Naval Architecture
Naval Architecture
NA 3 – Ship Resistance & Propulsion
Junior Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Skills Naval Architecture
Decomposes ship resistance components, model-to-full-scale prediction methods, propulsor selection (propellers/waterjets), and hull-propulsor interaction.
NA 6 – Advanced Computational Tools for Naval Architecture
Senior Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Skills Naval Architecture
Prepares students to critically evaluate simplifying assumptions and run advanced commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and FEA software.
NA 7 – Marine Transportation
Senior Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Skills Naval Architecture
Business and economic dimensions of commercial shipping lines, fleet chartering, maritime financial analysis, operations management, and linear programming.
NA 4 – Ship Structures
Junior Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Skills Naval Architecture
Modern ship structural design and analysis: hull girder loading, classification society rules, yielding/buckling failure, and structural FEA.
NA 2 – Ship Statics
Sophomore Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Skills Naval Architecture
Hydrostatics of ships covering buoyancy, intact/damaged stability regulations, limiting KG, drydocking calculations, and hydrostatic software tools.
Introduction to Naval Architecture
Freshman Foundations Naval Architecture
Overview of vessel types, industry sectors, regulatory bodies, and basic naval architecture principles through hands-on design projects.
NA 5 – Ship Dynamics (NA V)
Senior Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Skills Naval Architecture
Seakeeping responses in irregular wave spectra, strip theory calculations, slamming/deck wetness, calm-water maneuvering stability, and rudder design.
