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Course Name	Turkish	Gemi Hidrodinamiği (Direnç)
	English	Ship Hydrodynamics(Resistance)
Course Code	GEM 327E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	2	2	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Şakir Bal
Course Objectives		The main aim of this course is to give students an understanding the flow pattern around the ships, forces acting on the ships due to flow pattern, and predicting the resistance (drag) and powering of ships.
Course Description		General Concepts of Resistance- Forces Acting on Ship (Dimensional Analysis, Reynolds and Froude Numbers and Components of Resistance) (2 Weeks) Viscous Flow (Resistance)– Laminar and Turbulent Flows (2 Weeks) Wave (Kelvin) Pattern and Wave Resistance (2 Weeks) Model Tests and Systematic Hull Series (3 Weeks) Resistance in Restricted Water and Blockage Effect (2 Weeks) Other Components of Resistance (Appendage Drag, Air-Wind Resistance etc) (2 Weeks) Current Ongoing Research on Effective Power Requirement (1 Week)
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