Ship Construction 1 MEOC 1209

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

• Sketch and describe the profiles of general cargo ships, tankers, bulk carriers, combination carriers, container ships, ro-ro ships, and passenger ships.
• Sketch, describe, and differentiate between the mid-ship sections of general cargo ships, tankers, bulk carriers, combination carriers, container ships, ro-ro ships, and passenger ships.
• Sketch and describe an elevation view of a general cargo ship showing all major structures.
• Sketch and describe (i) an elevation view of a crude oil tanker showing all major structures, and (ii) a plan view of a crude oil tanker showing location of cargo and ballast tanks.
• Define by illustration, the terminology related to ship structures and ship dimensioning.
• Describe the principal global loads on ships.
• Explain how bending moments occur on a ship in a seaway, and describe the resulting stresses on ship structures.
• Explain how localized loading affects ship structures.
• Describe the stresses on ship structures caused by static liquids and liquids sloshing in tanks.
• Calculate the hydrostatic pressure on tank structures due to a head of liquid.
• Describe the purpose and construction of BM and SF diagrams, using a simple box barge as an example, and then explain how relevant data is extracted from these diagrams.
• Describe how stress calculation software is used on board.
• Derive the beam equation.
• Explain how torsion occurs in container ships, and describe the structures used to minimize these stresses.
• Describe how environmental corrosion occurs in ship steels.
• Outline the different forms of steel corrosion.
• List the ship structures most prone to corrosion and the methods used to minimize corrosion.
• Sketch and describe the following ship structures from drawings: standard structural sections and framing systems, ship’s side plating, double bottoms, duct keels, holds and hold drainage arrangements, hatch corners to minimize stress concentrations, ship’s decks, deck freeing arrangements, connections of superstructures to the hull at the ship’s side, plane bulkhead structures, corrugated bulkheads and their hull connections, and bilge keels.
• Describe briefly the properties of steel and aluminum used in ship construction.
• Sketch and describe the properties of standard steel structural sections.

Effective as of Fall 2013