Textbook Key
[PNA] = 
Letcher, John. Principles of Naval Architecture Series: The Geometry of Ships. The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 2010. ISBN: 9780939773671. (Books in this series are available for purchase at The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers website.)
[Lewis] = Lewis, Edward V., ed. Principles of Naval Architecture, Vol. I & 2. New York, 1941.
[G&J] = Gillmer, Thomas C., and Bruce Johnson. Introduction to Naval Architecture. Naval Institute Press, 1982. ISBN: 9780870213182.
| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Introduction to the Course and Naval Architecture |
[PNA] The Geometry of Ships: Section 9, Subsection 4. [G&J] Chapter 1. |
| L2 | Hydrostatics Review |
[PNA] The Geometry of Ships: Section 9, Subsection 1. [Lewis] Chapter 1, Section 2. [G&J] Chapter 2, Sections 8–9 and Chapter 3, Section 6. |
| L3 | Ship Geometry |
[PNA] The Geometry of Ships: Section 1, Subsection 2; Section 8; Section 10, Subsection 2, and Section 11, Subsection 1. [Lewis] Chapter 1, Sections 1; Section 5, Subsections 1–7. [G&J] Chapter 3. |
| L4 | Ship Geometry (cont.) |
[PNA] The Geometry of Ships: Section 9, Subsection 2 and Section 11, Subsection 2. [Lewis] Chapter 1, Sections 4–5. [G&J] Appendix B. |
| L6 | Intact Stability |
[PNA] Intact Stability: Section 1, Subsections 1–6; Section 2 and Section 3, Subsections 1–4. [Lewis] Chapter 2, Section 1. [G&J] Chapter 6, Sections 1–4 and Chapter 7, Sections 1–3. |
| L7 | Intact Stability (cont.) |
[Lewis] Chapter 2, Sections 2–3 and Section 5, Subsections 1–12. [G&J] Chapter 6, Sections 5–6 and Chapter 7, Sections 4–5. |
| L9 | Intact Stability |
[PNA] Intact Stability: Section 5 and Section 13, Subsection 1. [Lewis] Chapter 2, Sections 4–6. [G&J] Chapter 6, Sections 7–8 and Chapter 8, Sections 1–8. |
| L10 | Intact Stability (cont.) | [PNA] Intact Stability: Section 4. |
| L11 | Intact Stability (cont.) |
[PNA] Intact Stability: Sections 7, 9–10, 12, and 14. [Lewis] Chapter 2, Sections 7–14. [G&J] Chapter 8, Section 9; Chapter 9 and Chapter 10, Section 5. |
| L12 | Damage Stability |
[Lewis] Chapter 3, Sections 1–3, 6–7. [G&J] Chapter 10, Sections 1–6. |
| L13 | Damage Stability (cont.) | [Lewis] Chapter 3, Sections 1–8. |
| L15 | Resistance | [Lewis] Chapter 5, Sections 1–3. |
| L16 | Resistance (cont.) | [Lewis] Chapter 5, Sections 4–5. |
| L17 | Resistance (cont.) | [Lewis] Chapter 5, Sections 6–8. |
| L18 | Strength of Ships |
[PNA] Strength of Ships and Ocean Structures: Sections 1–2. [Lewis] Chapter 4, Sections 1–2. [G&J] Chapter 4. |
| L19 | Strength of Ships (cont.) |
[PNA] Strength of Ships and Ocean Structures: Section 2, Subsections 1–2 and Section 3, Subsections 1–7. [Lewis] Chapter 4, Sections 2–3. [G&J] Chapter 5, Sections 5–10. |
| L20 | Strength of Ships (cont.) | [Lewis] Chapter 4, Sections 4–5. |