GEM 341E - Ship Hydrodynamics

Course Objectives

1-) Acquiring tools in understanding and predicting resistance and powering of ships
2-) Design of propellers, capability in propulsion analysis

Course Description

Dimensional analysis. Froude’s hypothesis and components of ship resistance; frictional resistance, viscous drag, wave resistance. Resistance at restricted waters. tandard series, statistical methods, the use of diagrams. Modern propulsion devices. Wake field. Propeller hydrodynamics and standard series. omentum, lifting line/surface theory, cavitation. Propeller hull interaction and power prediction. Flow improvement devices. Logic of propeller design. Hull-propeller machinery interaction. Ship trial tests.