naval architecture

Introduction
The mission of a ship
Weight and buoyancy
- Hydrostatic forces
- Calculation of ship weight and buoyancy volume
- Achieving level attitude or trim
Metacentric stability
- Concept of the metacentre
- Indexes of metacentric stability
- Vertical position of metacentre
- Vertical position of centre of gravity
- Inclining experiment
- Stability of submarines
General arrangement
- General arrangement features by ship type
- Cargo handling
- Watertight closures
- Ballast tanks
Resistance and propulsion
- Computing friction resistance
- Wave-making resistance
- Separation resistance
- Resistance of submarines
- Resistance in shallow and restricted waters
- Ship form for minimum resistance
- Action of propulsion devices
- Interactions between propeller and ship
- Efficiency of propulsion
- Cavitation
- General design and positioning of propellers
- Model experiments
Maneuverability
- Dynamic stability of route
- Steering and turning
- Stopping and reversing
- Rudders and planes
- Heel when turning
- Effect of propulsion-device action on maneuverability
- Maneuverability of submarines in the vertical plane
- Maneuvering predictions and model experiments
Ships in waves
- Ship motions in waves
- Effect of shape and proportions
- Hydrostatic and hydrodynamic loads in service
- Variation of buoyancy and weight along the length of the ship
- Determination of forces and moments
- Superposition of calm-water and dynamic wave loads
Strength of ships
- Strength and stiffness
- Structural configurations
- Scantlings and strength calculations
- Structural design of submarine pressure hulls
- Detrimental effects of discontinuities
- Materials of construction
- Jointing, connections, and attachments
- Structural tests of ships and models
Laws and regulations for safety
- Freeboard
- Subdivision and floodable length
- Situation after damage
Ship design procedure
- Preparation of requirements
- Compromises necessary
- Preliminary design stage
- Contract design stage

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