MMO5003 Modern ship design: Safety, Limitations and Hazards

Knowledge

The student:

• Knows important stability issues.
• Knows operational issues related to safe ship handling.
• Has practical understanding of how wind, wave, structual damage and fire affect ship stability.
• Knows how different cargoes influence on ship stability.
• Knows the particulars of different types of fuel.
• Knows the trends in modern ship design and operations practice.
• Knows the principles of peer assessment and constructive feedback

Skills

The student:

• Can use modern stability documentation.
• Can select the optimum type of fuel for a vessel.
• Understand the implications of weather conditions.
• Understand the needs to focus on safety in design and operations.
• Can identify hazardous situations and identify mitigating measures to reduce the risk.
• Can ensure that modern vessels must comply with international rules and regulations.
• Understand the needs for safe maintenance practice.
• Can give and receive constructive feedback on tasks and projects and can apply feedback to improve the quality of tasks and projects.

General Qualifications:

The student:

• Can contribute to new thinking and development within the field of naval architecture.
• Understand and can discuss problems related to stability of floating devices.
• Can participate in a discussion related to selection of fuel system.
• Can communicate about design and operational related issues with both specialists and the public.
• Has the foundation to acquire new and more advanced knowledge related to ship design and operation.
• Can ethically and professionally evaluate own and others’ work and communicate constructive feedback effectively.

A bridging course in stability of vessels for students without a nautical background (will be held prior to the first lecture week). This course is strongly recommended for admitted students having no or limited nautical or maritime background.

NAB2022 Ship technology, NAB2028 Loading techniques or equivalent.

Expected pre-knowledge:

• General Notion of stability
• Forces and Moments
• Centre of Gravity and center of Buoyancy
• Stability curves
• Hydrostatic curves

• Lectures
• Tutorials and practical assignments (related to naval architecture and implications on judgement of risk in maritime operations)
• Discussions in class are encouraged

Individual semester paper.

The student has the right to submit an improved version of a failed semester paper. The improved version must be submitted at the latest by the end of the following semester. It is only possible to deliver an improved version once.

Students, that have passed the course, do not have the option to improve their grade by submitting an improved version. Opportunities for feedback will be offered throughout the semester.

Grade A-F

1) The student must attend physically in class in Haugesund in some of the lectures. Detailed information will be provided at the start of the semester.

2) The student must pass HVL's module for academic integrity (will be specified at study start).

3) The student must submit two (2) assignments and complete peer assessment for both. This is a pass/fail activity. The topic of the assignments will be specified at the study start.