Program description Version 18 April 2024

Course objectives
This course covers basic ship seakeeping theory & practice. The course is intended for naval architects and marine engineers, with a need to understand and perform ship motion analysis: passenger comfort, deck accelerations, probability of slamming or shipping of green water.

By the end of the course, participants are able to:
– Prepare a GHS geometry file for ship motion analysis
– Setup a Seakeeping study
– Output RAOs, motions and accelerations

Syllabus
– Formulation and computation methods: 2D strip theory, 3D potential flow
– Ship & sea: coordinate systems, seakeeping conventions
– Mass moment of inertia
– Sea spectra
– Roll damping
– Sea operational limits

Software of reference: GHS
Course venue / delivery mode: live web sessions. A minimum of 2 registered attendees is required to maintain the course.
Duration : 2 x 3 hours, total 6 hours

Prerequisites :
– Notions of hydrostatics and naval architecture, software installation
– Participants provide their own PC. Software training licenses are included in the training cost. NDAR will check correct software installation prior to course commencement.

Teaching Method:
Course content is 30% theoretical / 70% practical. Participants are invited to practice “hands-on”, through exercises and guidance by the instructor.

Evaluation Method:
The training course in non-certifying. The instructor monitors the participants’ progress via an evaluation table.

Instructor: Stéphane Dardel, naval architect
Course Language : English (French and Italian supported)

Persons with disabilities : please contact ndar@ndar.com if your situation requires special attention

Cost: 600€ (excl.VAT) per participant. Training software licenses included.

Next Dates: To be further announced

Registration: please contact us at ndar@ndar.com
Registration deadline: 8 days prior to course commencement