Course syllabus

Teaching language: English
Application code: 31114
Open for exchange students: Yes
Maximum participants: 60

In programs

MPNAV NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND OCEAN ENGINEERING, MSC PROGR, Year 1 (compulsory)
MPMAR MARITIME MANAGEMENT, MSC PROGR, Year 1 (elective)
TISJL MARINE ENGINEERING, Year 4 (compulsory elective)
Examiner:

Rickard Bensow

Replaces

SJO740   Marine propulsion systems

 Eligibility:

In order to be eligible for a second cycle course the applicant needs to fulfil the general and specific entry requirements of the programme that owns the course. (If the second cycle course is owned by a first cycle programme, second cycle entry requirements apply.)
Exemption from the eligibility requirement: Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling these requirements.

Course specific prerequisites

Mathematics (including mathematical statistics, numerical analysis and multi-variable calculus), Mechanics and strength, Engineering materials, and Thermodynamics.

Aim

The objective of the course is to give the students knowledge and tools in designing and analyzing the propulsion system of a large commercial vessel. This involves knowledge and tools in systems engineering to be used for preliminary design of general complex systems and specifically marine machinery systems. Attention is given to primary function of the systems as well as to secondary requirements and effects including reliability, economy and environmental impact. Moreover, the basic hydrodynamics properties of the propeller and propeller design principles will be covered.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

- Apply the abstract function analysis of the machine systems relating to the requirements of ship owners and other users of the ship.
- Collect information and generate concepts for arbitrary marine machinery systems.
- Evaluate concepts and develop a general layout of a machinery system.
- Describe and discuss the properties of the systems, document and communicate the results.
- Identify and discuss the impact of the IMO emission regulations and the techniques to fulfil these requirements.
- Explain the function of the propeller through principles of momentum theory.
- Apply the ITTC procedures to determine propeller requirements from self propulsion tests.
- Choose an appropriate propeller given necessary thrust and machinery characteristics.
- Explain and evaluate the effects of interaction between hull and propulsor and how this affects the propeller design. 

Content

Ship machinery systems
- System engineering
- Prime movers

- Machinery systems and components
- Propeller engine matching
- Auxiliary power and heat generation
- Environmental issues and innovative technologies for green shipping

Propeller theory
- Propeller characteristics
- Open-water performance
- Propeller hull interaction
- Model testing and full scale extrapolation
- Cavitation
- Propeller induced vibration and noise