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Naval architects design barges, boats, and ships for use in commercial, pleasure, military, or other applications in marine or fresh water applications. Naval Architecture is often coupled with Marine Engineering. Marine Engineering deals primarily with the power plant while Naval Architecture deals with the rest, including hull form, stability, arrangements, and propeller design. The naval architect designs the vessel based on the requirements for the vessel's use (function, capacity, speed,...) , appropriate regulatory bodies, other design elements (aesthetics, comfort, etc.), and most importantly: cost. Designing a vessel that meets all the requirements involves making continuous compromises. The conflicting priorities of cost, performance, and safety are continually balanced. The best designs are those that either select best performance for a particular application or offer satisfactory performance in multiple applications.
Education Often, naval architecture will be offered as a dual degree with marine engineering, not to be confused with a marine engineer which prepares the student to sit for a merchant marine officer's license (3rd assistant engineer), but a theoretical and working knowledge of marine prime movers and support equipment. While the curriculum will vary from school to school, the first two years of the education of a naval architect starts off in a similar manner to the majority of engineering disciplines with the study of: After the core engineering curriculum is complete, they then receive training in After receiving a naval architecture undergraduate degree, many graduates will pursue advanced degrees in specific fields that require further study: e.g. hydrodynamics or structures. Professional organizations Schools | ||||||||
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