Ship Construction detailed syllabus for Marine Engineering (Marine) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the Marine students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Marine Engineering 3rd Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Marine 3rd Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of ship construction is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
SHIP TERMS 9 Various terms used in ship construction with reference to ships parameter e.g. L.B.P. – Moulded Depth -Moulded draught etc. – General classification of ships. Stresses in Ships structure: Hogging – Sagging -Racking – Pounding – Panting etc., and Strength members to counteract the same. Sections And Materials Use: Type of sections like angles – Bulb plates flanged beams used in ship construction – Process of welding. Riveting & Welding testing of welds – Fabricated components.
Unit II
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Unit III
FORE & AFT END ARRANGEMENTS 9 Fore end arrangement, arrangements to resist pounding bulbous bow – Types of sterns stern frame and rudder – Types of rudder – Supporting of rudder – Locking pintle – Bearing pintle – Pallister, bearing shaft tunnel – Tunnel bearings.
Unit IV
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Unit V
OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY 9 Drilling ships and Platforms – Supply vessels – fire fighting arrangement – Pipe laying ships – special auxiliary service ships. Ship Surveys : Survey rules – Functions of ship classification – Societies – Surveys during construction – Periodical surveys for retention of class.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- D.J. Eyres, Ship Construction, 4th Edition, Butter worth – Heinemann, Oxford, 1994.
- Stokoe,E.A., Reeds Ship Construction for Marine Engineers, 1st Edition, Thomas Reed Publication, London, 2000.
- Thomas Lamb, Ship Design and Construction, 1st Ed., SNAME, 2003
Reference Books:
- A.J. Young, Ship Construction Sketch & Notes, 1st Edition, Butter worth – Heinemann, London,1980.
- H.J. Pursey, Merchant Ship Construction, 7th Edition, Brown Son & Ferguson Ltd. GlasGow Great Britain, 1994.
- Larrie D. Ferreiro, Ships and Science, 1st Ed. SNAME, 2006
- Richard Lee Storch, Colin P. Hammon, Howard McRaven Bunch, and Richard C. Moore, Ship Production, 1st Ed., SNAME,1995
For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Marine Engineering, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit Marine 3rd Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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