Course content

The course presents state-of-the-art knowledge on the maritime industry. Principles of Marine Design: - Design for the Blue Ocean Environment - Design of Human Engineered Complex Structures - General concepts of Maritime Systems • From Mission to Operation (Form/Function) at Sea Overview of Maritime Systems • Offshore Units (Platform) • Ships • Subsea Structures • Wind and energy • Complex Equipment (crane, winch, tanks, plant) • Common and specific points (Form/Function) Methods and Analysis • Basic Design Methods (interactive process) • Systems Mission – Performance – Economics Assessment • Maritime Systems of Systems (e.g. fleet) and Subsystems (e.g equipment/propulsion/control) Analysis and Performance Decision Making Methods • Stakeholder Preferences and Perceptions • Ranking and Quantifying • Design Trade-offs • Identifying Design Strength and Weakness • Industry Case Studies

Learning outcome

Knowledge The candidate should acquire knowledge in: • Principles of maritime design, with the human component in the form/function basic design process. • Overview of the big and complex structures that are used to explore the blue ocean environment. • Introduction and training on the main literature methods used to design, analyse and evaluate maritime systems. • Introduction to decision-making theory and common techniques used to rank and quantify designs. Skills At the end of the course the candidate should be able to: • Identify the main engineered maritime systems. • Understand the mission and performance concept in these systems. • Be acquainted with state of the art literature used to design and analysis such systems. • Create a concept design of such structures, with preliminary requirements, analyses and evaluation. Competence • Understanding the mapping between Form/Function of a maritime design problem. • Converging these basic design problems to a specific research question within maritime design. • Filter state-of-the-art literature of methods and analyses to specific problems of their research. • Identify these methods in real maritime systems, applying them to solve a specific problem from their research. • Use mission-performance-economics methods to quantify and evaluate her/his specific problem in design.

Learning methods and activities

The course will consist of lectures, literature reading, work on assignments, exercises, and discussions. The teaching is given as intensive seminars containing lectures, group-work and self-studies. A minimum of 80% attendance at workshops/seminars is required. Presentation must be given.

Compulsory assignments

• Mandatory assignment

Recommended previous knowledge

MSc or equivalent in such areas as engineering, management, maritime technology, nautical science, maritime operations management.

Required previous knowledge

MSc or equivalent degree.

Course materials

Lectures Notes and Readings