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The Graduate Courses studied include

08 511

Marine Structural Analysis (a)

Idealization of marine structures. Classical theorems of structural analysis. Matrix structural analysis: forces and displacement methods. Virtual work, real and complementary energy.

08 512

Marine Structural Analysis (b)

Finite element methods. Element coordinate systems. Numerical integration methods. Basic elements. Axisymmetric shells and solids. Plate bending elements. FEM modeling of marine structures.

08 513

Ship Structural Design

Hull girder bending moments and stresses. Hull girder shear forces and stresses. Hull torsion loading and stresses. Hull girder deflections. Local strength problems. Classification societies requirements.

08 521

Ship Hydrodynamics

The motion of a viscous fluid. Navier-stokes equation. Boundary conditions. Boundary layer theory. Conformal mapping. Source-sink distribution techniques. Green’s theorem. Damping and added mass. Hydrofoil theory. Theory of wave resistance.

08 522

Ship Motions

Uncoupled modes of motion. Irregular seaways. Motion in an irregular seaway. Coupled motions. Nonlinear rolling motion. Loads due motion. Motion stabilization. Model tests, full scale trials and scale effects. Seakeeping considerations in design.

08 531

Marine Power Plants (a)

Power cycles. Operating characteristics and limitation. Advanced marine steam and gas turbine power plants. Advanced diesel marine power plants. Combined cycles. Propulsion. Heat exchangers. Pumps and compressors.

08 532

Marine Power Plants (b)

Power plant selection. Machinery vibration. Electrical and thermal loads calculations . Hull machinery interactions. Engine/propeller matching. Advanced heat balance and heat recovery system. Fuel consumption.

08 533

Marine Utilization of Energy

Primary energy. Types of fuels. Heat values. Renewable energy. Solar energy. Wind energy. Water energy. Fuel cell. Hydrogen fuel. Application of energy saving in marine field.

08 534

Marine Automation

Logic circuits. Logic gates. Open and closed control systems. De Morgan’s theorems. Data logging and control. Propulsion power plant control systems. Applications in shipbuilding and operation. Modern automatic control. Frequency and time response.

08 541

Shipyard Fabrication Processes

Steel cutting processes. Forming of plates and sections. Welding technology. Fabrication distorsion. Fabrication residual stresses. Assembly and erection. Fabrication tolerances. Fabrication of non-ferrous materials.

08 542

Ship Maintenance and Repair

Hull girder inspection and maintenance. Ship corrosion problems. Cathodic protection. Surface preparation. Ship painting technology. The economics of ship maintenance. Classification societies requirements. Ship structural requirements. Design for inspection and maintenance. Technology of ship repairing. Non-destructive testing.

08 551

Ship Design

The concepts and requirements of ship design. Tendering and specifications. Detail design. Optimization problems in ship design. Computer software for ship design. Special craft. Unitization and containerization.

08 552

Ship Outfitting

Design and classification societies requirements. Deck equipment and machinery. Anchoring arrangements. Cargo hatch covers. Derricks and cranes. Steering gears and rudders. Mooring arrangements-Hull piping system- Ventilation- Insulation. Safety equipment.

08 553

Marine Statutory Regulations

Government administration. International Maritime Organization (IMO). SOLAS. Surveys and certification. Subdivision and stability. Machinery and electric installations. Fire protection. Fire detection and fire extinction. Life saving appliances. Radiotelegraphy and radiotelephony. Safety of navigation. Carriage of grain. Carriage of dangerous goods. Nuclear ships.

08 562

Offshore Systems

Drilling systems. Types of ocean structures. Support systems. Offshore loading systems. Role of classification societies. Mooring and dynamic positioning systems. Pipelaying. Diving and submersibles.

08 563

Dynamics of Offshore Structures

Single degree of freedom systems. Multi-degree of freedom systems. The analysis of offshore structures by spectral techniques. Wave forces on slender members. Diffraction problems. Effect of currents and winds. Dynamic response of typical structures. Effect of structural vibrations. Uses of models to predict dynamic loads and the response of structures.

08 571

Computer Applications in the marine Field (a)

Applications in marine field – Tutorials – CAD/CAM systems – Typical software packages for marine field- Project.

08 572

Economics of Marine Systems

Review of engineering economics. Shipbuilding cost estimation. Economics of ship operation. Feasibility analysis of marine systems. Contracts and specification. Scheduling and planning.

