Courses
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updated 7/24/06)
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
COURSE
1 – A Review of Basic Naval Architecture
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Room 223
| Fee: |
Member |
$175 |
| |
Non-member |
$300 |
Brief
Course Description:
This course
will feature a review of naval architecture that will
cover the principles and development of lines drawings,
ship hydrostatics, the use of Simpson’s Rule,
intact and damage stability, tonnage admeasurement,
weight estimating, longitudinal strength, principles
of structure, resistance, and basic principles of arrangements.
Sample problems illustrating naval architecture theory
will also be discussed. Attendees will be asked to work
one problem in naval architecture at the end of the
seven-hour session. The attendees’ solutions will
be discussed. The course lecturer is William H. Garzke,
Jr., a naval architect for CSC, Advanced Marine.
The course
is equivalent to 0.7 Continuing Education units.
COURSE 2 – Introduction to the Design
of Floating Offshore Oil and Gas Facilities
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Room 222
| Fee: |
Member |
$175 |
| |
Non-member |
$300 |
Brief
Course Description:
Floating
offshore oil and gas production, storage, and offloading
facilities continue to serve the offshore industry and
provide energy around the world. The purpose of this
continuing education short course is provide naval architects,
marine and ocean engineers, and other interested conference
participants an introduction to the design practices
for the development of floating offshore oil and gas
production facilities. The topics covered include a
brief history of offshore production facilities, general
design process, regulatory and class societies, environmental
data and extreme meteorological events (hurricane, cyclone)
that control the design, evaluation of environmental
loads, hull types (semi submersibles, tension leg platforms,
spars, and ship shapes) and arrangements, weight distribution
and stability, and mooring systems. Example calculations
for the design of a selected floating offshore production
facility will be conducted to demonstrate the design
concepts presented. All participants will be provided
instructors presentation slides and receive a certificate
of completion. The course lecturer is Dr. Robert E.
Randall, Professor of Ocean Engineering at Texas A&M
University in College Station, Texas
The
course is equivalent to 0.7 Continuing Education units.
Friday,
October 13, 2006
COURSE
3 - Seakeeping
8:30 am –4:30 pm
Room 223
| Fee: |
Member |
$175 |
| |
Non-member |
$300 |
Brief
Course Description:
This
course provides a basic understanding of the fundamentals
of ship motion theory and current practice in the development
of seakeeping predictions. Students will gain the ability
to develop or assess seakeeping performance requirements,
and to carry out seakeeping predictions for a given
design. The course will cover regular and irregular
waves, superposition, wave spectra, wave, wave statistics,
the relationship of wind and sea state, swells, fetch
and duration limits, the availability of wave data;
prediction of hydrodynamic forces using linear ship
motion theory; prediction of vessel response; vessel
response measurement using model tests and full-scale
trials; performance criteria, including seakeeping performance
indices and motion sickness incidence; existing tools
and their limitations; added resistance, mean and slowly-varying
forces, hydrodynamic interactions among vessels, and
motion control. The course lecturer is Dr. Edward M.
Lewandowski, Senior Principal Scientist, BMT Designers
and Planners, Inc.
The
course is equivalent to 0.7 Continuing Education Units.
