Navigation and Oceanography detail syllabus for Marine Engineering (122), M scheme is taken from TNDTE official website and presented for diploma students. The course code (32771), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.
For all other marine 5th sem syllabus for diploma m scheme tndte you can visit Marine 5th Sem Syllabus for Diploma M Scheme TNDTE Subjects. For all other ELECTIVE – I THEORY subjects do refer to ELECTIVE – I THEORY. The detail syllabus for navigation and oceanography is as follows.
Rationale:
Any person who is sailing in a ship need to have a basic knowledge about navigation and oceanography. A seaman should know about the latitudes and longitudes. Different types of sailing should be studied. Navigational flags are used convey important information from one ship to other or from a ship to land. Seamen should know about the working of different navigational equipments. Knowledge about various temperature zones, isobars and cyclone is required. They should know about the metrological instruments and ocean currents.
Objectives:
At the end of VI semester the student will be able to:
- Understand about the courses and distance.
- Know about the latitudes and longitudes.
- Study about different types of sailing.
- Acquire broader idea about navigational flags.
- Understand about various types of navigational equipments.
- Study about oceanography and metrological equipments.
Detailed Content:
Unit I
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Unit II
Sailing and Flags
Sailing – Parallel Sailing, Plane sailing, Middle latitude sailing, Mercator sailing, Rotation of the Earth, Convergency. Flags – Types of flags, When and where hoisted, Flags hoisted when entering or leaving a port, When shifting a ship, When berthed, Saluting another ship, Mourning, Meaning of some important international code flags.
Unit III
Navigational Equipments and Charts
Navigational Equipments – Navigational Lights, Navigational Flags, Sextant, Magnetic Compass, Gyro Compass, Echo-sounder, Barometer, Walkie-Talkie, Radar, Nav-tex, Global positioning system, Line throwing apparatus. Charts – Kinds of Charts, Mercator chart, Meridnal parts, Gnomonic Charts, Plan, Natural scale,
Unit IV
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Unit V
Currents and Meteorological Instruments
Currents – Tides, Sea surface currents, Monsoons, North East monsoon and South West monsoon. Ocean Currents, Drift, Upwelling and gradient currents. Warm and cold currents, Effects of ocean currents on climate. Meteorological Instruments – Rain gauge, Anemometer, Barometer, Wet bulb and dry bulb thermometer, Hygrometer, Hydrometer.
Text Books:
- Munro’s Navigation By Capt G.E. Earl and Capt F.L. Main
- Marine Meteorology By Capt. H.Subramanian
For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Marine, M scheme do visit Marine 5 syllabus for M Scheme.
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