Instructor:

Moustafa Abdel-Maksoud

Course Format:

2 hours Lecture

Period:

Winter Semester

Language:

German

Recommended Previous Knowledge:

B.Sc. Ship Building

Contents:

1. Resistance components of different high speed water vehicles
2. Propulsion units of high speed vehicles
3. Waves resistance in shallow and deep water
4. Surface effect ships (SES)
5. Hydrofoil supported vehicles
6. Semi-displacement vehicles
7. Planning vehicles
8. Slamming
9. Manoeuvrability

Learning Outcomes:

Acquisition of deep knowledge on the behaviour of different vehicles types with respect to resistance, wave making resistance, ship motion in seaways and manoeuvring Establish a through understanding of applied methods for the different vehicles types

Reading Resources:

Faltinsen,O. M., Hydrodynamics of High-Speed Marine Vehicles, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2006

Performance Record:

oral examination

ECTS Credit Points:

3.0

Workload:

90 hours total

Further Information:

http://www.tuhh.de/fds/education

Contact:

m.abdel-maksoud@tuhh.de