Ship Design I

Prof. Manuel Ventura

mventura@mar.ist.utl.pt
www.mar.ist.utl.pt/mventura

MSc in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

Ship Design I

• General Objectives
– Design methodology.
– Influence of Conventions, Rules and Regulations in the design of
merchant ships
– Ship initial dimensioning

• Operational Objectives
– Knowledge of the processes to obtain the main dimensions and
characteristics of the ship.
– Ability to compute the parameters required to estimate the
ship initial cost.
– Development and fairing of the initial hull form.

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 Program (1)
1. Design Methodology
• Introduction. Stages of the ship design process: requirements
and information needed. Sequential engineering and concurrent
engineering. Design spiral.
• Actors of the process. Design documents.
• Ship Product Data Model.
• Initial dimensioning of merchant ships. Systematic variation of
parameters and optimization methods. Variables, parameters,
measures of merit and restrictions.

2. Conventions, Rules and Regulations

• More relevant IMO Conventions: Load Lines, SOLAS, MARPOL,
COLREG and Tonnage.
• Other International Rules: OIT, OCIMF.
• EU Directives

Program (2)

3. Estimation Methods in Basic Design

• Traditional classification of the light ship weight components.
Estimation of the Lightship weight items and centers of
gravity.
• Distribution of the ship’s weights.
• Estimation of volumes of compartments.
• Hydrostatic characteristics and intact stability.

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 Program (3)

4. Specific Aspects of the Design of Some Types of

Merchant Ships
• Characterization of the fleets, specific systems and equipment
of some of the more common types of merchant ships.
• Tankers: inert gas systems; COW systems; cargo systems; fire
fighting systems.
• Bulk Carriers: load/unload systems; types of hatch covers.
• Container Carriers / Multi-Purpose ships: types and dimensions
of the containers, equipment for the handling, stowage and
fixing of containers.
• RO/RO Ships: equipment for handling ro/ro cargo; fire fighting
systems.

Program (4)

5. Development of the Ship’s Hull Form

• Systematic series. Alteration of a parent hull. Modeling from a
set of main curves.
• Bulbous bow design. Types of bulbs and their scope of
application. Form coefficients.
• Introduction to Geometric Modeling. Parametric curves and
surfaces. Creation and analysis of curves. Creation and analysis
of surfaces.
• Development of Lines Plan drawing from 3D model

6. Methods of Alteration of Hull Form

• Alteration by scaling offsets. Alterations of Sectional Area
Curve.

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 Evaluation

The evaluation consists in one Test and a final Project,

composed by two tasks

Description Weight

Test Rules and Conventions (1 hour, multiple choice) 20%

Task 1 Initial dimensioning of a merchant ship 40%

Task 2 Development of the ship’s hull form in 3D 40%

General Schedule

Duration Notes
Ship Design Methodology 2w
Rules and Regulations 3w
Test
Estimation Methods 1w
Delivery of Task 1
Merchant Ship Types 2w
Creation Hull Form 3w
Delivery of Task 2 Task 1
Lines Plan Drawing from 3D Model 1w
Methods for Alteration of Hull Form 2w Task 2
Reception of Task 1 End of Classes
Christmas Break
Reception of Task 2 30 Jan. 2011

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 Evaluation
• Test – Rules and Convention in Ship Design
• Project
T1. Initial dimensioning of a merchant ship from a marine
transportation problem
T2. Development of the hull form
• Final Report – Description of the several steps of the work of the
work carried out, including:
– Objectives of the work – Description of the initial concept of
the ship
– Computations carried out – Computation process, describing
the methods, criteria, validations.
– Assessment of the results obtained
– Conclusions - Comparison of the ship obtained with the
statistical data from existing ships of the same market
segment.
– Bibliography – Enumeration of the bibliographic references
used during the design process.
• Presentation of the results – presentation in PowerPoint, no longer
than 15 minutes

Bibliography
9 Alvarino, Ricardo; Azpíroz, Juan José e Meizoso, Manuel (1997), “El
Proyecto Básico del Buque Mercante”, Fundo Editorial de Ingeniería
Naval, Colegio de Ingenieros Navales.
• Lamb, Thomas (2003), “Ship Design and Construction”, Vol. I, The
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.
• Lewis, E. V. (1988) “Principles of Naval Architecture”, Vols.I, II &
III, SNAME.
9 Molland, Anthony F. (2008), "The Maritime Engineering Reference
Book: A Guide to Ship Design, Construction and Operation",
Butterworth-Heinemann.
9 Schneekluth, H. and Bertram, V. (1998), “Ship Design for Efficiency
and Economy”, Butterworth Heinemann.
• Ventura, Manuel (2009), Ship Design Lecture’s Notes, Instituto
Superior Técnico.

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 Available Software
• AutoCAD 2002 – Computer Aided Drafting system
• Rhinoceros 3D v4.0 SR8 – Surface Modeling
• DELFTship v3.2 (free) – Hull form modeling
• AutoShip Vs. 8.0 - Hull form modeling using B-spline curves and
surfaces
• AutoHydro Vs. 5.2 - Hydrostatics, stability, longitudinal
resistance, capacities of compartments
• GHS Vs 11.0 - Hydrostatics, stability, longitudinal resistance,
capacities of compartments.
• AVEVA Marine Initial Design (Lines, Calc, Spaces, Surface,
Hydro) – Hull form development, Hydrostatics, stability,
longitudinal resistance, capacities of compartments, estimation of
propulsive power.
• MATLAB – high-level programming language