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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Duration - 13 weeks
Lectures - 3 hours/week = 39 hours total
Laboratories - 2 hours/week = 26 hours total
NARC 2109 (Hydrostatics)
This is an intermediate level course designed to introduce
students to the principles of hydrostatics in preparation for further
courses in ship stability.
Basic Hydrostatics; Numerical Calculations; Hydrostatics
Calculations; Hydrostatic Curves; Ship Mass and Center of Mass;
Small Angle Stability; Longitudinal Stability and Trim
Prerequisites - Marine Engineering Systems Design
Prerequisites: NARC 1102 (Ship Structural Geometry); MATH
1101 (Introduction to Calculus); MECH 2102 (Mechanics)
Naval Architecture Prerequisites: NARC 1101 (Ship Hull
Geometry); NARC 1104 (Steel Ship Structure); MATH 1101
(Introduction to Calculus); MECH 2102 (Mechanics)
Duration - 13 weeks
Lectures - 5 hours/week = 65 hours total
NARC 2110 (Ship Operations Management)
This course will develop a students understanding of the basics
of engineering economic analysis and the economic environment
in which ships operate.
Ship Owners; Income and Expenses; The Time Value of Money;
Methods of Economic Analysis; Sensitivity Analysis; Mission
Profiles
Prerequisites - NARC 2103 (Ship Stability); NARC 2207 (Ship
Building); NARC 2208 (Ship Building)
Duration - 5 weeks
Lectures/Instruction - 7 hours/week = 35 hours total
NARC 2200 (Naval Architecture)
This course is designed to develop the student’s understanding
of ship’s stability as well as national and international regulations
and standards related to stability criteria.
Stability at Small Angles of Heel; Longitudinal Stability; Stability at
Large Angles of Heel; Effect on Stability by Lifting Weight; Angle
of List Caused by Transverse Shift of Items of Deadweight
Prerequisite - NARC 2100 (Naval Architecture)
Duration - 13 weeks
Lectures - 2 hours/week
Laboratories - 1 hour/week
NARC 2201 (Resistance and Propulsion)
This is an intermediate level course intended to introduce
students in the Naval Architecture program to the concepts
associated with the resistance associated with ship movement.
The course will develop students’ ability to perform calculations
associated with propulsion and propeller selection.
Ship Resistance; Ship Friction Resistance; Wave Making
Resistance; Similarity and Model Testing; Systematic Series;
Other Resistance Components; Propulsion; Powering
Calculation; Fuel Consumption; Screw Propeller; Propeller Ship
Interaction; Propeller Cavitation.
Prerequisite - MATH 1200 (Calculus); NARC 2109
(Hydrostatics); MREK 2101 (Marine Engineering Knowledge
Duration - 13 weeks
Lectures/Laboratories - 5 hours/week
NARC 2202 (Ship Building)
This course is designed to develop a student’s understanding
of ship structures and the rules and regulations which affect the
design, construction, and the repair of ships.
Rudders; Steering and Manoeuvring; Welding and Cutting
Procedures; Riveting; Shipyard Practice; Rules and Regulations;
Structural Fire Protection; Watertight Divisions; Loadlines;
Tonnage; Surveys and Maintenance; Repair Procedures and
Damage Reports
Prerequisite - NARC 2102 (Ship Building)
Duration - 13 weeks
Lectures - 3 hours/week = 39 hours total
Laboratories - 1 hour/week = 13 hours total
NARC 2207 (Ship Building)
This is the second of two intermediate level courses designed
to give the student a working knowledge of the methods and
practices of modern steel ship yards.
Development of Unit Construction; Unit Breakdown; Unit
Drawing; Methods of Joining Structural Parts; Weights and
Centroids; Material List and Coding; Lofting; Cutting and Erecting
Steel; Forming of Steel Plate; Structural Repair Work; Non-
Destructive Examination Techniques
Prerequisites - MREK 2101 (Marine Engineering Knowledge);
NARC 2107 (Ship Building); NARC 2108 (Ship Building)
Duration - 13 weeks
Lectures - 3 hours/week
Laboratories - 2 hours/week
NARC 2208 (Ship Building)
This is the first of two courses designed to give the student a
working knowledge of the structural calculations involved in the
design of a ship.
Ship Building Materials; Simple Ship Stresses; Ship Hull Girder;
Longitudinal Strength Calculation; Transverse Strength; Sea
Loads; Fatigue/Brittle Fracture; Classification Societies; Midship
Section Scantlings and Sections Drawing
Prerequisites - NARC 2109 (Hydrostatics); NARC 2107 (Ship
Building); NARC 2108 (Ship Building): MTPR 2100 (Strength of
Materials)
Duration - 13 weeks
Lectures - 3 hours/week = 39 hours total
Laboratories - 2 hours/week = 26 hours total
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