2013–2014 UNIVERSITY CATALOG - Florida Institute of Technology

OCE 4563 PORT AND HARBOR DESIGN (3 credits). The design of port and harbor
facilities, including navigation channels, dredging and mooring, and berthing structures
for large ships. Includes considerations of vessel characteristics, facility types,
and environmental and operational design loads on marine structures. Prerequisites:
CVE 3030 or OCE 3030, MAE 3083.
OCE 4571 FUNDAMENTALS OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE 1 (3 credits). Covers
the theory of ship calculations. Includes loading and hydrostatic analysis, inclining
experiment, subdivision and damaged stability. Prerequisites: MAE 3083,
MTH 2201.
OCE 4572 STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF MARINE VEHICLES (3 credits). Provides
a working knowledge of ship hull girder, longitudinal bending in still water and
waves, and simple bending theory as it applies to ship structure. Culminates in
the design of a mid-ship section to classification society rules. Covers concepts
that predict bending moment in irregular waves and analyzes local and transverse
strength. Prerequisites: OCE 4571.
OCE 4574 STRUCTURAL MECHANICS OF MARINE VEHICLES (3 credits).
Includes the ship hull girder, longitudinal bending moment in still water and
waves, application of probabilistic concepts to predict bending moment in irregular
waves, local and transverse strength, criteria of failure and vibration of ships.
Prerequisites: OCE 4571.
OCE 4575 DESIGN OF HIGH-SPEED SMALL CRAFT (3 credits). Students learn
to design features for small, high-speed hulls; requirements for preliminary design
study; selection of hull type and proportion; space; layout; weight estimates; layout of
the lines; powering calculations; and hydrodynamic considerations. (Requirement:
Instructor approval.)
OCE 4576 HYDRODYNAMICS IN SHIP DESIGN (3 credits). Provides an understanding
of resistance and powering calculations of different types of vessels.
Explains the principles of propeller design and its performance analysis. Introduces
the behavior of a vessel in a seaway and determines the significant motions in an
irregular seaway. Prerequisites: MTH 2201, OCE 4571.
OCE 4591 SPECIAL TOPICS IN OCEAN ENGINEERING (1 credit). Special
topics to suit individual or small-group requirements. Covers material not included
in another course in the established curriculum. May be repeated for a maximum
of three credits. (Requirement: Instructor approval.)
OCE 4592 SPECIAL TOPICS IN OCEAN ENGINEERING (2 credits). Special
topics to suit individual or small-group requirements. Covers material not included
in another course in the established curriculum. May be repeated for a maximum
of six credits. (Requirement: Instructor approval.)
OCE 4593 SPECIAL TOPICS IN OCEAN ENGINEERING (3 credits). Special
topics to suit individual or small-group requirements. Covers material not included
in another course in the established curriculum. May be repeated for a maximum
of nine credits. (Requirement: Instructor approval.)
OCE 4594 SENIOR PROJECT 1 (1 credit). Research and planning for students
working toward the selection of a senior project. A formal proposal is prepared and
submitted for advisor approval during the ninth week. (Requirement: Senior standing
and program chair approval.)
OCE 4595 SENIOR PROJECT 2 (2 credits). Involves student analysis, design,
construction installation and operation of equipment in the ocean to perform a
designated task. Data are collected and results are compiled as a finished report.
(Requirement: Senior standing and program chair approval.) Prerequisites:
OCE 4594.
OCE 4596 SENIOR PROJECT 3 (3 credits). Involves student analysis, design,
construction installation and operation of equipment in the ocean to perform a
designated task. Data are collected and results are compiled as a finished report.
(Requirement: Senior standing and program chair approval.) Prerequisites:
OCE 4595.
OCE 4601 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW MODELING
(3 credits). Introduces turbulence models, basic numerical simulation and computer
modeling of turbulent flows. Includes models of discretization schemes for
finite-difference, time marching, stability, Hirt analysis and advection schemes
and applies to the ocean and atmosphere. Addresses the effects of stratification.
Requires student project and presentation. Also requires background in computer
programming. Prerequisites: MTH 2201.
OCE 4911 MARINE FIELD PROJECTS (1 credit). Field-oriented programs including
both classroom and laboratory work, involving biological, chemical, physical
and geological oceanography, and coastal engineering. Approximately one semester
involves a group engineering project. May be repeated for a maximum of four
credits. (Requirement: Senior standing.) (Q) Prerequisites: OCE 4541, OCN 3401.
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OCE 4912 MARINE FIELD PROJECTS (2 credits). Field-oriented programs
including both classroom and laboratory work, involving biological, chemical, physical
and geological oceanography, and coastal engineering. Approximately one semester
involves a group engineering project. May be repeated for a maximum of four
credits. (Requirement: Senior standing.) (Q) Prerequisites: OCE 4541, OCN 3401.
