COURSE OUTLINE

Naval Architecture I (Ship Geometry and Hydrostatics)

BME 203

TOPICS

1. Definitions/Dimensions/Coefficients
a. Hull; Superstructure; Parallel middle body; Fore and aft ends; Entrance and run
b. Forward and aft perpendiculars; Length overall and between perpendiculars; Keel;
Baseline; Midship; Centreline
c. Loadline; Draught; Freeboard; Depth
d. Sheer; Camber; Rise of floor; Tumblehome; Flare; Stem; Stern; Bilge
e. Mass and volume displacement; Tonnage
f. Block, prismatic, vertical prismatic, waterplane area and midship section coefficients
g. Deadweight coefficient
2. Ship Geometry and Calculations
a. Lines plan; Table of offsets
b. Approximate methods of integration
c. Calculation of areas, volumes,
d. Determination of centroids of flotation and buoyancy
e. Calculation of second moments of area
f. Displacement sheet; Hydrostatic data and curves
g. Deadweight scale
3. Flotation/Reserve Buoyancy/TPC
a. Archimedes principle and principle of flotation
b. Effects of external and internal load changes on buoyancy
c. Need for reserve buoyancy and Loadline markings
d. Tonne per centimeter immersion (TPC)
e. Fresh Water Allowance (FWA)
f. Assignment of freeboard
4. Loaded Centre of Gravity/Heel/List
a. Effects of addition, removal, shifting and suspension of masses on centre of gravity
b. Determination of centre of gravity after loading
c. Definitions of list and trim
5. Transverse Statical Stability – Initial
a. Definition of heel and heeling moment
b. Definitions of righting moment (Moment of statical stability), righting lever (GZ),
transverse metacentre and metacentric height (GMT)
c. Relationship between GZ and GMT
d. Stable, unstable and neutral equilibrium
e. Angle of loll
f. Relationship between KG, KB, BMT and GMT
g. Metacentric diagram