MT-2141 - Ship's Construction

The expected outcome is that the student...	Supports STCW elements...
TOPIC - Ship dimensions and form states course objectives, reviews learning material used and explains grading system describes and understands the general arrangement of the following modern ship types:, Passenger vessels, Break Bulk/General cargo, Container vessels, Barges (LASH/Seabee), Heavy-lift, Roll-on Roll-off (Ro-Ro), Bulk carriers, Specific Cargo Carriers, Neo-bulk carriers, Tank vessels, Combination carriers (OBO), Exotic Carriers, Tug-barge units. describes the MARAD classification system for ship construction identifies an elevation of a general cargo ship, showing holds, engine-room, fore and after peak tanks, double-bottom tanks, hatchways and position of bulkheads identifies an elevation of a typical crude oil carrier, showing bulkheads, cofferdams, pump-room, engine-room, bunker and peak tanks, cargo tanks and permanent ballast tanks identifies a plan view of a product tanker, showing the arrangement of tanks defines and understands direction aboard ship:, forward/aft/amidships, inboard/outboard/athwartships, bow, port/starboard, beam, port/starboard, stern, port/starboard quarters, above/topside/aloft, below, on deck/below deck defines and understands hull design features from the lines of form plans: body plan view, base line, centerline, buttock lines, waterline planes, frame stations, camber, knuckle and flat, dead rise or rise of the floor, tumblehome, depth, draft, freeboard, beam, side, bilge, bilge keel, keel, flare profile or sheer plan view: sheer, forward and aft, entrance/run, stem, rake, forefoot, keel, stern, knuckle, counter, rudder aperture/boss, propeller post, stern frame, skeg half-breadth or waterlines plan view: centerline, fore body, middle body/parallel mid-body or dead flat, after body defines and understands hull dimensions: forward perpendicular (FP), after perpendicular (AP), length between perpendiculars (LBP), length on the load waterline (LWL), Lloyd's dimension (L), length overall (LOA) base line, molded depth, Lloyd's dimension (D), molded depth for framing,, Lloyd's dimension (h), molded beam or breadth, Lloyd's dimension (B), molded draft, Lloyd's dimension (h), extreme depth, beam and draft, height above the base line, air draft describes and understands typical ship's plans: lines plans, midship section plan, general arrangement plan, capacity plan, shell expansion plan, piping arrangement plans, electrical distribution plans, docking plan, fire plan, mooring plan	21A6 21C2.4
TOPIC - Ship stresses describes and understands the various types of hull stress. identifies the dynamic motions of a vessel understands how these stresses are physically identified aboard ship describes and understands the structural members built in to a vessel's hull to offset these stresses identifies the operating procedures which will limit the impact of such stresses describes and understands how to inspect for damage resulting from these stresses describes and understands in qualitative terms shear force and bending moments explains what is meant by "hogging" and by "sagging" and distinguishes between them describes the loading conditions which give rise to hogging and sagging stresses describes how hogging and sagging stresses are caused by the sea state and how to minimize the effects of hogging and sagging. explains how hogging and sagging stresses result in tensile or compressive forces in the deck and/or bottom structure describes water pressure loads on the ship's hull describes liquid pressure loading on the tank structures and how to minimize the effect of free surface and synchronous rolling on stability. describes qualitatively the stresses set up by liquid sloshing in a partly filled tank describes racking stress and its causes and how to minimize racking stress. explains what is meant by "pounding" or "slamming" and states which part of the ship is affected and how to minimize the effects of pounding and slamming during heavy weather operations by preventing broaching, heaving to, speed reduction or course alteration. explains what is meant by "panting" and states which parts of the ship are affected as well as how to minimize the effect of panting describes stresses caused by localized loading and how to minimize the effect of sheer stress. calculates the stress values for: pressure at any depth below the liquid surface, given the density of the liquid tensile stress bending moment	21B1.01 21C2
TOPIC - Riveting systems defines and understands rivet materials, types of rivets, and rivet nomenclature, and the riveting process identifies and understands the types of riveting systems, chain system or staggered (pitch and gage) identifies riveted joints: lap joint, single or double butt joint and making riveted joints watertight defines and understands riveted plating and framing systems: in and out, clinker, flush, joggled in and out, joggled clinker, frame joggled as well as the use of liners and the purpose of joggling. describes rivet repair and maintenance describes riveting and welding combination and the advantages and disadvantages of welding versus riveting.	21C2.4
