Mechanical Engineering (MECH) Courses>Introduction to Ocean Engineering

MECH446 - Introduction to Ocean Engineering

Description

Application of mechanical engineering principles to the mathematical modeling, analysis, simulation and design of floating offshore infrastructure. Ocean wave kinematics: Airy wave theory, wave spectra, sea-state descriptions. Rigid body dynamics: Euler angle transformations, Newton-Euler equations of motion. Hydrostatics: buoyancy, metacentric height, waterplane moments. Hydrodynamics: added mass, drag, Cummins equation for radiation damping, wave excitation. Use of potential flow solvers for the calculation of hydrodynamic coefficients.

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-0-1.5

Cross-listed courses

MECH546 - Introduction to Ocean Engineering

Formerly

also CIVE 446

Note(s)

  • Credit will be granted for only one of MECH 446, MECH 450A (if taken in the same topic), MECH 450B (if taken in the same topic), MECH 450C (if taken in the same topic), MECH 450D (if taken in the same topic), MECH 450E (if taken in the same topic), MECH 450F (if taken in the same topic), CIVE 446, MECH 546.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of:
    • MECH242 - Dynamics (1.5)
    • MECH330 - Introduction to Mechanical Vibrations (1.5)
    • MECH345 - Mechanics of Fluids (1.5)
    • CSC349A - Numerical Analysis (1.5)

Course offered by

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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