DEN 340E - Hydrostatics of Marine Vehic.

Course Objectives

1.To provide an understanding of engineering fundamentals
2.To provide an understanding of basic hydrostatics of ships and marine vehicles
3.To offer various solution techniques to estimate the hydrostatics propertiesof ships and marine vehicles
4.To provide the ability to assess the safety of ships and marine vehicles in accordance with national and international safety regulations.

Course Description

Ship geometry; Area, volume, centre of gravity of calculations. Approximate calculations of area, volume and centroids. Hydrostatic calc. and curves.