A14 – Design of Advanced Marine Vehicles
This course aims to help you evaluate advanced marine vehicle concepts against a high-speed operating brief, from support mechanism and hull form through seakeeping, structure and materials to waterjet propulsion and engine matching, so your design choices rest on explicit criteria rather than precedent alone.
£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.
7 sections
Structured curriculum sections.
English
Language of instruction for this course.
33 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 a working knowledge of ship resistance and propulsion, hydrostatics and seakeeping basics, and structural mechanics.
Learning format: self-paced online lessons with audio read-out, five worked examples (ferry case, seakeeping, risk and dynamics, waterjet, engine matching), a ferry design case, expandable sections, tabs and flip cards, in-lesson checks, an AI tutor to answer questions as you go, and graded quizzes. This suits the aim because fast-craft design is a set of competing limits, so each topic ends with a worked check against stated criteria before the quiz.
What you will learn
Classify advanced marine vehicles using the lift-triangle framework.
Evaluate hull-form options against a high-speed operating brief.
Apply seakeeping criteria to judge fast-craft operability and motion limits.
Justify structural material choices using equivalent-safety and dynamic-response concepts.
Compare waterjet, gas-turbine, and diesel propulsion considerations for advanced marine vehicles.
Skills and knowledge
Advanced marine vehicles
Hull-form selection
Seakeeping
Marine materials
Waterjet propulsion
Engine matching
Gas turbines
Diesel engines
Course curriculum
Introduction
1.1 Welcome
Ship Types and Lift
2.1 Why AMVs Differ
2.2 The Lift Triangle
2.3 Hull Types Compared
2.4 Ferry Design Case
2.5 Ferry Case Worked Example
2.6 Quiz 1
Seakeeping Criteria
3.1 Criteria That Matter
3.2 Wave Statistics
3.3 Slamming and Deck Wetness
3.4 Human Performance
3.5 Seakeeping Worked Example
3.6 Quiz 2
Materials and Safety
4.1 Why Materials Change
4.2 Collapse and Risk
4.3 FRP Damage Models
4.4 Dynamics and Damping
4.5 Risk and Dynamics Worked Example
4.6 Quiz 3
Waterjet Propulsion
5.1 Waterjets in Context
5.2 Selection Criteria
5.3 Power Flow and Thrust
5.4 Cavitation Limits
5.5 Testing Methods
5.6 Waterjet Worked Example
5.7 Quiz 4
Engines and Matching
6.1 Matching Basics
6.2 Turbocharging and SCR
6.3 Gas Turbine Basics
6.4 Fast Diesel Concepts
6.5 Matching Worked Example
6.6 Quiz 5
Summary
7.1 Key Takeaways
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£299.00