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DUM 208 | Ship Stability - I | 3+1+0 | ECTS:4 | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | Level of Course | First Cycle | Status | Compulsory | Department | DEPARTMENT of MARITIME TRANSPORTATION and MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | Lecturer | -- | Co-Lecturer | None | Language of instruction | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | The main objectives of this course are to provide the students the basic understanding of ship stability by means of the solved examples on transverse and longitudinal stability. |
Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | LO - 1 : | learn the main dimensions and form coefficients of ships. | 1,2,3,5,7,8,10,12 | 1 | LO - 2 : | learn the factors that affect the ship stability. | 1,3,5,6,8,10,11,12 | 1 | LO - 3 : | solve the problems of various kind related to ship stability. | 1,2,4,5,7,8,10,12 | 1 | LO - 4 : | get the knowledge related to ship hydrostatic and stability. | 1,2,3,5,7,8,10,11 | 1 | LO - 5 : | draw the curves of hydrostatic and stability. | 1,2,3,5,6,8,10,12 | 1 | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | |
Ship dimensions, coefficients of form, forces and moments, density and specific gravity, laws of flotation, transverse stability, righting lever GZ, center of gravity, metacentric heights, stiff and tender ships, statical stability diagram, stability cross curves, inclining experiment, grain cargo and its heeling moments, Bonjean curves, longitudinal stability, trim, trim calculations. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Ship dimensions, coefficients of form | | Week 2 | Forces and moments | | Week 3 | Center of gravity | | Week 4 | Density and specific gravity | | Week 5 | Laws of flotation | | Week 6 | Transverse stability | | Week 7 | Righting lever GZ, center of gravity | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | Week 9 | Metacentric heights, stiff and tender ships | | Week 10 | Statical stability diagram, stability cross curves | | Week 11 | Inclining experiment, grain cargo and its heeling moments | | Week 12 | Bonjean curves | | Week 13 | solved examples | | Week 14 | Longitudinal stability, trim | | Week 15 | Trim calculations | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | |
1 | Derrett, D. R. 1999; Ship Stability for Masters and Mates (5th ed.) | | |
1 | Baykal, R. 1982; Gemilerin Hidrostatiği ve Stabilitesi. İTÜ Kütüphanesi No: 1148, İstanbul | | 2 | Biran, A. 2003; Ship Hydrostatics and Stability, Butterworth-Heinemann Publications, Oxford | | 3 | Rhodes. M.A. 2003; Ship Stability for Mates and Masters, ISBN 0-9534379-3-0
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Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 8 | 15/04/2011 | 1 | 50 | End-of-term exam | 16 | 24/06/2011 | 1,5 | 50 | |
Student Work Load and its Distribution | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 13 | 39 | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 13 | 13 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 1 | 7 | 7 | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 15 | 45 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | Total work load | | | 106.5 |
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