Master’s Degree
1. Disciplines
Analysis of Investments in Waterway Transportation (3 Credit Units, 45 Credit hours)
Syllabus: Financial math. Techniques and methods for evaluating investments and decision criteria. National funding policies and grants. Tax regimes. Financing source. Uncertainty and risk. Public investment. Transport costs and fees, spreadsheet formation. Understanding of company balance. Investment analysis of naval and waterway projects.
Waterway Engineering (3 Credit Units, 45 Credit hours)
Syllabus: Works necessary for the stabilization of natural rivers and man-made canals to meet a wide range of objectives, such as: fixing the banks, setting trajectory for the navigability of the stretch, flood control through rectification works and control by means of auxiliary dams, stabilization of riverbeds, works for navigation, dredging, overturning and channeling. Environmental impacts of waterway works. Study of hydrological cycle curves and water level permanence curve.
Port Engineering (3 Credit Units, 45 Credit hours)
Syllabus: Conditions to be met by ports. Historical evolution Ship/Port. Port inserted in the transport system. Zone of influence of a port. Place of implantation of a port. Physical characteristics of a mooring work. Operational characteristics of a mooring work. Port layout. Stages needed to deploy a port. Types of port operation. Factors that influence the port operation. Types of port equipment. Characteristics of goods. Master plan for a port. Defenses. Notions of queuing theory applied to port planning. Study of the capacity of a port.
Teaching Internship (3 Credit Units, 30 Credit hours)
Syllabus: Knowledge issues; educational means and learning; group learning; resources in education.
Naval Structures (3 Credit Units, 45 Credit hours)
Syllabus: Tension Analysis - Vector of tension; State tensions at one point. Sign Convention. Equations of equilibrium. Transformation of the tensor of tensions. Principal tensions and directions. Tension tensor invariant. Diagonalization of the tensor of tensions. Diagram of Mohr. - Analysis of deformations - Derivation of nonlinear relations deformations-displacements. Linearization / engineering deformation. Transformation of the strain tensor. Compatibility Equations - State Plane of Stresses and Deformation - Constitutive Equations in the Elastic Regime; General equations. Simplifications - Isotropic material - Energy Method. Definition of Deformation and Complementary Energy of Deformation. Principle of Virtual Work. Examples of application (MEF, etc.) - Flow Criteria. Deviant stresses. Von Mises outflow criterion. Tresca outflow criterion - Beam Theory; Bernoulli-Euler. Elastic Foundation. Shear effect (Thimoshenko). Axial Loading (non-linear theory). Inelastic Flexion - Energy Methods applied to solving simple problems. Theorems of Castigliano. Unitary Charge Method. Rayleigh-Ritz Method - Plate Theory - Introduction to Structural Instability. Stability criteria. Elastic discrete systems. Boundary of columns.
Geomorphology of Rivers and Estuaries (3 Credit Units, 45 Credit hours)
Syllabus: Formation of rivers, physical aspects of a river system. The intricacies. Hydraulic characteristics of water courses. The laws of Fargue. Properties of sediments. Materials in suspension and drag. Resistance to flow. Stability of rivers and canals. Tide stations, temperature and depth, salinity and density. Estuaries.
Hydrodynamics and Propellers (3 Credit Units, 45 Credit hours)
Syllabus: Resistance to propulsion of a ship. Resistance of viscous origin. Navier-Stokes equation. Numerical solutions and applications. Wave Resistance: Kelvin Potential. Slim Body Theory and Michell Theory. Propulsion and maneuver, ideal fluid movement. Bi-dimensional support surface. Helix type propeller. Tank prover tests and cavitation tunnels. Systematic series and empirical formulas for propellers. Interaction Hull-Propellers; Draining around the hulls. Contour elements applied to Propeller Analysis.
Water Transport Logistics (3 Credit Units, 45 Credit hours)
Syllabus: Transport corridors in the definition of global logistics strategies. Information systems for logistics management. Synchronization of activities in logistics chains. Vision of the operational research for the study of logistics problems. Multimodal platforms. Dry port. Transport time. Characteristics of the different types of transport. The transportation planning process. Analysis of transport systems. Notions of operation and programming of waterway transport systems.
