MMO5003 Modern ship design: Safety, Limitations and Hazards

Contents and structure

The course emphasize the value of mental rather than numeric understanding of the physics governing the safety of the ship. One will use dedicated robots as tool for this part of the course.

SOLAS regulations regarding ship stability, fire protection, and fire extinguishing will be discussed. Modern stability booklets and accident reports will be used as tools for this part of the course.

The natural implementation of physical Achilles heels into ISM documentation will be discussed.

The course will use real cases as introduction to the various physical aspects.

 

Course Contents

• Stability
  • An historic view to stability:
    • The canoe: with and without outrigger.
    • The Load Line: From Sardinia to Plimsoll.
    • The Metacenter: Learnings from Gustav II Adolph¿s Wasa-ship.
    • The GZ-curve: The legacy after Jaakko Rahola.
  • Static stability.
  • Quasi-static approach to dynamic stability.
  • Simulations of dynamic stability
    • Added mass and drag.
    • Response Amplitude Operators (RAO).
    • Wave specters.
    • Wind and wind gusts.
    • Dynamic simulations.
  • Intact stability.
  • Damage stability.
• Fire for ro-ro vessels
  • Structural fire requirements.
  • Detectors and alarm requirements.
  • Fixed and manual fire extinguishing systems.

Learning Outcome

Knowledge

The student:

• Knows important stability issues.
• Knows operational issues related to safe ship handling.
• Has practical understanding of how wind, wave, damage and fire affect ship stability.
• Knows how different cargoes influence on ship stability.
• Knows fire barriers and their limitations for ro-ro ships

Skills

The student:

• Can use modern stability documentation in order to analyze:
  • Loading limitations.
  • Weather implications.
  • Stability for grounded ship.
  • Stability for damaged ship.
  • Stability for ship at fire.
  • Fire fighting

General Qualifications:

The student:

• Understand and can discuss problems related to stability and fire protection of floating devices.
• Has the foundation to acquire new and more advanced knowledge related to stability and fire protection.
• Can analyze problems related to stability and fire protection.
• Can communicate about stability and fire protection related issues with both specialists and the general public.
• Can contribute to new thinking and development within the field of stability and fire protection.

Entry requirements

Expected pre-knowledge

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

Recommended previous knowledge

NAB1021 Hydrostatics and stability, NAB2007 Ship construction, NAB2059 Loading Techniques 1 and NAB2060 Loading Techniques 2 or equivalent.

Teaching methods

Teaching Methods:

The course contains lectures; tutorials; dedicated stability-apps, practical assignments related to judgement of stability, structural fire-protection / extinguishing.

Compulsory learning activities

Mandatory assignments

Assessment

Portfolio assessment.

Examination support material

School`s calculator and formulae book will be handed out during the exam.

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