ultramarin marine translations
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nl scheepsbouwkundig ingenieur      
de Schiffbauingenieur  
en naval architect
shipbuilding engineer
 
fr architecte naval  
es ingeniero naval  
it architetto navale  
en Skills needed by naval architects
  A naval architect needs to be educated in all the topics required in the design and construction of ships and other marine products. In addition, the ship designer must have a basic understanding of most of the engineering discipline topics as well as some business. The educational requirements for naval architects can be obtained by looking at the course curricula for the various universities that offer degrees in naval architecture.

Although there are some differences, the traditional naval architecture topics include:

  • theoretical naval architecture
  • hydrodynamics
  • marine structural design and analysis
  • materials
  • welding
  • mass properties
  • ship motions
  • ship design theory
  • ship design practice
  • shipbuilding practice
  • planning and scheduling
  • engineering economics
  • statistics, propability, and risk
  • product modeling practice
  • computer based tools

Other topics include:

  • the marine environment
  • the marine industry
  • ship acquisition
  • shipowner's requirements
  • regulatory and classification requirements
  • contracts and specifications
  • cost estimating
  • human factors
  • safety
  • composites
  • corrosion and preservation
  • marine engineering considerations
  Ship Design and Construction, Vol 1., p. 1-6