Course Overview
In this second level of the Marine Engineering Knowledge General course, students will continue their studies in chemistry and materials. An introduction will be given to the design of pumping systems and the use of pump curves. Studies will continue into the construction and operation of water makers, purifiers, and air compressors. The environmental protection equipment commonly used on ships will be reviewed. Students will learn about steam systems including auxiliary boilers, and the construction, operation, maintenance, and defects of steam installations. Steam turbine, gas turbine, and diesel engine connecting gearboxes, clutches, and couplings will be covered. Lectures will be given on hydraulic systems, including steering gear, and various deck machinery. The course will include a hydraulics lab.
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the basics of chemistry as applied to the marine industry.
- Explain how atoms and molecules are bonding during a chemical reaction.
- Describe the properties of engineering materials used on ships.
- Describe the processes of forging, rolling, and casting, and their effect on material properties.
- Explain how crystalline structure, temperature, and grain size influence the strength and formability of metal, and how vacancies, impurities, and dislocations cause slip and plastic deformation.
- Describe how tensile, hardness, bend, Charpy impact, macroscopic examinations, fatigue, and creep tests are carried out, and state reasons for these tests.
- Describe how non-destructive tests are carried out using X-ray, ultrasound, crack detection, and Magnaflux, and state the reasons for these tests.
- Describe the properties and uses of the aluminum and copper-based alloys used in marine systems.
- Describe the properties and uses of the major plastics, ceramics, and composites used in the marine industry.
- Review the operation and construction of positive displacement, centrifugal, axial flow, and mixed flow pumps.
- Explain how pump curves are read, and how piping systems are designed.
- Describe the construction and operation of plate and tube coolers.
- Sketch and describe a vessel’s bilge, ballast, sewage, domestic water, lubrication and fuel transfer pumping systems.
- Sketch and describe the functioning of OWS, incinerator, and sewage plants.
- Sketch self-cleaning purifiers and describe their components and operation.
- Sketch a flash and a reverse osmosis water maker, and describe its components, operation, and maintenance.
- Sketch an air compressor and describe its construction and system.
- Sketch a marine auxiliary boiler and describe its purpose, construction, operation, and maintenance.
- Describe various types of hydraulic circuits and individual hydraulic components.
- Sketch and describe various types of steering gear.
- Sketch and describe gearboxes suitable for installation with diesel engines, steam turbines, or gas turbines.
- Describe the process of corrosion, and how metals are protected from corroding.
- Define fretting, stress corrosion, and corrosion fatigue.
- Describe the purpose and operation of Impressed Current Cathodic Protection equipment.
Effective as of Fall 2022
Related Programs
Engineering Knowledge 2 Gen (MEOC 2303) is offered as a part of the following programs:
- Indicates programs with a co-op option.
School of Transportation
- Marine Engineering
Diploma Full-time
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