Readings

Textbook Key

[PNA] = Amazon logo 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] = Amazon logo Lewis, Edward V., ed. Principles of Naval Architecture, Vol. I & 2. New York, 1941.

[G&J] = Amazon logo 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.