVERVIEW

The course presents main elements of shipbuilding, ranging from description of ship types and their hull structural lay-outs, equipment and outfittings, international conventions and design rules.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The teaching unit aims at providing students with practical skill and expertise about fundamentals of shipbuilding and the ship structural design and analysis process from a global view to construction details, showing typical assessment approaches and languages, i.e. structural plans and drawings, used to describe the hull, its structural lay-out, its components and equipment. Various merchant ship types are presented, highlighting peculiarities of each. Rules and regulations of classification societies are presented from the life cycle management perspective, starting from shipbuilding in shipyard, overviewing the inspection, maintenance and repair approaches until life end and scrapping.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The student will have understanding about shipbuilding and ship scantling design, including typical language, i.e. technical ship drawings, and methods for the different merchant ship types. Moreover, the student will be able to properly apply rules of classification societies and requirements of international conventions about ship construction and strength, including those applicable to ship in service and for ship management and maintenance.

Part of the theoretical knowledge necessary to develop the competencies required by Functions 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Table A-III/1 and A-III/2 of the STCW Convention (Marine Engineer), as well as Functions 1, 2, and 3 of Table A-II/1 and A-II/2 of the STCW Convention (Deck Officer), is provided.

PREREQUISITES

Knowledge of basic mathematics and physics concepts, content of the ship stability course

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures and guided exercises.

Working students and students with certified SLD (Specific Learning Disorders), disability or other special educational needs are advised to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course to agree on teaching and examination arrangements so to take into account individual learning patterns, while respecting the teaching objectives.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course is approximately divided into two parts as follows:

First part: in this part of the course the ship types are presented along with their structural lay-outs. The fundamental nomenclature of the shipbuilding sector, the general definitions and components of the hull, main dimensions and characteristic shape coefficients are defined. In addition, displacement, light ship, deadweight, net weight, load line, tonnage and the division of the displacement into elementary weights are analysed in detail.

The main loads acting on the ship, both at local and global level, are carefully analysed together with the main limit states used for the design of ship structures. Particular attention will be given to the ship global structural response and the basis for the calculation of still water shear force and bending moments will be given to help students understanding the background of loading management software. Finally, the shipbuilding technical drawing methodologies are explained and real structural drawings are illustrated.

Second part: applicable international conventions (i.e. SOLAS, MARPOL, ILO conventions, etc.) as well as rules of classification societies are analysed in detail, focussing on statutory requirements and classification concept. The organization of maritime management regime of a ship since her construction, rules & regulations, the role of class and flag, shipyard and shipowner position are reviewed mainly referring to IMO and IACS documentation. 

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Classification societies rules for ships and offshore structures (www.iacs.org.uk), with emphasis on the recently issued IACS Harmonized Common Structural Rules as well as procedural (PR) and unified requirements (UR) and Recommendations (Rec.).
2. Klaas Van Dokkum, Ship Knowledge, Dokmar Maritime Publishers B.V. (2013), ISBN-13: 978-9071500251

LESSONS

LESSONS START

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Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral discussion on all topics presented during the course and the reports of exercises developed during the lectures. Further details will be given during lectures.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Oral examination will start discussing the practical exercise to assess proper use of language and terminology. The exam will continue to ascertain comprehension of the theoretical content of the course. It is assessed the student knowledge in all main topics. Application examples are proposed to verify whether the student is able to use the content of the course in typical professional scenarios.

FURTHER INFORMATION

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