Mechanics of Materials and Manufacturing Processes (3 Credit Units, 45 Credit hours)
Syllabus: Conceptual Review of Elasticity. Deformation and displacement tensions - Mathematical equation. Structural topology of typical vessels. Failure modes: traction, compression, shear, bending and torsion. Analysis of structural systems. MEF applying to the analysis of vessels. Classification of mechanical manufacturing processes. Foundry processes (in sand, in permanent molds, etc.). Plastic forming processes (lamination, extrusion, drawing, stamping and cutting forging). Machining processes (turning, milling, drilling, etc.). Powder metallurgy processes. Heat treatment processes. Surface treatment processes. Welding processes.
Finite Element Methods Applied to the Vessel Design (3 Credit Units, 45 Credit hours)
Syllabus: Basic concepts in the analysis of discrete and continuous systems. Formulation of the finite element method in linear analysis. Formulation and calculation of isoparametric elements matrices. Solution of equilibrium equations in the static analysis: Gauss elimination, static condensation, substructuration and iterative solution of Gauss-Seidel. Fundamentals of finite element methods. Static linear analysis of dynamics (vibrations). Life in fatigue and human reaction to vibrations applications to typical problems of naval structures emphasizing aspects of modeling.
Mathematical Methods (3 Credit Units, 45 Credit hours)
Syllabus: Physical modeling of systems (white-box modeling); linear dynamic systems; modeling by equations differences; introduction to distributions theory. Operational calculation: Laplace transform and Fourier transform. Applications in electrical systems (circuits), mechanical systems (linear oscillators) and hydraulic systems (laminar flows); linearization methods.
Planning of Waterway Transport Systems (3 Credit Units, 45 Credit hours)
Syllabus: Introduction to transportation planning. Global and sectorial transport plans. Methodology of a transportation plan. Socioeconomic and environmental evaluation of transport projects. Technical, operational and economic characteristics of waterway transport systems. Analysis and forecast of demand. Modal competition. Integrated transportation planning. Forecast of demand. Models of generation, distribution, distribution and allocation of trips. Soil use models. Case Study.
Principles of Naval Engineering (3 Credit Units, 45 Credit hours)
Syllabus: Nomenclature. Concepts. Naval architecture and volume determination. Weights and centers. Shape coefficients. Vaulting, stability intact and broken. Hydrostatic of the ship. Resistance to advancement, ship's machinery, structural aspects and classifying societies. Brazilian standards, ship plans. Project Steps.
River Systems and Vessels Project (3 Credit Units, 45 Credit hours)
Syllabus: Preliminary project. Design spiral. Economic aspects. Function objective and optimization of the project. Other design techniques. Characterization of vessels, philosophy for the design of vessels. The basic design, design methodology, shipowner requirements. Similar vessels, relationship between dimensions, shape coefficients and the properties and qualities of the hull. Component systems of vessels. General arrangement: spaces for cargo, spaces for crew and passengers, operating spaces, spaces for tanks, accesses. Systems of movement, access and conditioning of cargo. Application of design procedures and techniques to different river systems.
Special Topics in Naval Architecture (3 Credit Units, 45 Credit hours)
Syllabus: Buoyancy. Geometry. Battery capacity. Tonnage of vaulting. Loading line - free edge. Hydrostatic curves - geometric qualities of the hull. Cross curves of stability. Static longitudinal and transverse stability - calculation methods. Adding and removing weights - sloping experience. Floating systems. Stability of the ship and river systems. Dynamic stability. Free surface. Moment of overlapping. Stability in faulty condition. Intact and faulty stability criteria. Methodology of calculation. Compartmentation and floodable length. Dry-Docking and beaching. Launch of the vessel.
Waterway Transport (3 Credit Units, 45 Credit hours)
Syllabus: Basic concepts of transport and waterways. The Waterway transport in Brazil and in the world. Skills, the environment and waterway transport. Characteristics of vessels, types and concepts. Units of measurement in transport. Conditioners for the design of a vessel, fleet calculation, cost components, case study.