DECK EQUIPMENT AND STEERING SYSTEMS

General Info

• Course Title: Deck Equipment And Steering Systems
• Course Code: NAOME1346
• Semester: 8th
• Course Type: S.¹
• Weekly Teaching Hours: 3 (Lectures)
• Credits (ECTS): 4
• Offered to ERASMUS+ students: Yes
• Course Website: https://eclass.teiath.gr/courses/NAFP122/
  https://ocp.teiath.gr/courses/NAFP_UNDER115/
• Professors: G. Livanos

Course Content / Syllabus

1. Introduction to high-pressure hydraulic systems of ships. 2. Advantages and Disadvantages of Hydraulic Systems. 3. Classification of Hydraulic Systems according to operating pressure. 4. Symbols of Hydraulic Systems. 5. Types of Hydraulic Systems (Open-Closed Circuit). 6. High-pressure pumps and positive displacement motors: torque, non-dimensional coefficients, dimensional calculation of drive mechanism. 7. High Pressure Hydraulic Valve Characteristics: Loads, Losses, Moving Mechanism Selection. 8. Design and analysis of high pressure hydraulic circuits: Standard circuit with constant load and speed, standard circuit with load varies with speed. 9. Deck Auxiliary Machinery: Steam engines, Electric motors, Hydraulic Motors, anchors and fastening systems, anchor brake calculation, anchor engine power calculation, loading and unloading systems. 10. Maneuvering and heel control Equipment: Rudder mechanism, rudder design, regulations for the construction and operation of steering gears, stability devices (active fins - stability tanks).

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