The school of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering has the right to confer doctoral and master's degree in first-level disciplines of naval architecture and ocean engineering. It recruits doctoral and postgraduate students in Design and manufacture of ships and marine structures and Marine engineering every year. In recent years, our school enrolls about 7 doctoral students, 55 scientific postgraduates and 12 professional postgraduates every year. The length of schooling is 3-5 years for doctoral students, 3 years for scientific postgraduates, and 2 years for professional postgraduates.
At present, this subject has formed the following distinctive research directions which are at the leading level in domestic:
1. Analysis and control of hydrodynamic and flow noise performance of ship and ocean engineering structures and theory and method of multidisciplinary design optimization: The main research contents include the computation of fluid mechanics, ship resistance, propulsion, seawall, maneuvability, flow noise of ship and ocean engineering and the theory and method of multidisciplinary design optimization. The main feature is to combine computational fluid dynamics research with ship design to improve and develop new ship types; combine ship motion response with control to improve ship's maneuverability and seakeeping performance.
Achievements: A key laboratory for naval architecture and ocean engineering hydrodynamics has been built in Hubei Province, which has strongly supported the engineering application of new ship types; developed a ship motion physical simulation system and a ship multidisciplinary design optimization program system for multi-features of ships balanced design provides a good support platform. This research has been funded by the national defense research foundation and the national natural science foundation. The completed scientific research project won the first and second prize of ministry level.
2. Analysis, control and optimization of mechanical and acoustic performance of ship and ocean engineering structures: The main research contents include fluid-solid coupling analysis of ship and ocean structures, underwater explosion, structural response analysis under dynamic load such as missile launch, active and semi-active control of structural vibration, acoustic radiation prediction and control, analysis and control of welding deformation and intelligent optimization design methods, new marine composite sandwich structures, etc.
Achievements:The researchers have proposed several new impact resistant structures which have important reference value for the development of the new generation of ships; in-depth study of structural vibration and acoustic radiation mechanisms and engineering applications of various special parts of ships is carried out to provide important technical support for the overall design; a method for predicting welding deformation of ships with high precision is proposed, which provides technical support for optimizing construction process; the intelligent optimal design method which can be widely used is researched and developed. The research direction has won a number of national natural science foundation projects and national defense advanced research projects.
3. Integrated underwater operation technology and Marine electromechanical control technology: The main research contents include underwater vehicle and underwater working tool technology; underwater intelligent operation control technology; automatic monitoring, control and safety guarantee technology for ship electromechanical equipment; semi-physical simulation technology for ship core electromechanical equipment; new hydraulic and pneumatic drive component development and control technology. The main features are the hydrodynamics modeling and servo control technology of underwater vehicle and underwater operation tools for marine development and marine electromechanical equipment; information fusion and comprehensive understanding technology, planning technology and control technology are combined to realize underwater intelligent operation; combining pneumatic technology, hydraulic technology and computer control technology, the new pneumatic and hydraulic servo system is developed to realize the control of marine electromechanical equipment.
Achievement: The research direction has received a number of 863, 973 sub-topics and key research projects and model funding. The completed "×× autonomous underwater vehicle technology" has won the second prize of national science and technology progress, the first prize and second prize of national defense science and technology, and more than 10 patents.
Employment: In recent years, the employment rate of doctoral students and postgraduates in this discipline has reached 100%. Doctoral students mainly go to institutions of higher learning, research institutes, Chinese and foreign classification societies and other units for teaching, research, design, inspection and management; master students are mainly engaged in scientific research, design, inspection and management in research institutes, classification societies and large state-owned enterprises.
