Course content

This course provides a systematic introduction to the field of system architecture with a focus on technical documentation, system integration, and design processes. The course builds a bridge between operational practice and technical design, and gives students the competence to understand, analyze, and participate in ship design projects. The focus is on stakeholder management and key decision-making processes during the course of a project.

Through the course, students will learn to interpret and work with central ship design documentation such as General Arrangement (GA), Single Line Diagrams (SLD), and construction specifications. Students will gain insight into how a ship's main systems and subsystems are integrated, including electrical/electronic (ELC) systems for various purposes and Request For Quotation (RFQ) processes are handled in ship design projects.

The course covers the main field in the world view that there are four ready-made ships, including stakeholder analysis and development phases, which are followed through a project phase. Students will gain knowledge of modern ship technology such as diesel-electric propulsion systems, azimuth thrusters, Power Management Systems (PMS), and Integrated Automation Systems (IAS).

Learning outcome

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Knowledge

The student shall have knowledge about:

• Ship system architecture requirements and propulsion as a holistic model
• Main systems and subsystems (auxiliary systems)
• Technical documentation: General Arrangement (GA), Single Line Diagram (SLD), construction specifications
• Electrical load calculation (Electric Load Calculation - ELC) and operational profiles
• Key points in the design and engineering process from concept to completed ship
• Main features of a procurement process with focus on Request for Quotation (RFQ) process and chain of responsibility
• SFI classification system
• Responsibility distribution between different suppliers in integrated systems and interfaces between them.
• Power Management Systems (PMS) and Integrated Automation System (IAS)

Skills

The student shall be able to:

• Perform systematic analyses and interpretations of technical ship documentation
• Draft simple electrical load calculations for different operational modes
• Compile supplier requirements with contractual requirements
• Identify systematic system dependencies and interfaces between interconnected systems
• Set up a SFI structure from concept to components and systems
• Assess technical collaboration between project documentation and bids from suppliers

General competence

The student shall:

• Understand system architecture at a general level, not just participate in discussions about solutions.
• Be able to participate in technical meetings with shipyards, designers and suppliers, and understand better the technical dialogue and be able to ask questions from an operational perspective.

Learning methods and activities

Pedagogical methods: Lectures,

Requirements: Mandatory submission of a written assignement

Compulsory assignments

• Mandatory assignment

Specific conditions

Course materials

Ove Auli: Elektroteknikk, teknisk fagskole, Gyldendal