Ship resistance

Part of the Department of Naval Architecture 

Learning project summary

 * Portal: Engineering and technology
 * School: School of Engineering
 * Department: Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture
 * Area: Naval Architecture
 * Level: year 1

Content summary
It is necessary to know how much resistance a ship faces in water, at a given speed, to decide the power of the engine to install on the ship. This course will help you understand the causes of ship resistance, and how the resistance of a ship is calculated from model tests. It will also help you understand how shallow water affects the resistance of a ship.

Goals
By the end of this course, you should be able to
 * know what is meant by ship resistance
 * the different components of resistance
 * know to predict the resistance of the ship from model tests
 * know the effect of shallow water on resistance

Readings and other resources

 * Performance of Marine Vehicles at sea Lectures 1 to 9.
 * Ship resistance
 * Principles of Naval Architecture (2nd Rev.); Lewis, E.V., 1989, SNAME New York

Lessons

 * Lesson 1: /Introduction to Ship Resistance/
 * Lesson 2: /Resistance in Ideal Fluid/
 * Lesson 3: /Resistance in Viscous Fluid/
 * Lesson 4: /Resistance due to free surface/
 * Lesson 5: /Other components of resistance/

Activities

 * Activity 1:
 * Activity 2:

Tests and quizzes

 * Quiz 1:
 * Quiz 2:
 * Test 1:

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