08 573

Ship Salvage Operations

Types of casualties. Ship stability. Ship strength. Oil and hazardous substances. Salvage plans and surveys. Foundering. Stranding. Restoring buoyancy. Lifting. Tanker salvage. Offloading hazardous cargos. Salvage calculations.

08 581

Marine Pollution: Prevention and Control

Sources of marine pollution. Hazards of marine pollution. Methods and measures of preventing and controlling marine pollution. Oil spill response methods: mechanical containment and recovery, chemical dispersion, in-situ burning, shoreline clean-up, treatment of recovered oil, disposal of oil and oil debris. Clean-up cost analysis.

08 582

Oil Spill Contingency Plans

Developing contingency plans. Reporting and assessment during an oil spill incident. Spill scenarios. Weather scenarios. Behaviour of oil spills. Effective response measures. Comparing alternative response strategies. Economical and environmental effects of oil spills.

08 583

Marine Pollution Laws and Regulations

Marine pollution sources: shipping, waste dumping, offshore development, land-based activities, etc. Different legal mechanisms produced to control sources of marine pollution. Administrative and regulatory bodies. International laws and regulations for marine environmental protection. International conventions: MARPOL, OPA90, etc. National laws and regulations with particular reference to Egypt.

08 584

Management of Marine Pollution

Forms management systems. Marine pollution databases. Required personnel and resources. Oil spill trajectory and fates models. Necessary tools needed to manage oil spill response. Organizing response operations. Damage assessment. Decision making for oil spill response.

08 590

Research Project

Independent individual study or investigation of problems in a field related to the Diploma, under the supervision of a faculty member

08 611

Advanced Marine Structure Analysis (a)

Review of classical methods of structure analysis. Review of matrix algebra. Matrix methods for structural analysis: force and displacement methods. Methods of virtual work, real and complementary energy.

08 612

Advanced Marine Structure Analysis (b)

Finite element methods for marine structural analysis. Element coordinate systems. Numerical integration methods. Basic elements. Plate bending elements. FEM modeling of marine structures. Use of FEM computer packages.

08 613

Theory of Ship Structures

Loads on ship structures. Response analysis. Methods of structural stability analysis. Buckling as a design criterion. Limit state analysis. Grillage theory. Theory of plates and shells. Local strength problems.

08 614

Marine Structural Reliability

Review of probability theory. Random processes. Extreme value distributions. Analysis of uncertainties. Reliability analysis methods. Modes of failure. Component and system reliability. Fatigue reliability. Probabilistic description of loads on marine structure. Design considerations.

08 615

Marine Structure Dynamics

Dynamic forces on marine structures. Analysis of forces and deformations in marine structures. Single and multiple degree of freedom systems. Linear and nonlinear response. Response spectra. Introduction to probabilistic methods in structural dynamics. Applications to marine structures.

08 616

Structural Optimization

Use of mathematical programming methods for structural design optimization including linear and nonlinear programming methods. Problem formulation. Application to minimum weight and minimum cost design.

08 617

Material Fracture Analysis

Elasticity/Plasticity. Fracture mechanics. Failure mechanisms. Structural and environmental factors. Defects. Tolerable and non-tolerable defects. Application to shipbuilding materials.

08 618

Marine Composite Materials

Materials testing and evaluation. Stress analysis in composite materials. Laminated composite structures. Design considerations of composite structures. Marine applications.

08 621

Dynamics of Ocean Waves

Description and formulation of wave problems in the ocean. Development of classical wave theory. Free waves and forced waves. Diffraction, refraction and reflection of waves. Shallow-water theory.

08 622

Advanced Marine Hydrodynamics (a)

Review of vector algebra. Derivations of equations of motion. Viscous flows. Laminar and turbulent flows. Boundary layer theory. Navier-stokes equations. Theory of ship resistance. Wave resistance.

08 623

Advanced Marine Hydrodynamics(b)

Motion of vessels in waves. Response in regular and irregular seas. Added mass and damping coefficients. Equations of motion of a ship in waves. Hydrodynamic forces and moments. Stability and control. Dynamic simulation.

08 624

Computational Fluid Dynamics in Ship Hydrodynamics

Introduction to CFD. Flow equations. General approximation. Equations of motion. Momentun equations. Turbulence. Computational methods for ship waves. CFD applications to simulate flows around ships.