TOPIC - Welding and cutting defines and understands the types of welding, and weld nomenclature, and the welding process for gas welding, electric arc welding (manual and automatic), electroslag welding, electro gas welding, stud welding, processes using gas - tungsten inert gas (TIG), metal inert gas (MIG), plasma metal inert gas, thermit welding. identifies and understands the types of welds: butt welds, fillets welds, lap welds, full penetration fillet welds, double continuous fillet welds, chain or staggered intermittent fillet welds, tack welds describes welding positions: flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead welding defines and understands welded plating and framing systems: in and out, clinker, flush, joggled in and out, joggled clinker, frame joggled as well as the use of liners and the purpose of joggling. describes welding practice, distortion prevention, correction and weld faults (notches, craters, hard spots) describes non-destructive weld testing techniques for defects in workmanship: visual examination, dye penetrants, magnetic particles, radiography and ultrasonic methods defines and understands gas cutting, plasma arc cutting, water jetting and gouging.	21C2.4
TOPIC - Hull structure identifies structural components on ships' plans and drawings: materials and scantlings keel types, bar keel, flat plate keel, box keel, duct or box girder keel, hull fin keel floor types, solid floors and open floors, inner bottom, cellular double bottom, ceiling (close, diagonal, floor, spar), inner bottom or tank top, center vertical keel (CVK), rider plate, floors (open, closed, solid), struts, intercoastals, longitudinals, keelsons, stiffeners, tripping brackets, gusset plate, margin plate, access hole, lightening holes, limber holes, rat hole, air holes, outer bottom frames, riveted frames, welded frames, web frames, deep frames, foundations, frame spacing, frame numbering beam types, transverse beams, longitudinal beams (longitudinals) carlings, knees, brackets shell plating, decks, tank top, stringers bulkhead types (watertight, oil tight, air tight), plating, corrugated bulkheads, stiffeners, pillars, boundary connections girder types, deck girders at bulkhead (headers), hatch coamings and hatchways, pillars and stanchions, bow structure, bulwarks, breakwater, scuppers, freeing ports, decking, breasthook, shell plating and connection, panting floors, panting beams and frames, stem castings stern structure, framing, cant frames, panting beams, frames and floors, knuckle, counter, rudder aperture/boss, rudder horn, pintals, gudgeons, propeller post, stern frame, stern tube, skeg and paravanes plating systems, plate materials, plate size thickness (belt gauging) and weight, strake nomenclature, plate lay-up and numbering tankage, peak tanks, wing tanks, deep tanks, double bottom, stabilizing tanks (U-tube or anti-roll, flume tanks), ballast tanks, expansion trunks, double hull structure describes and identifies standard steel sections for structural shapes: flat plate (offset bulb plate), solid half round, half oval, hollow half round, equal angle, unequal angle, channel, tee (bulb tee), flanged plate, Z-bar, H-beam, I-beam describes and identifies the longitudinal (Isherwood), transverse and combined systems of framing on transverse sections of ships describes the arrangement of frames, webs and transverse members for each system explains inner bottom and double-bottom structure for longitudinal and transverse framing describes and understands hold drainage systems and related structure describes and understands keel structures, bar keel, flat plate keel, box keel, duct or box girder keel, hull fin keel describes and understands the deck edge, showing attachment of sheer strake and stringer plate describes and understands a radiused sheer strake and attached structure describes the stress concentration in the deck round hatch openings and notch sensitivity explains compensation for loss of strength at hatch openings by material selection, increased scantlings, additional support structure and continuity. describes a transverse section through a hatch coaming, showing the arrangement of coamings and deep webs describes a hatch corner in plan view, showing the structural arrangements describes and understands deck freeing arrangements, breakwater, scuppers, freeing ports, open rails describes and understands the connection of superstructures to the hull at the ship's side describes and understands a plane bulkhead, showing connections to deck, sides and double bottom and the arrangement of stiffeners describes and understands a corrugated bulkhead explains why transverse bulkheads have vertical corrugations and fore-and-aft bulkheads have horizontal ones describes the purpose of bilge keels and how they are attached to the ship's side	21C2.4
