Program Overview

Course Overview

The course Ship Design III - Hydrodynamics (SKID2202) is an intermediate-level course that focuses on the fundamental principles of fluid mechanics and their application to ship design.

Course Details

• Credits: 7.5
• Level: Intermediate course, level II
• Course Start: Autumn 2025
• Duration: 1 semester
• Language of Instruction: Norwegian
• Location: Ĺlesund
• Examination Arrangement: School exam

Course Content

The course covers a range of topics including:

• Fundamental fluid mechanics
  • Viscous fluids (Euler and Navier-Stokes equations, Boundary layers and separation, laminar vs. turbulent flow)
  • Ideal fluids (Potential theory, Laplace equation)
• Description of ocean environment
  • Wind, Current, waves and wave theories
  • Regular waves, Irregular waves
• Hydrodynamic forces
  • Large-volume structures
  • Small-volume structures
• Ship motion in waves
  • General dynamics
  • Transfer function
  • Natural frequency
  • Damping
• Propulsion
  • Propulsion systems
  • Efficiencies

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

• Shall have a fundamental understanding of the mathematical models used in general fluid mechanics.
• Shall be familiar with linear wave theory and understand how irregular ocean waves can be established from the fundamental regular components.
• Is aware of the fundamentals of propeller theory and knows how the propeller characteristics can be established by model tests and various calculation methods.

Skills

• Knows how to apply fundamental mechanical principles to predict hydrodynamic forces.
• Knows how to calculate wave forces on slender marine structures.
• Knows how to combine results from model tests and various calculation methods to establish an estimate of the required installed power in a ship.

General Competence

• Is aware of the complex interaction between a ship's resistance and the propeller characteristics.
• Is familiar with the statistical uncertainties of the ocean waves (direction, height, and period) and the influence this will have on a vessel's response characteristics.
• Is capable of interpreting, understanding, and presenting results from a model test to colleagues and other partners.

Learning Methods and Activities

The course includes lectures and assignments. Mandatory requirements include approval of 8 out of 10 mandatory assignments before access to the exam is granted.

Evaluation

The course evaluation consists of a 5-hour written exam in the autumn semester. A re-sit examination is held in the form of an oral exam during the following semester.

Recommended Previous Knowledge

• MEKA1001 Mechanics
• IMAA1001 Mathematical methods 1
• IMAA2031 Mathematical Methods 2A
• SKID1001 Ship Design I

Course Materials

• A.F. Molland et al. (2011) Ship Resistance and Propulsion, Cambridge University Press

Subject Areas

• Hydrodynamics
• Engineering

Department with Academic Responsibility

Department of Ocean Operations and Civil Engineering