About Dynamic Association Of Naval Architecture students in Kadayiruppu P.O, Kolenchery Ernakulam dist., the Kerala., Kolenchery

Naval architecture is an engineering discipline that deals with design, construction, operations and maintenance of sea going vessels. Naval architecture plays the primary role in all stages of the life of a marine vessel right from the initial designing to advanced type of design, actual construction, testing, operations, maintenance as well as launching and dry-docking of marine vessels. The role and scope of naval architecture doesn’t end here, as it is also involved in the modification, modernization and repair of old vessels. The discipline also involves in areas dealing with formulation of safety standards, damage control rules and certification of vessel designs.

The naval technology has made tremendous progress over the past century, especially the last fifty years. Marine vessels have seen huge advancement in terms of their designing and increase in efficiency. It has been possible because of the establishment of dedicated field of study in the naval engineering especially the naval architecture. Earlier on, the design and shape of a vessel was approved in an imprecise way ignoring important criteria such as its speed and strength. But now naval architects are using modern computers and tools to improve the overall performance of the marine vessels. The technology has been used to improve performance of any type of vessel including giant ships, tankers, war ships, cruise ships, ice breakers, submarines and even yachts.

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