TOPIC - Bow and stern construction describes the construction of bow structures for a plum bow, raked bow, clipper bow, spoon bow, bulbous bow, Meierform bow describes the provision of additional structural strength to withstand pounding describes the structural arrangements forward to withstand panting describes the function of the stern frame describes a stern frame for a single-screw ship describes the construction of stern structures for counter stern, transom stern, fantail stern, cruiser stern	21C2.4
TOPIC - Hull fittings describes and sketches an arrangement of modern weather-deck mechanical steel hatches describes how watertightness is achieved at the coamings and cross joints describes the cleating arrangements for the hatches in 1.5.1 describes the arrangement of portable beams, wooden hatch covers and tarpaulins sketches an oiltight hatch cover describes roller, multi-angle, pedestal and Panama fairleads sketches mooring bitts, showing their attachment to the deck sketches typical forecastle mooring and anchoring arrangements, showing the leads of moorings describes the construction and attachment to the deck of tension winches and explains how they are used describes the anchor handling arrangements from hawse pipe to spill pipe describes the construction of chain lockers and how chains are secured in the lockers explains how to secure anchors and make hawse pipes and spill pipes watertight in preparation for a sea passage describes the construction and use of a riding pawl and chain stopper describes the construction of masts and Sampson posts and how they are supported at the base describes the construction of various boom types and deck cranes describes tunnel bow thrusters design and operational considerations describes the bilge piping systems (side bilge and bilge well) states that each section is fitted with a screw-down non-return suction valve describes and sketches a bilge strum box describes a ballast system describes the arrangement of a fire main system and states what pumps may be used to pressurize it describes the provision of sounding pipes and sketches a sounding pipe arrangement with striker plate and the proper methods for bilge sounding and recording describes the fitting of air ventilation pipes to ballast tanks or fuel oil tanks describes the arrangement of fittings and lashings for the carriage of containers on deck	21C2.4
TOPIC - Rudders describes the action of the rudder in steering a ship describes modern rudders: rudder area, aspect ratio shape of the rudder single plate, double plate types of rudders: unbalanced semi-balanced balanced contra-guide spade explains the purpose of the rudder carrier and pintles explains how the weight of the rudder is supported by the rudder carrier describes the rudder trunk describes the arrangement of a watertight gland round the rudder stock	21C2.4
TOPIC - Propellers explains the principle of screw propulsion, propeller slip, wake currents (frictional wake, streamline wake, wave wake), cavitation, propulsion efficiency, hull efficiency, relative rotation efficiency, side forces and wake reduction explains the factors effecting propeller performance: number of blades, location of the propeller number of screws (power requirements, power reliability, maneuverability) , materials used, rudder efficiency and pitch. explains propeller fabrication methods describes propeller nomenclature and defines: right-hand and left-hand propellers, inboard-turning and outboard-turning, rake, skew, contra-propellers, face of the back of the blade, leading edge, following edge, blade tip, root, hub, fairwater, radius, propeller pitch (uniform, variable, mean) and pitch angle defines fixed-pitch, adjustable pitch and controllable-pitch propellers describes the arrangement of an oil-lubricated stern tube and tailshaft states how the propeller is attached to the tailshaft sketches a cross-section of a shaft tunnel explains why the shaft tunnel must be of watertight construction and how water is prevented from entering the engine-room if the tunnel becomes flooded Marine propulsion systems .1 describes propulsion systems and identifies advantage and disadvantages: steam reciprocating engine, cross compound geared steam turbine plant, steam or diesel turbo-electric plant, diesel engine (slow, medium and high speeds), gas turbines. describes the most common marine applications for each propulsion system. describes the principles of marine power plant operation: steam propulsion systems, motor propulsion systems, electrical systems, pumping systems, deck machinery, miscellaneous systems as well as marine engineering nomenclature and terms describes small craft propulsion systems and identifies advantage and disadvantages: diesel engines, gasoline engines, fuel systems, electrical systems, fueling and starting procedures, miscellaneous systems	21C2.4
