- Docente: Ignazio Maria Viola
- Credits: 6
- SSD: IIND-01/A
- Language: English
- Moduli: Ignazio Maria Viola (Modulo 1) Riccardo Broglia (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially) (Modulo 1); In-person learning (entirely or partially) (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Nautical Engineering (cod. 5947)
Learning outcomes
The course aims to provide students with physical principles, mathematical tools, and their application to the design of marine vehicles and structures. Specifically, it aims to provide students with the tools necessary for the design, evaluation, and analysis of vehicles and structures in static equilibrium, i.e. in the absence of acceleration. At the end of the course, students will be able to evaluate the geometric characteristics of a floating body and analyze its equilibrium under various operating conditions.
Course contents
1. DEFINITIONS (principal dimensions of a ship, definition of the hull surface, coefficients of form, international and national regulatory bodies).
2. FLOATING BODIES (equilibrium, metacenter, metacentric diagrams, trim, hydrostatic curves, problems in trim, transverse weight movements).
3. INTACT STABILITY (definition, stability at small angles, special cases in stability, stability at large angles, weight movements, influence of external factors, stability standards for the intact ship, IMO criteria).
4. DEMAGED STABILITY (flooding and damaged stability, stability in the damaged state, stability standards for the damaged ship).
5. LAUNCHING, DOCKING AND GROUNDING
6. RESISTANCE (types of resistance, calculation of resistance, roughness, resistance in shallow water, form parameters and resistance, the ITTC performance prediction method, ship trials).
7. PROPULSION (power and efficiency, presentation of propeller data, hull efficiency elements, the IITC performance prediction method, cavitation, ship trial).
8. WAVES (the ocean environment, regular and irregular waves, freak waves).
Readings/Bibliography
Tupper CT. Introduction to Naval Architecture (Fifth Edition). Butterworth-Heinemann; 2013. ISBN: 9780080982373.
Biran AB and López-Pulido R. Ship Hydrostatics and Stability (Second Edition). Butterworth-Heinemann; 2013. ISBN: 9780080982878.
Molland AF, Turnock SR, Hudson DA. Ship Resistance and Propulsion: Practical Estimation of Propulsive Power. Cambridge University Press; 2011. ISBN: 9781107142060.
Lecture notes provided by the Lecturers
Teaching methods
Lectures and frontal exercises held by the Lecturers. During the course, seminars could be organized held by highly qualified personnel and regarding technological aspects of the course. The topics of the seminars held will form an integral part of the program and may be subject to verification during the exam.
Assessment methods
The assessment will take place through an oral examination in which the student must demonstrate sufficient skills of the topics presented in class and be able to summarize the knowledge gained. The student must demonstrate sufficient preparation in each of the required topics. The final grade will be assigned by the committee based on the overall preparation demonstrated.
Teaching tools
Whiteboard /blackboard and PowerPoint presentations.
Office hours
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