19146 - Naval Architecture

Course contents

Introduction to the Course; sources for nautical archaeology.

History of nautical archaeology, bibliography, museums.

Terminology of the parts of ships and boats.

Elements of nautical technical drawings.

Geometry, stability, strength of a hull.

Origins of boatbuilding: ratis. linter, carabus.

Ancient shipbuilding technique.

From ancient building technique to nautical architecture.

Oared ships. The Hellenistic period.

Northern Europe. Middle Ages and over.

The importance of recent oral traditions.

Visit to the Baglio Anselmi Museum, Marsala.

TOTAL: 30 HOURS.

COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES:

Drill lessons on technical nautical drawing,    6 hours.

Carpentry and model building laboratory,   12 hours.

Readings/Bibliography

Basic text:

M. Bonino, Argomenti di architettura navale antica, Ed. Felici, Pisa 2005, reprint 2007.

Auxiliary texts:

M. Bonino, Conversazioni sull'archeologia navale, in: G. Savio (curator),  Ricerche  di geomorfologia, archeologia navale, archeometria, Ed Agorà, La Spezia 2002, pp. 167 - 183.

M. Bonino, Un sogno ellenistico: le navi di Nemi, Ed. Felici, Pisa 2003.

O. Curti, Il grande libro del modellismo navale, Ed. Mursia, Milano, editions from 1968.

Assessment methods

The exam includes a graphical and an oral part:

Graphical part: the candidate must produce a body plan of a hull, personally drawn according to the explanations of the theoretical lessons and to the drill lessons lead during the Course. The plan must show that the candidate has well unserstood the techniques of surveying and drawing the shapes of a hull, and the meaning and importance of the sections to build the plan of the shape of the same hull.

Oral part: questions will be put on the items treated according to the didactic program published at the beginnning of the Course.   

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