TOPIC - Load lines and draft marks explains where the deck line is marked defines "freeboard" explains what is meant by "assigned summer freeboard" explains the load line mark and the load lines for a ship of a given summer molded draft, displacement and tons per inch immersion in salt water explains how the chart of zones and seasonal areas is used to find the applicable load line demonstrates how to read drafts explains that the freeboard, measured from the upper edge of the deck line to the water on each side, is used to check that the ship is within its permitted limits of loading describes and understands the load line regulations of the United States as contained in Subchapter E, Load Line Regulations, 46 CFR Parts 41-47: Part 42 - Domestic and foreign voyages by sea Part 44 - Variance for certain vessels Part 45 - Great Lakes load lines Part 46 - Subdivision load lines for passenger vessels Part 47 - Combination load lines	21C2 21C6
TOPIC - Displacement states that, for a ship to float, it must displace a mass of water equal to its own mass (Archimedes' Principle) explains how, when the mass of a ship changes, the mass of water displaced changes by an equal amount defines the displacement of a vessel as its mass measured in tons and describe the various units of measure (short, long, metric ton) states that displacement is represented by the symbol (q) explains that a graph or scale can be drawn to show the relationship between the displacement and mean draft of a ship given a displacement/draft curve, finds: displacements for given mean drafts mean drafts for given displacements the change in mean draft when given masses are loaded or discharged the mass of cargo to be loaded or discharged to produce a required change of draft defines weight tonnages: displacement tonnage, light displacement, load displacement, deadweight tonnage. uses a deadweight scale to find the deadweight and displacement of a ship at various drafts in sea water defines special tonnages and their purpose: gross ton, net ton defines cargo measurements and their purpose: bale cubic, grain cubic, measurement cargo, measurement cargo defines equipment and power tonnage and their purpose defines "tons per inch immersion" (TPI) explains why TPI varies with different drafts uses a deadweight scale to obtain TPI at given drafts uses TPI obtained from a deadweight to find: the change of mean draft when given masses are loaded or discharged the mass of cargo to be loaded or discharged to produce a required change of draft defines "block coefficient" (Cb) calculates Cb from given displacement and dimensions calculates displacement from given Cb and dimensions	21C2.1 21B1.01
TOPIC - Buoyance explains what is meant by "buoyancy" defines the force of buoyancy as an upward force on a floating object created by the pressure of liquid on the object states that the buoyancy force is equal to the displacement of a floating object explains what is meant by "reserve buoyancy" explains the importance of reserve buoyancy explains how freeboard is related to reserve buoyancy explains the purpose of load lines	21C2 21C2.2
TOPIC - Fresh water allowance explains why the draft of a ship decreases when it passes from fresh water to sea water and vice versa states that when loading in fresh water before proceeding into sea water, a ship is allowed a deeper maximum draft states that the additional draft is called the fresh water allowance (FWA) given the FWA and TPI for fresh water, calculates the amount which can be loaded after reaching the summer load line when loading in fresh water before sailing into sea water uses a hydrometer to find the density of dock water given the density of dock water and TPI for sea water, calculates the TPI for dock water given the density of dock water and FWA, calculates the amount by which the appropriate load line may be submerged given the present draft amidships and the density of dock water, calculates the amount to load to bring the ship to the appropriate load line in sea water	21C2
TOPIC - Drydocking and launching defines and understands the various types of drydocks: graving dock, floating drydock, marine railway, lifting hoist, screening describes the use of the docking plan and procedures for docking or undocking a vessel with or without damage. describe and understands the duties and responsibilities of a deck officer during drydocking defines and understands the launching process considering: declivity angle of the ground, keel, cradle and ways launch procedures for stern and side launching	21A6
TOPIC - Course projects The glossary of shipbuilding definitions will be assigned at a completion rate of fifty (50) definitions per week which are due every Monday after the first week of the course. Submission of a technical reports: Write a requisition for a designate piece of ship's equipment. (To be evaluated by a ship chandler) Write a damage report for a designate piece of ship's equipment. (To be evaluated by a ship's officer) Write a shipyard repair item for a designate piece of ship's equipment. (To be evaluated by a ship repair estimator)	21A6