A03 – Introduction to Ship Structures Project
This course aims to introduce how ship and offshore-platform structures are organised, modelled and analysed, from stiffened plate panels to overall hull strength, and how rule-based sizing, failure mechanisms and design trade-offs shape structural decisions.
£299.00
20 hours
Focused, self-paced learning designed to fit around professional schedules.
Online, self-paced
Study online at a pace that fits your schedule.
6 sections
Structured curriculum sections.
English
Language of instruction for this course.
19 lessons
Focused lessons organised into a clear learning path.
Course overview
Designed for: engineering graduates looking for refresher courses in niche expert areas.
Entry requirements: an engineering degree or equivalent experience, plus basic statics and strength of materials (beam bending, stress and section modulus); no prior study of ship structures is needed.
Learning format: self-paced online lessons with audio read-out, worked plate-bending and hull-strength examples, interactive tabs, flip cards and expandable panels, in-lesson checks, an AI tutor to answer questions as you go, and graded quizzes. This suits the aim because structural judgement grows from linking each model to a calculation, so the worked examples after the plate and hull-strength topics show each check step by step before the quizzes.
What you will learn
Identify the main structural components and structural functions found in ship and offshore-platform structures.
Represent ship structures with component, regional, and hull-beam models using appropriate loads and boundary conditions.
Calculate basic plate-bending and longitudinal-strength responses for common ship-structure cases.
Explain key in-plane plate behaviors, including stress concentrations, buckling, effective width, and shear lag.
Evaluate classification-society rules, failure mechanisms, and simple structural design trade-offs.
Sketch structural details in 3D and label core structural components accurately.
Skills and knowledge
Ship structures
Structural modeling
Plate bending
Hull strength
Classification rules
Failure mechanisms
Design trade-offs
Course curriculum
Introduction
1.1 Welcome
Course Context and Components
2.1 Course Overview
2.2 Ship Structure Basics
2.3 Components and Details
2.4 Quiz 1
Structural Functions and Modeling
3.1 Functions Across Scales
3.2 Modeling the Structure
3.3 Loads and Boundaries
3.4 Quiz 2
Plate and Hull Strength
4.1 Plate Bending
4.2 In-Plane Plate Behavior
4.3 Longitudinal Hull Strength
4.4 Plate and Hull Strength Worked Examples
4.5 Quiz 3
Rules, Failure, and Trade-Offs
5.1 Classification Rules
5.2 Failure Mechanisms
5.3 Design Trade-Offs
5.4 Quiz 4
Summary
6.1 Key Takeaways
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£299.00