MSc/PgDip Sustainable Engineering: Marine Technology

This module aims to demonstrate how the principles and methods of risk analysis are undertaken and reflected in safety assessment. Risk analysis offers a variety of methods, tools and techniques that can be applied in solving problems covering different phases of the life cycle of a vessel (design, construction, operation and end-of-life) and, as such, this module will also elaborate on the practicalities of its application to a range of marine scenarios.

This module covers:

• safety, risk and risk analysis; key terminology; lessons learnt from past experience; human factors.
• formal safety assessment
• hazard Identification
• frequency analysis and consequence modelling
• quantitative risk assessment methods
• risk control and decision support, cost benefit analysis
• human Factors and Safety culture in the maritime
• industry guest lectures addressing topical issues related to maritime safety and risk

At the end of this module you'll be able to:

• understand the concepts and importance of safety, risk and of all requisite fundamentals enabling quantification of risk in the maritime context
• utilise methods and tools undertaking fundamental studies, specific to any component, system or function and in general first-principles implementation to life-cycle design
• understand and have experience of the use of risk analysis in the marine field via related case studies (risk-based ship design, operation and regulation).
• be able to appreciate components of a formal safety assessment and apply it for indicative problems of maritime operations

Assessment and feedback are in the form of one final exam (during Semester-2 diet) and two coursework assignments (assignment-one focusses on accident investigation, assignment-two is a safety assessment case study).

This module aims to:

• give an overview of the current deep-water oil and gas developments around the world and the technical challenges in terms of riser and mooring line design
• demonstrate methods for modelling and analysing risers and mooring lines

This module covers:

• oil & gas field development options: platform types, marine riser systems, current design trends and deep-water challenges
• riser systems: flexible pipe structure, typical configurations, top-tensioned vertical risers, hybrid risers.
• flow assurance: multi-phase flow, deposition of solids, thermal management
• riser analysis: governing equations, boundary conditions, natural frequency
• mooring lines: typical mooring configuration, material and construction, anchors and ancillary equipment, static mooring line analysis
• vortex induced vibration: drag, vortex shedding, surface roughness, lift, Strouhal number, VIV assessment, fatigue life calculation

On completion of the module you're expected to have

• an overview of mooring lines and marine risers for deep-water floating offshore platforms
• an understanding of the generic hydrodynamic issues
• a grasp of the analytical/numerical methods for analysing risers and mooring lines

You'll carry out the coursework individually using the knowledge taught during lectures and computer lab sessions.

This module aims to provide you with an understanding of the response of surface ships, at both a global and a local level. Structural analysis and design will both be discussed.

This module will teach the following:

• introduction to ship structures and structural design principles
• loads acting on ship structures
• longitudinal strength of surface ships
• analysis and design of columns and beam-columns
• analysis and design of un-stiffened and stiffened plated structures
• design of hull girder mid-ship section components from first principles

On completion of this module, you'll have gained:

• an understanding of the nature of ship hull structures, the role of various components and ship structural design issues
• an understanding of load action and its effects at a local and a global level
• an understanding of how to analyse the global response of surface ships
• an understanding of the basics of ship hull girder analysis at a local level
• an understanding of a systematic ship structural design procedure at a global level

Assessment and feedback are in the form of a two-hour exam. You need to gain an overall mark of 50% to pass the module.

This class aims to provide you with an understanding of the concepts of sustainability and sustainable development. The social, environmental and economic impact of development strategies will be identified and the mitigation of negative impacts discussed.

This module aims to introduce the shipbuilding technologies and equipment used in the construction of FPSO vessels. It will also provide an introduction to the ship design process as applied to FPSO vessels.

This module will teach the following:

FPSO Construction:

• overview of facilities for shipbuilding
• the shipbuilding process including the integration of hull construction, outfitting and painting
• the role of product definition

FPSO Design:

• functional requirements and design drivers
• typical layouts and sizes
• hullform and marine system arrangements
• platform-topsides interfaces
• comparison of new-build and conversion approaches
• design process and schedules

On completion of the module the you're expected to be able to:

• understand the technologies and processes involved in constructing FPSO vessels
• appreciate the interaction between design and construction of FPSO vessels, especially in relation to conversions
• understand the relationships between functional requirements and design solutions for FPSO vessels
• demonstrate their awareness of the importance of marine systems and the platform-topsides interface in a successful solution

Assessment and feedback are in the form of coursework. You'll carry out the coursework in groups using the knowledge taught during lectures and tutorials and by referring to the other literature resources.

This module aims to introduce you to the theoretical background of marine CFD using the finite volume method. It also aims to illustrate the key ideas related to discretisation and solution of the fluid flow governing equations for incompressible flows. This module also aims to discuss some key issues related to the use of CFD packages in practical applications

This module covers:

• briefing of basic CFD procedure
• introduce fluid flow governing equations and their simplified forms
• introduce CFD mesh generation
• discretisation of governing equations and boundary conditions
• introduce temporal discretisation
• the solution of discretised equations
• CFD software package use

At the end of this module you'll be able to:

• be familiar with the basis for the key equations of CFD for incompressible flow in finite volume form
• understand in principle how these equations may be discretised and solved numerically
• apply commercial CFD package to simple two-dimensional engineering problem

Assessments are in the form of exam.

This class provides a structured introduction to the design management process, issues and tools.

You'll explore the entire process of structuring a risk problem, modelling it, supporting and communicating recommendations, both theoretically and in practice. Risk management is linked with decision analysis in so far as we explore decision-making under uncertainty and it has links with quantitative business analysis as we explore the use of statistics in understanding risk. However, the topic has some unique attributes such as risk communication and the role that experts play in risk assessment.

This module aims to introduce you to:

• the theory background for solving turbulence flow and free-surface problems using Computational Fluid Dynamics method
• basic knowledge for CFD coding

This module covers:

• the challenges for modelling turbulence
• the most widely used turbulent models and their applications
• what are the basic techniques for CFD software coding?
• what are the key issues and modelling methods to cope with free-surface capturing problem
• how to use turbulent modelling and free-surface problem with commercial CFD software package
• how to use User-Defined Function (UDF) to coding and solve customised CFD problem

At the end of this module you'll be able to:

• understand the main methods in CFD to deal with turbulence and free-surface issues
• understand basic skills for CFD coding
• apply commercial CFD software package and develop UDF to solve three relevant problems with their applications in ocean engineering

Assessment and feedback are in the form of course work and individual interview.