GEM 327E - Ship Hydrodynamics(Resistance)

Course Objectives

1. To provide students with the necessary knowledge of ship resistance
2. To provide students with the ability to identify, analyze/formulate and solve engineering problems in ship hydrodynamics.
3. To encourage the students to use library and other resources (internet etc.) and to make small scale research on given problems.
4. To provide the students with the ability to report and graphically present their findings on given problems and assignments.
5. To equip the students with the skill of using computational tools in resistance calculations.

Course Description

Dimensional analysis. Froude’s hypothesis and components of ship resistance; frictional resistance, viscous drag, boundary layer, wave resistance. Computational resistance analysis. Resistance at restricted waters. Standard series, statistical methods, the use of diagrams. Appendage resistance.