OCE 4913 MARINE FIELD PROJECTS (3 credits). Field-oriented programs including
both classroom and lab work, involving biological, chemical, physical and geological
oceanography, and coastal engineering. Approximately one semester involves
a group engineering project. (Requirement: Senior standing.) (Q) Prerequisites:
OCE 4541, OCN 3401.
OCE 5515 MATERIALS FOR MARINE APPLICATIONS (3 credits). Includes
materials: metals/reinforced concrete, wood/polymers and FRP; properties: physical,
mechanical and chemical; environmental effects: corrosion, biofouling and
thermal; and applications: materials selection for ocean engineering design.
OCE 5519 CORROSION ENGINEERING (3 credits). Corrosion and materials
deterioration impacts engineering activities. Includes theory, types and economics
of corrosion. Uses case studies to demonstrate corrosion prevention by the use of
cathodic protection, coatings and inhibitors, and materials selection and design.
(Requirement: Background in chemistry and materials, or instructor approval.)
OCE 5525 COASTAL PROCESSES AND ENGINEERING (3 credits). Includes an
analysis of coastal processes (waves, tides, currents, wind and nearshore circulation)
and resulting sedimentary deposits in the beach, inlet and nearshore wave-shelf
environment as related to coastal engineering problems. Students study shorefront
structures and system, as well as dredging technology.
OCE 5526 ADVANCED COASTAL ENGINEERING STRUCTURES (3 credits).
Includes seawalls, bulkheads, jetties and breakwaters; sand bypassing systems,
protective beach and dune construction-stabilization; prediction of forces, lifetime
estimation, maintenance expectations, material selection and construction methods.
(Requirement: Instructor approval.) Prerequisites: OCE 4525.
OCE 5542 OCEAN ENGINEERING SYSTEMS (3 credits). Designed to systematically
find an optimum solution for ocean-related engineering problems. Discusses
of a system, man-ocean systems and systems engineering. Basic techniques of
systems engineering. Requires student to do a case study of an ocean engineering
system. (Requirement: Instructor approval.)
OCE 5550 BATHYMETRY (3 credits). Determination of coastal and deep-sea
bottom topography using modern techniques of remote sensing, GIS, swath and
side-scan sonar, marine geodesy, computerized data acquisition and archiving,
hydroacoustics and survey vessel design; includes field experience with offshore
and harbor survey vessels. (Requirement: Surveying experience.)
OCE 5563 PORT AND HARBOR ENGINEERING (3 credits). A study of port and
harbor hydrodynamics, planning, layout and construction; dredging technology;
and berthing maneuvers. Prerequisites: OCE 3030.
OCE 5570 MARINE HYDRODYNAMICS AND WAVE THEORY (3 credits).
Studies the motion of ideal fluid; damping and added mass; wave motions encountered
in the ocean; surface gravity waves, internal waves and long waves in a rotating
ocean; the motion of viscous fluid; the Navier-Stokes equations; boundary layer;
and model testing. Prerequisites: MTH 2201.
OCE 5571 NAVAL ARCHITECTURE (3 credits). The theory of naval architecture,
elements of ship design; ship lines, hydrostatic analysis, intact and damaged
stability, strength, dimensional analysis, ABS rules, propulsion, steering, ship and
platform motion, resistance, model testing; and design project. (Requirement:
Instructor approval.)
OCE 5573 DYNAMICS OF MARINE VEHICLES (3 credits). Studies regular and
irregular wave data as applied in ship dynamics. Includes uncoupled heaving, pitching
and rolling motion equations; calculation of the added mass and damping coefficients;
strip method; coupled motions; nonlinear roll motion; dynamic effects related
to motions; and wave loads. Prerequisites: MAE 3083, MTH 2201, OCE 3030.
OCE 5575 APPLIED MARINE HYDRODYNAMICS (3 credits). Provides a background
for the calculation of hydrodynamic forces, forces due to waves in inviscid
fluid, effect of viscosity, hydrodynamic modeling, wave drift forces and forces due
to current on moored and dynamically positioned floating structures, hydrodynamic
impact and its prediction, flow-induced vibration. Prerequisites: OCE 3030.
OCE 5586 OCEAN ENGINEERING DATA ANALYSIS (3 credits). Ocean monitoring
requires measurement, analysis and description of processes in random
seas. Students produce, from measurements, the statistical distributions of waves,
parametric and spectral sea-state descriptions, directional wave spectra, ocean
engineering design criteria and linear responses of ocean structures and systems.
(Requirement: Instructor approval.)