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25-Nav-B3 Finite Element Analysis for Ship Structures: May 2016

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  1. Question 1 Propulsion
  2. Question 2 Stability
  3. Question 3 Design Alternatives
  4. Question 4 Strength of Ship Structure
  5. Question 5 Expected Structural Loads and Materials
  6. Question 6 Ship Types and Regulations
  7. Question 7 Design Trade-offs for Major Ship Systems

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National Exams, May 2016 — 98-Nav-B3, 3 hours, closed book, non-communicating calculator permitted (any five of the seven questions constitute a complete paper, all equal value; all seven answered below for full study coverage).

Reference texts: Tupper, Introduction to Naval Architecture, 5th ed.; Lewis (ed.), Principles of Naval Architecture (PNA), 3 vols.; International Code on Intact Stability (IMO IS Code), 2008; Canada Shipping Act / Transport Canada Marine Safety.

Check: this paper, although listed under Finite Element Analysis for Ship Structures, is headed “98-Nav-B3, Small Commercial Ships”; it is a broad small-craft naval-architecture survey paper — propeller open-water performance, ship stability and the inclining experiment, hull/propulsion selection trade-offs, longitudinal shear/bending of a floating body, structural loads and hull materials, fishing-vessel stability regulation, and main-engine selection for a tug — with no finite-element-analysis content whatsoever. It is solved as the exam it actually is.