Principles of Naval Architecture
PostgraduateTAS-JEE5042025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Start dates
- 24 Feb 2025
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Principles of Naval Architecture
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Learn hydrostatic theory and its function as fundamental stage of ship design, and its vital applicability throughout a marine vehicle life cycle.
- Calculate hydrostatic data for any hull form and predict the influence of hull form parameters on a vessel's stability characteristics.
- Understand the impact of external forces in marine environment and to undertake vehicle response in the process of designing a hull form.
- Demonstrate the use of various analysis methods in compliance with practical operational requirements and appropriate codes and regulations.
- Module 1: Hull type and form
- Module 2: Hull geometry
- Module 3: Mass tracking
- Module 4: Elements of transverse stability
- Module 5: Analysis of transverse stability
- Module 6: Principles of Trim
- Module 7: Partially afloat condition
- Module 8: Seakeeping: Wave properties
- Module 9: Seakeeping - Irregular waves theory
- Module 10: Seakeeping - Ship motions
- Module 11: Seakeeping - Ship motions in irregular waves
This subject equips students with a knowledge of vessel hull forms, hydrostatic concepts and parameters, introduces the concepts of ship behaviour in waves and the process of evaluating the seakeeping characteristics of a vessel, and phases within the design process. The subject builds upon prior undergraduate engineering knowledge to develop the conceptual and analytical skills necessary at a detailed level of ship design with a particular emphasis required for initial parameter estimates.
- Assignment (Computer) (10%)
- Design Project (50%)
- Assignment (Hydrostatic) (20%)
- Assignment (Structure) (20%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- TAS-BAM-MAS-2025 - Master of Business Administration in Maritime Management
- TAS-MMG-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Maritime Management
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Business Administration in Maritime Management
PostgraduateTAS-BAM-MAS
Graduate Diploma of Maritime Management
PostgraduateTAS-MMG-GDI