Provide an overview of shipbuilding practices and applications of fundamental knowledge to ship design problems. Apply principles of structural behaviour to structural components relevant to ships and other marine structures, and to the design of ships in terms of longitudinal and transverse strength analysis. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: How shipyard facilities and machines are organised. The manner in which these influence the various production stages. The impact of some production activities on planning and management functions. The role of Classification Societies and Registration Authorities. The construction of a mid-ship section. Classification Society rules governing local structural design and global hull girder longitudinal strength. The application of slender beam theory for the analysis of ship structures. Intellectual skills Estimate labour, material, machine and space resource requirements. Calculate productivity, ship efficiency and machine utilisation figures. Derivation of activity networks for planning purposes. Use theoretical principles provided in other lectures in a practical design environment. Apply Classification society Rules to design a midship section. Understand the principles of structural response to a variety of static loads. Cultivate skilful application of associated methods to a variety of structures and loads (ie. knowing which method to apply for a particular structure/loading case). Practical skills Sketch typical production shop layouts. Manipulate historically derived production data for forward planning. Estimate shop floor productivity indices. Select and apply suitable Classification Society rules. Use commercial design software. Construct and solve suitable mathematical models to describe the response of structures and structural elements to static loads. Use a range of measurement techniques to obtain data. Use a range of analyses/techniques to present data. General transferable (key) skills Organise and plan work and allocate time for individual ship production tasks. Use Classification Society rules. Use commercial software in design context. Communicate effectively your work in a technical written report. Present technical data in a professional manner. Undertake typical assignments which may be carried out in a design office base course Learn independently. Obtain and analyse critically data applying your knowledge/understanding of this module.