NPTEL Syllabus
Marine Construction and Welding - Video
course
COURSE OUTLINE
NPTEL
Introduction to ships & offshore structures; Characteristics of shipbuilding
industry; Structural Requirement - Longitudinal strength, Transverse
strength,Torsional strength, Local strength; Framing system / stiffening
arrangement - Longitudinal framing, Transverse framing; Basic structural http://nptel.iitm.ac.in
components – Stiffeners,Longitudinal, Transverse, Girders & Transverses, Hatch
side girder, Hatch end beam, Stringers, Brackets;
Structural sub assemblies - Flat stiffened panel, Curved stiffened panel,Floors - Ocean Engineering
Longitudinally framed, Transversely framed; Bulkheads - Transverse water tight
bulkhead, Non water tight bulkheads, Flat stiffened bulkhead, Corrugated
bulkhead; Decks & shells;
Coordinators:
Bottom shell, Side shell, Inner bottom plating; Structural assemblies -Double
bottom construction,Wing tanks & duct keels, Fore & Aft end construction, Prof. N.R. Mandal
Midship sections of various ship types - General cargo carrier, Bulk carrier/OBO, Department of Ocean Engineering &
Container ship, Oil tanker, RO-RO ship; Naval ArchitectureIIT Kharagpur
Structural alignment & continuity: Steel material preparation - Shot blasting, Acid
pickling; Plate & Section forming - Mechanical methods, 3-point hydraulic press,
Universal press, Line heating; Plate cutting – Mechanical, Thermal - Oxy-fuel,
Plasma; Fusion Welding & Power Source; Welding parameters and their effects;
Fusion Welding Methods – MMAW, GMAW, GTAW, SAW, Electroslag Welding,
Electrogas welding; Single side welding; Solid state welding - Friction stir
welding; Welding distortions; Distortion prevention; Distortion mitigation;
Welding defects; Nondestructive testing
COURSE DETAIL
Lecture No. Topic/s
1 Introduction to ships & offshore structures
2 Characteristics of shipbuilding industry
3 Structural Requirement
4 Basic structural components
5 Structural subassemblies
6 Bulkheads
7 Decks & shells
8 Double bottom construction
9 Wing tanks & duct keels
10 Fore & Aft end construction
11 General cargo carrier
12 Bulk carrier/OBO
13 Container ship
14 Oil tanker
15 RO-RO ship
16 Structural alignment & continuity
17 Steel material preparation
18 Shot blasting
19 Acid pickling
20 Plate & Section forming Mechanical methods
21 Line heating
22 Plate cutting mechanical
23 Thermal
24 Plasma, water jet
25 Fusion Welding & Power Source
26 Welding parameters & their effects
27 Fusion Welding Methods
28 Manual metal arc welding
29 Gas metal arc welding
30 Gas tungsten arc welding
31 Submerged arc welding
32 Electroslag Welding
33 Electrogas welding
34 Single side welding
35 Solid state welding
36 Welding distortions
37 Distortion prevention
38 Distortion mitigation
39 Welding defects
40 Nondestructive testing
Total=40 lectures
References:
Ship Construction 6th Edition,by D.J. Eyres
Aluminum Welding 2nd Edition Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi ,by
N. R. Mandal
Welding Techniques, Distortion Control and Line Heating. Narosa
Publishing House, New Delhi, by N R Mandal
Ship Design and Construction, Edited by: Robert Taggart, SNAME
publication
A joint venture by IISc and IITs, funded by MHRD, Govt of India http://nptel.iitm.ac.in
