Course syllabus
Course-PM
MMA151 MMA151 Marine design project lp1 HT23 (15 hp)
Course is offered by the department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences
Contact details
Per Mottram Hogström, examiner
Arash Eslamdoost, teacher
Course purpose
The aim of this course is to let the students participate in a real problem oriented ship or offshore project.
Schedule
Course literature
Handbook for Ship Design project at Chalmers - draft 2021-08-31.pdf
Parametric Design - Parsons.pdf
Ship building cost estimation.pdf
MIDSHIP SECTION SCANTLING .pdf
Course design
The course is problem oriented and reaches over two study periods. The course is divided into the following phases:
Start-up (two weeks):
- Lectures on project work and design methodology
- Dividing of students into project groups
- Establishing procedures for project management and communication within the groups
- Workshop with customer on his/her demands and wishes on the vessel
- Establish conceptual design of vessel
Design loop 1 (Five weeks):
- Work on the design of the vessel
- Lectures:
- Information seeking and databases
- Academic writing and codes of conduct
- Presentation technique
- Finishes with design review seminar with the client, at which point the following deliverables shall be completed:
- Light ship weight for the vessel
- A draft version of the report with a finished structure of its contents
Design loop 2 (Six weeks):
- Work on the design of the vessel based on the customer feedback from the design review
Final phase:
- Finishing the report
- Final presentation
Depending on the nature of the project, study tour, guest lectures, etc. can be added to the items described above.
Learning objectives and syllabus
Learning objectives:
- Apply his/her knowledge and understanding, and problem solving abilities in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to Naval Architecture
- Participate and contribute to a design process as a member of a team
- Follow a systems engineering approach
- Plan and design a complex product like a commercial ship/offshore structure within given time frames
- Propose new concepts and designs to meet customer requests, transport needs and limitations
- Explain, analyse and use methodologies required in the design process of a marine structure
- Express, discuss and motivate results and conclusions as well as the knowledge behind these, both orally and in written text.
- Take responsibility for the product (the vessel) being designed in accordance with the applicable international rules and regulations for classification of ships.
- Take responsibility for the product (the vessel) complying with applicable safety and environmental standards as well as being able to discuss the implications of these on the design.
- Be able to discuss aspects of sustainability and ethics based on the product's impact on society
Link to the syllabus on Studieportalen.
If the course is a joint course (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet) you should link to both syllabus (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet).
Examination form
- Approved report and presentation.
- Participation in mid-term Design review.
- Participation in Final presentation.
- Active participation in the presentation in either of these occasions.
- Absence without prior consent at the Design review will be followed by a discussion with the examiner, and possibly an additional assignment.
- Absence without prior consent at the Final presentation will lead to failing the course.
The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.
Course summary:
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