D1. Knowledge and understanding
The objective of the course is to provide students with the capability of understanding a modern formulation of Naval Architecture, with reference to main aspects of intact ship stability, resistance and propulsion in calm water. Course topics will be addressed making reference to analytical methods, numerical methods, and also experimental approaches. Multidisciplinary aspects of the subject will also be highlighted, from the point of view of both theory and design.

D2. Applying knowledge and understanding
The student will be able to apply the knowledge acquired during the course to standard problems associated with intact ship stability, resistance and propulsion in calm water. The student will also have acquired the required fundamentals for developing a creative approach to problem-solving.

D3. Making judgements
The student will be able to analyse a problem related to intact ship stability, resistance or propulsion and to choose the most appropriate approach for its solution.

D4. Communication skills
The student will be able to clearly communicate the results of the solution of a problem related to ship intact stability, resistance and propulsion.

D5. Learning skills
The student will acquire an approach to the topics of the course which promotes the autonomous search of information through existing technical and regulatory literature.

Suggested basic knowledge of calculus and of fundamentals of physics and ship hydrodynamics.

- Recall of fundamental concepts for Naval Architecture
- Floating bodies geometry
- Ship geometry
- Ship hydrostatics
- Intact ship stability
- Suspended weights and free surface effects on initial stability
- Loading conditions
- Loading, unloading and shifting of weights
- Determination of equilibrium condition
- Notes on intact stability criteria and information to the master
- Inclining test
- Components of ship resistance
- The towing test
- The propeller
- The open-water propeller test
- Ship-propeller interaction and coupling
- The self-propulsion test
- Model-ship correlation
- Empirical and numerical methods for estimation of resistance and propulsion

1. A. Francescutto, “Lezioni di Statica della Nave - Parte I”, Ed. 2022
2. A. Francescutto, “Elementi di Architettura Navale”, Ed. 2022
3. The Principles of Naval Architecture, SNAME, 1988
4. The Principles of Naval Architecture Series: “Intact Stability”; Colin S. Moore (Author), J. Randolph Paulling (Editor), 2010
5. A. F. Molland, S. R. Turnock, D. A. Hudson, “Ship Resistance and Propulsion”, Cambridge University Press
6. L. Birk, “Fundamentals of Ship Hydrodynamics: Fluid Mechanics, Ship Resistance and Propulsion”, Wiley, 2019

- Recall of fundamental concepts for Naval Architecture
- Floating bodies geometry
- Ship geometry
- Ship hydrostatics
- Intact ship stability
- Suspended weights and free surface effects on initial stability
- Loading conditions
- Loading, unloading and shifting of weights
- Determination of equilibrium condition
- Notes on intact stability criteria and information to the master
- Inclining test
- Components of ship resistance
- The towing test
- The propeller
- The open-water propeller test
- Ship-propeller interaction and coupling
- The self-propulsion test
- Model-ship correlation
- Empirical and numerical methods for estimation of resistance and propulsion

The course is organized in frontal lessons, seminars and numerical/graphical exercises linked with theory, regulations and design aspects.

The final examination is of written type, and it deals with the topics addressed during the course. The exam is based on numerical/analytical exercises and/or open questions. The final mark is expressed in /30, and it is obtained by averaging the marks obtained for each single proposed problem, taking into account, when necessary, the different characteristics of each single problem.

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