B14 – Advanced Marine Engineering Design
This course aims to integrate the main strands of marine engineering design, from mission and systems framing through thermodynamics, emissions and electric propulsion to powering, vibration and auxiliaries, so you can carry a machinery design calculation through the full chain without losing the links between steps.
£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.
10 sections
Structured curriculum sections.
English
Language of instruction for this course.
36 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 engineering thermodynamics (cycles and gas properties), fluid mechanics, and basic ship resistance, propulsion and vibration concepts.
What you will learn
Explain how ship mission requirements decompose into functions, systems, subsystems, and components.
Apply air-standard thermodynamic cycle analysis to marine-engineering calculations.
Analyse turbocharging and gas-turbine behaviour for marine propulsion and power generation.
Evaluate marine gas-engine emission mechanisms, regulatory limits, and control technologies.
Apply preliminary resistance and propeller-selection methods to propulsion design problems.
Analyse vibration sources and auxiliary-system choices in advanced marine engineering design.
Skills and knowledge
Systems engineering
Thermodynamic cycles
Turbocharging
Emissions control
Electric propulsion
Resistance prediction
Vibration analysis
Auxiliary systems
Course curriculum
Introduction
1.1 Welcome
Marine Design Framing
2.1 Marine Engineering Scope
2.2 Mission to Systems
2.3 Design Process Roles
2.4 Quiz 1
Thermodynamic Cycles
3.1 Energy and Thermodynamic Laws
3.2 Air-Standard Cycles
3.3 Cycle Calculations
3.4 Air Properties and Flow
3.5 Quiz 2
Turbocharging and Gas Turbines
4.1 Why Turbocharge
4.2 Turbocharger Cycle Analysis
4.3 Gas Turbine Problems
4.4 Operating Envelope
4.5 Quiz 3
Gas Engines and Emissions
5.1 Gas Engine Classes
5.2 Pollutants and Formation
5.3 Limits and Corrections
5.4 Control Technologies
5.5 Quiz 4
Electric Propulsion
6.1 Propulsion Architectures
6.2 Converters and Harmonics
6.3 Quiz 5
Resistance and Propeller Design
7.1 Resistance Estimation
7.2 Propeller Selection
7.3 Powering Problems
7.4 Quiz 6
Torsional and Hull Vibration
8.1 Excitation Sources
8.2 Holzer and Campbell
8.3 Hull Vibration Behaviour
8.4 Quiz 7
Auxiliary Systems
9.1 Mobility and Control Systems
9.2 Utility Systems
9.3 Protection and Monitoring
9.4 Quiz 8
Summary
10.1 Key Takeaways
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£299.00