Course Specifications

Suez Canal University

Faculty of Engineering, Port Said

Program on which the course is given: Regular B.Sc.

Major or minor element of program:
Department offering the program:
Department offering the course:
Academic year / Level:
Date of specification approval:
Principal of Ship Engineering
Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering
Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering
First Year, First Term 2006/2007

A - Basic Information

Title: Principal of Ship Engineering Code: NME101

Credit Hours: -- Lecture: 4
Tutorial: 2 Practical: --
Total:6

B- Professional Information

1. Overall aims of course:

This course aims to teach the students the essential knowledge about the ship sciences.
The course provides the students with the main features of ships and the general
dimensions and floatation of ships. It teaches the necessary skills concerning the
calculations of the hydrostatic characteristics of ships, the stability of ships at small angle
of inclination, including the chance of stability due to shift-, remove-, suspended-weight
and free surface. The mathematical applications take a recognized portion of this course.
This course provides also knowledge about organizations, which govern design and
construction of ships. Stresses acting on ships, types of ships and the different types of
construction are also among the main aims of this course.

2. Intended learning outcomes of course (ILOs):

a - Knowledge and understanding:

The course enables the students to:
a1- Recognize the functions and features of the different types of ships.
a2- Classify the types of ship construction and learn about the societies associated with
safety of ships.
a3- Recognize the different rules for numerical integration.
a4- Acquaint with the theory of floatation.
a5- Acquaint with the initial stability of ships
b- Intellectual skills:
The student will be able to:
b1- Calculate the areas, volumes, centers and form co-efficient of ships.
b2- Identify the stresses applied to ships.
b3- Differentiate positions of equilibrium of ships.
b3- Assess the stability problems at small angle of inclination.

c- Professional and practical skills:

The course aims to let the student be professionally able to:
c1- Predicate the hydrostatic characteristics of ships.
c2- Perform the inclining experiment.
c3-Predicate the alteration in stability of ships due to transverse, longitudinal and vertical
shift of weight and due to free surface.
c4-Apply the gained knowledge in the forthcoming courses of naval architecture and
ship design.

d- General and transferable skills:

At the end of the course the student will be able to:
d1- Work in groups to solve a particular problem.
d2- Prepare short essays based on information found via internet searches or literature.

3. Contents:

No. of
Topic Lecture Tutorial/Practical
Hours

Introduction to ship science 3 2 1

Dimensions and form coefficients 6 4 2
Buoyancy and Archimedes law 3 2 1
Numerical integration in ships 10 8 2
Ship hydrostatic calculation and drawing 12 8 4
Transverse and longitudinal stability at small angle
12 8 4
of inclination
Inclining experiment 3 2 1
Free surface effect 4 2 2
Shifting of weight 6 4 2
Additional and removal of weight 6 4 2
Suspended weights 4 2 2
Ship Classification Societies 3 2 1
Ship types 8 6 2

Stresses acting on ships 4 2 2

Total 84 56 28
4. Teaching and learning methods:
4.1 Lectures
4.2 Section exercises
4.3 Reports
4.4 Visit of ship yard

5. Student assessment methods:

5.1 Current discussion & Class activities:
5.2 Section exercises & Reports:
5.3 Mid-term Examination:
5.4 Final Exam:
To assess the student progress and their
understanding of the topic.
To assess the understanding and solving of
problems.
To assess progress of learning and the current
level of knowledge.
To assess the level of knowledge and ability to
apply it.

Assessment schedule:
Assessment 1 Current Discussion & Class Activities: every week
Assessment 2 Section Exercises& reports: every week
Assessment 3 Written Mid-term Examination: 8th week
Assessment 4 Final Written Exam: 16th week

Weighting of assessments:
Semester work: 20%
Mid-term examination: 10%
Final-term examination: 70%
Total: 100%

6. List of references:
6.1- Lecturer notes:
Prof. Dr.- Ing. Laila Kamar”: “Principle of Ship Engineering”
Department of Naval Architecture and
Marine Engineering (prepared by the course
coordinator)

6.2- Recommended books

1. J.P. Comstock “Principals of Naval Architecture”
SNAME Publications.
2. K.J. Rawson& E.C. Tupper “Basic Ship Theory”
Longman published in England and USA
 3. E.C. Tupper “Introduction to Naval Architecture”
3rd Edition, Butterworth, London 1996
4. R. Taggart “Ship Design and Construction”
SNAME Publications
6.4- Periodicals, Web sites, etc
Periodical of RINA & SNAME &
Web sites of them:
www.rina.org.uk/tna
www.sname.org

7. Facilities required for teaching and learning

1. Regular visit to ship yard.
2. Models for different parts of ships

Course coordinator: Prof. Dr. Ing. Laila Kamar

Head of Department: Prof. Dr. Galal Younis

Date: 7-1-2008