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Weeks Topics Course Outcomes
1 Gyroscope, precession, heavy control, north seeking and damping. Fundamental principles of gyro and main units of gyro compass (demonstration of Sperry and Anschütz) I
2 The gyro compass errors, transmission system and gyro repeaters. Gyro alarms, maintenance of gyro compass. I, II
3 Steering control system, auto-pilot. I, II
4 Sound in the water as acoustic physic, sound propagation in the water. Measuring depth, Echo Sounder and its working principles. False echoes, errors of sounding/echo sounder, and maintenance. I, II
5 Speed measurement, speed logs and working principles. I, II
6 Electromagnetic waves. types of electromagnetic speed logs, propeller and pressure type of speed logs. I, II
7 Doppler and acoustic logs. Operational principles of Doppler, the control of speed logs and maintenance. I, II, III
8 GPS receivers, DGPS system. Global Positioning System (GPS); components of satellite, earth and ship, working principles. Other satellite navigation systems; GNSS, GLONASS, GALILEO. I, II, III
9 Electronic charts, specifications of electronic navigation charts. Units and operational functions of ECDIS. I, II, III
10 ECDIS database. Overlay function to Radar-ARPA, together usages. ECDIS voyage planning. I, II, III
11 Automatic Identification System (AIS); working principles, components. AIS Dynamic and static information. Long-range identification and tracking system (LRIT). Regulations and applications. I, II, III
12 Voyage Data Recorder; operational principles, recorded data and their usages. Integrated bridge and navigation systems. I, II, III
13 IMO performance standards for electronic navigation equipment on the bridge. I, II, III, IV
14 E-navigation applications. I, II, III, IV |