NAME-355 Syllabus

First handout:

1. Discuss different ship design stages with design spiral.

2. Classify different types of ships
3. Discuss ship contract
4. Discuss the mission requirements of a Naval Architect. What are the economic
parameters?
5. Discuss briefly the history of classification society. List renowned CS. What are their
purposes?
6. Discuss the periodic surveys by CS. Discuss CS weld tests.
7. What is mould loft?
8. Discuss steel as ship building material
9. Discuss aluminum as ship building material
10. Discuss different stresses associated with ship.

Plate and section preparation and machining:

1. Discuss the role of stockyard

2. What is shot blasting?
3. Discuss different machines for the preparation of plates and sections
4. Discuss heat line bending

Second handout:

1. What are the basic ship types? For these ship types discuss the features of appearance,
construction, layout, size etc.
2. Discuss different types of keels with figures.
3. What is double bottom? Why is it required? Discuss its different types with figures.
What are ABS rules for depth and thickness of double bottom?
4. Discuss machinery space double bottom
5. Discuss single bottom construction
6. What are the design criteria of engine room construction?
7. Different types of framing system
8. Shell plating
9. Decks, Deck plating, Deck beams and transverses, deck girders
10. Discuss deck sheathing
11. Discuss hatch corner gusset plate and insert plate fitted at hatch corner
12. Show ‘tween deck frame connection details
13. Show the types of knee bracket connections
14. Show connection between side stringer and a side stiffener
15. Show lower connections of hold frames
16. Show joints in side frames
17. Show connection between deck longitudinal and a web deck beam
18. Show gusset plate detail
 19. What are gunwale, sheerstrake and stringer plates?
20. Discuss the ABS rule for centre girder design
21. What is panting? Discuss panting arrangements/structures
22. Discuss the additional stiffening needed to construct the pounding region
23. Discuss the plate construction at the end of the deckhouse
24. What is bulkhead? What are its types? Number of bulkheads necessary, spacing of
watertight bulkhead, construction, corrugated bd and its advantages, Discuss in details.
25. Show pillar construction.
26. How to maintain continuity of the longitudinal stiffeners through the transverse
watertight bulkhead?
27. Details of hatch opening (Eyres-chapter19).
28. Discuss hatch coamings design procedure.

Stress concentration, Opening control and Reinforcement of openings

A guide to sound ship structure:
Pages: 1-23 to 1-26, 2-1 to 2-27, before reinforcement of openings in the strength
envelope.

Third handout:

1. What is bilge keel? Discuss briefly

2. What is bulbous bow? Discuss briefly

Prefabrication

1. Discuss the prefabrication of ship units. What are its advantages? Define subassembly,
assembly and unit.
2. Show erection sequence of general cargo ship, bulk oil tanker, dry bulk cargo
3. Show a typical block erection of a bulk carrier

Superstructure

1. What is bulwark? Discuss its construction.

2. Discuss superstructures and deck houses

Fore end structure:

1. Discuss fore end structure. What is stem?

2. Discuss chain locker, hawse pipe and bow thrust unit

Aft end structure

1. Discuss the types of stern construction

2. Discuss different types of rudders. Discuss rudder construction
3. Discuss propeller from the construction/assembly point of view
Corrosion control and paint system

1. Discuss corrosion of ships. What is corrosion cell? What is galvanic series of metals and
alloys in sea water?
2. Show aluminum to steel connection. Why is it required?
3. What are the corrosion control systems? Discuss in details.
4. Discuss anti-fouling paint
5. Discuss protection of ships by means of paints
6. Discuss painting of cargo and ballast tanks
7. Discuss corrosion prevention by good design.
8. Discuss different cathodic protection system.
9. Discuss different surface preparation techniques for successful painting.

Others:

1. What are Plimsoll marks? Show in a figure.

2. Discuss Admiralty pattern, stockless, Admiralty cast, CQR and danforth anchors
3. Discuss marks on anchors, anchor certificate, anchor test (ABS rulebook)
4. Discuss anchor cables, materials, size, kenter lugless joining shackle and D lugged
joining shackle.
5. Discuss manhole cover details

Minor items

1. Funnel, Engine casing, Shaft tunnel, sea inlets

Outfit

1. Discuss thermal insulation

2. Discuss acoustic insulation
3. Discuss bilge system
4. Discuss mooring equipments and their arrangement
5. Define winch, capstan, windlass, fairlead, chock, bollard and their arrangements in ships.
6. Write short notes on: masts, Sampson posts, deck cranes, derrick, scuppers and sounding
pipes
7. Explain the principle of operation of a sounding pipe
8. What are other gauging methods?
9. Discuss different types of piping system (bilge, ballast and firefighting).
Welding:

Strength of weld, fillet weld, unsymmetrical section subjected to an axial load, eccentric welded
joint subjected to moment, eccentric welded joint subjected to torsion and related problems

Extra

Which plans are to be submitted to Department of Shipping for approval a ship (cargo, tanker or
passenger) of length more than 24 meter?