Catalog Description

EN245 Principles of Ocean Systems Engineering (2-2-3).

This course provides a broad overview of those engineering disciplines that deal with the ocean environment. Topics include an introduction to engineering graphics and computer-aided drafting (CAD), hydrostatics, stability and buoyancy, an introduction to resistance and powering, basic wave mechanics, and an introduction to engineering design.

Coreq: EM211 Statics. [fall]

Textbook

Elements of Ocean Engineering by Robert E. Randall, SNAME, 2010

References

Classnotes, laboratory, and term project handouts

Course Coordinator

Professor Michael P. Schultz

Goals

1. Apply basic engineering principles to the analysis of ocean systems.
2. Apply the basic principles of Naval Architecture for ship stability and buoyancy.
3. Employ computer applications to solve engineering problems.
4. Conduct an experiment, reduce the data, and write a technical lab report.
5. Design an ocean system capable of meeting a prescribed mission.

Prerequisites

EM211, Statics

Class Topics

1. Overview of Ocean Engineering
2. The Ocean Environment
3. Offshore Structures
4. Coastal Engineering
5. Materials And Corrosion
6. Computer-Aided Drafting
7. Floating and Submerged Body Hydrostatics
8. Floating and Submerged Body Hydrodynamics
9. Underwater Systems and Acoustics
10. Physical Modeling and Experimentation
11. Ethics and the Environment
12. Engineering Design

Computer Usage

1. Introduction to spreadsheet programming (data processing)
2. Computer Aided Design (3D modeling)
3. Numerical integration using spreadsheets
4. Laboratory write-up formatting, embedding tables, figures and equations

Laboratory Projects

1. Coastal Engineering Lab: Wave processes and beach dynamics
2. Hydromechanics Lab: Archimedes principle
3. Hydromechanics Lab: Hydrostatics of a surface vessel (inclining experiment)
4. Hydromechanics Lab: Drag forces on submersible system
5. Oceanography YP686: Side scan survey demonstration