Coursecode: mte111p
Coursename: Ship Design Exercise

DUT creditpoints: 10
ECTS creditpoints: 15

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology

Lecturer(s): Aalbers, prof.ir. A., Boonstra, ir. H., Pinkster, ir. J.

Tel.: 015-2781732

Catalog data:

Ship Design, written and oral presentation

Courseyear: M.Sc.1
Semester: -
Hours p/w: -
Other hours: 1
Assessment: Other
Assessm.period(s): -
(see academic calendar)

Prerequisites: mt111, mt510, mt512

Follow up: -

Detailed description of topics:

The ultimate goal of the study in Maritime Technology is the design, building and operation of ships and other floating objects.

Economic and safe designs and the integration of knowledge is required of a.o. seakeeping, resistance and propulsion, manoeuvrability, strength and vibrations, intact and damaged stability, costprice and operational costs and 3-D computer aided design.

The exercise in ship design will be effectuated in a realistic environment. For that purpose design studios are available in which project teams of 3 students are working together on one design. This also involves a practical exercise in project management and concurrent engineering reflecting current practice. The result of the design process has to be presented in a written and oral presentation.

It is considered of importance that the design exercise is not anly an application of techniques which are dealt with in the first 22 years of the study, but mainly an exercise in design: the creation of a competitive and safe ship, using state-of-the-art techniques and integrating knowledge from many sources. This implies that the students should have a working knowledge of the basic techniques required in ship design. In general the exercise will involve a ship of a known type, but with a challenging design aspect. Further a typical model building of the ship or a part of the ship will be required, to further improve the insight into a specific design problem.

The design exercise also involves the course tc3 (oral reporting and presenting).

Course material:

References from literature:

  • "Management of Marine Design", Stian Erichsen, Butterworths, ISBN 0-408-03237-5

  • "Ship Design and Construction", d'Archangelo, SNAME

  • "Principles of Naval Architecture", SNAME, ISBN 0-939773-00-7

  • "Goal-directed project management",Erling, S. Andersen a.o., ISNN 90 9002743 2

Remarks (specific information about assesment, entry requirements, etc.):

Time schedule

Students with nominal study traject: Request for exercise December 1, Start exercise January, Submission and presentation June

Students with delayed study traject: Request for exercise July, Start exercise September, Submission and presentation January

Rules

  • Design teams of 3 persons; 1 person to be appointed as leader

  • Fixed start and end date

  • Planning with milestones, responsibility schemes, task lists and weekly reporting

  • Every team member and the team as a whole account for their hours spent

  • The team is working at TU premises and is available for support and control by the supervisor at agreed hours

  • Though every team member can work on a task of his special interest or skill, a regular shift has to take place, so that all aspects of the ship design can be experienced by all team members. Main decisions have to be taken in the design team

Goals:

See detailed description

Computer use:

Extensive use will be made of PC's/workstations for calculations, drawings and reporting. In a future stage rapid phototyping is envisaged. Emphasis is placed on the extensive use of sketches and models to elucidate the design process. The use of hand made sketches as prelude to the CAD models and drawings is strongly recommended.

Laboratory project(s):

See detailed description

Design content:

See detailed description

Percentage of design: 100%