08 625

Hydrodynamics of Marine Propellers

Review of basic hydrodynamics equations. Flow past propellers. Aerofoil design. Cavitation phenomena. Propeller types. Propulsive efficiency.

08 631

Marine Power Systems (a)

Design of ship power system components. Heat balance studies. Safety and pollution control. Electrical power systems. Modern diesel power plants, different cooling loads.

08 632

Marine Power Systems (b)

Principles of fluid system design. Piping systems. Combustion in marine power plants. Marine gas turbines. Renewable energy. Modern marine power plants.

08 633

Application of Energy Management in Marine Engineering

Introduction to energy management. Electric load calculation. Thermal load calculation. Cooling load calculation. Power systems. Fuel consumption. Cooling machines. Energy management in ship systems. Case study.

08 634

Advanced Marine Automation

Review of automatic control with marine applications. Ship steering. Ship control. Data logging and control. Computer control. Fluidics. Special topics in marine automation.

08 635

Marine Utilization of Energy

Primary energy . Types of fuels. Heat values. Renewable energy. Wind energy. Water energy. Fuel cell. Hydrogen fuel. Application of energy saving in marine field.

08 641

Ship Production Planning and Control

Planning and scheduling. Network application in scheduling shipbuilding. Production control. PERT/CPM and other control techniques. Information systems. Standardization.

08 642

Quality Assurance Planning in Shipbuiding

Definitions and codes of practice. Why is it essential to apply Q.A. and Q.C. Case studies and applications.

08 643

Accuracy Control in Shipbuilding

Introduction. Statistical principles. Accuracy control planning. Executing. Evaluation. Applications.

08 644

Control of Distrortions Created during Ship Production

Types of distortion created during ship production. Causes of distortions. Methods of reducing distortions. Distortion removal using flame straightening technique.

08 645

Special Topics in Shipbuilding

Advances in shipbuilding as seen by recent research. Directed study in advanced topics in shipbuilding

08 651

Design of Modern Ship Types

Design of modern ship types such as: hydrofoils, SWATH, multi-hulls, hovercraft, planing craft, etc.

08 652

Special Topics in Ship Design

Advances in ship design as seen by recent research. Directed study in advanced topics in ship design.

08 661

Stochastic Analysis of Ocean Waves

Introduction to probability theory and statistics. Random variables. Evaluation of data. Stochastic processes. Power spectral density techniques. Representation of the sea surface. Marine applications of random process theory.

08 662

Behaviour of ocean Platforms

Dynamic response of platforms in regular and irregular seas. Second order forces and moments. Stability in sea waves. Mono-hull and twin-hull platform motion. Sea loads.

08 663

Design and Production of Ocean Structures

Material in the ocean. Construction of ocean structures. Impact of the ocean environment on structural design. Structural assembly. Outfitting. Preservation of ocean structures. Cost and contracts.

08 664

Vibrational Response of Offshore Structures

Response phenomena. Harmonic oscillators. Vibrational modes. Damping. Response operators. Hydrodynamic forces. Stationary random processes. Special problems.

08 665

Marine Pipelines

Introduction. Materials. Pipe capacity. Limit-state design. Penetration in soil. Hydrodynamics. On-bottom stability. Finite element analysis. Installation.

08 671

Computer Techniques and Applications in the Marine Filed

Advanced programming in one of the following languages: Fortran, Pascal, or C. Numerical methods. Introductory computer graphics. Data structures. Simulation.

08 672

Underwater Technology

Underwater equipment. Underwater cutting. Underwater welding. Underwater inspection. Underwater repair operations.

08 673

Ship Salvage Operations

Ship stability. Reasons for ship foundering. Up-righting methods. Underwater salvage operations. Calculations for rescue operations. Calculations of ship stability during breakage and cutting.

08 674

Marine Pollution: Prevention and Control

Sources of marine pollution. Hazards of marine pollution. Statutory regulations and international conventions to prevent marine pollution. Methods and measures of controlling marine pollution.

08 780

Master’s Thesis and Thesis Research

For students working on an advanced research program leading to the completion of the master’s thesis. Students registered for the master’s degree must register every term in this course starting the third term of their registration. Course is taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basic.

08 790

Doctor’s Thesis and Thesis Research

For students working on an advanced research program leading to the completion of the Ph.D. thesis. Students registered for the Ph.D. degree must register every term in this course starting the first term after passing their qualifying examination. Course is taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.