Course Overview
The Ship Construction 2 course covers the following topics: General arrangement, showing the layout of cargo spaces, tanks, machinery and accommodation of general cargo ships, tankers, bulk carriers, combination carriers, container vessels, ro-ro, and passenger vessels; Effect of loading and ballasting on ship structures; The use of loading instruments on board to calculate ship stresses, description of ship structures in areas of stress concentration such as sheer strake/deck stringer, hatch openings, bulkheads; Description of the bow and stern structures; Description of various fittings such as mechanical hatch covers, mooring devices such as fairleads and bitts, anchor handling equipment, masts and Samson posts, derricks, deck cranes; Description of the piping systems for hold bilge, fire, and ballast systems; Description of rudders and propellers, load lines, and draft marks.
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
3.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Sketch, describe, and differentiate between the general arrangements of general cargo ships, tankers, bulk carriers, combination carriers, container ships, ro-ro ships, and passenger ships.
- Sketch, describe, and differentiate between the midship sections of general cargo ships, tankers, bulk carriers, combination carriers, container ships, ro-ro ships, and passenger ships.
- Describe the use of loading instruments to determine the effect of loading and ballasting on ship structures, and explain how data from loading instruments is used to determine shear force, bending moments, and torsion moments.
- Sketch and describe areas of stress concentration: sheer strake/deck stringer, hatch openings, and construction of transverse bulkheads: plain and corrugated.
- Sketch and describe the bow and stern structures of a ship.
- Sketch and describe the following deck fittings: steel hatch covers, wooden hatch covers, oil-tight hatch covers, various fairleads, mooring bitts, and tension winches.
- Sketch and describe the anchor handling arrangements, Samson posts, and deck cranes.
- Sketch and describe the bilge, ballast, and fire main system on board a ship.
- Describe the fire main pumps; sketch and describe the sounding and air release arrangements in ballast and fuel tanks; sketch and describe the securing arrangements for deck containers.
- Describe the action of a rudder, and sketch and describe the rudder, rudder stock, attachments, and rudder gland.
- Describe the principle of the screw propeller; define propeller terminology; compare the advantages and disadvantages of fixed pitch propellers with controllable pitch propellers.
- Sketch and describe an oil-lubricated stern tube; describe how a propeller is attached to its tail shaft; sketch and describe the construction of a shaft tunnel and its watertight features.
- Define freeboard; draw to scale and describe the load line mark; explain how charts and seasonal periods are used to determine the applicable load line; explain how draughts are read and freeboard is measured.
Effective as of Fall 2017
Related Programs
Ship Construction 2 (MEOC 2209) 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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