Course content

Load transfer.
Loading conditions for ships, calculating moments and shear forces for the hull beam.
Identification of strength elements.
Simplification and definition of structural problems.
Global and local strength.
Girder systems.
Buckling of plates.
Design criteria.
Material properties.
Connections and details.

Learning outcome

Knowledge about:
- Different Ship Types.
- Relevant Structural Design Processes.
- Methods for structural design.
- Present innovation processes within ship design.

Skills in:
- Application of relevant digital tools.
- Determining the critical loading conditions for the vessel.
- Hand calculation of structural strength elements
- Application of computer aided strength calculations of local and global strength elements.

Competence in:
- Therminology
- Flag State requirements.
- Owners' requirements.
- The role of the classification societies.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and compulsory project work. 

Compulsory assignments

• Project Work

Recommended previous knowledge

SKID1001 Ship Design I

Course materials

Compendium "Struktural Design of Ships", Arne Jan Sollied.
Classification Rules from DNV GL.
"Ship design for Efficiency and Economy", Schneekluth & Bertram.
"System Based Ship Design", Kai Levander.
User manual for the ship design software Maxsurf.