Trans RINA, Vol 155, Part C1, Intl J Marine Design, Jan -Jun 2013 2. UCL SHIP DESIGN COURSES
UCL has historically delivered various taught courses on the design of marine systems. However, the challenge of developing a course to match the MTEC module constraints led to a review and analysis of the existing UCL courses to identify suitable content and structure for the new module.
At the time the MTEC module was developed UCL offered two ship design courses: The BEng Ship Design Course, forming part of the final year of the BEng in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering; The MSc Ship
Design Exercise, forming part of the MSc
qualifications in both Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. UCL also offers a short postgraduate course in submarine design that adopts a similar format the MSc Ship Design Exercise.
2.1 BENG SHIP DESIGN COURSE
The BEng ship design course was undertaken in parallel with other activities by BEng students in their third and final year of study. Students completed an individual staged design project for a warship, yacht or container ship. Starting from a fixed set of requirements, students developed a numerical procedures and data. variations
Students of payload and
sizing tool vessel
using specified
then explored limited characteristics to
develop an appreciation of different design impact. The design was then developed in more detail across areas including resistance, powering, stability and structure using the analysis techniques students had learned during their time at UCL. Frequent design reviews with staff members provided milestones to ensure progress through the project’s stages, while also providing feedback to students on their developing designs. Finally, the students produced a report
including standard deliverables such arrangement assessment.
drawings and
detailing their designs, as general
lines plans for formal 2.2 MSC SHIP DESIGN EXERCISE
In contrast, the MSc ship design exercise is a group project, the majority of which is undertaken full-time over several months. The exercise is scheduled after the taught part of the MSc program and exams (when students have acquired the necessary analysis skills) but before the individual research element of the program. At the outset of the design exercise the students are given a short
design brief (typically one page), which they
develop into a set of outline requirements. A design is then developed to meet these requirements, after which a comprehensive
technical analysis is undertaken to
examine the design and validate the student’s decisions. The MSc design exercise is structured to challenge the students to develop innovative but realistic solutions. Students frequently decide to explore unconventional alternatives, as illustrated by the Trimaran Landing Platform Helicopter (LPH) shown in Figure 1. Further details of the UCL MSc course are presented in [2].
2.3 COURSE COMPARISON AND MTEC C17
Reviewing both the BEng and MSc design exercises at the outset of the development process for the MTEC C17 module it became apparent the structure, process and tools employed within either course could not be directly adapted to the new module. For example, the timescales and structures of the courses differed significantly from that required by the MTEC module as shown in Figure 2.
UCL decided to undertake a significant development effort to produce a new material for the MTEC C17 module, leveraging the department’s existing design education knowledge and experience. Several inherent in the MTEC format were identified as drivers:
a experience and guidance play a key role;
• The short duration of the intensive week – leading to limited face-to-face learning and opportunities for re-work;
reduced
factors
• The unsupervised learning process – particularly challenging for
design related module, where
Figure 1: MSc Ship Design for Trimaran LPH [3] C-34 ©2013: The Royal Institution of Naval Architects
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