Warship Design and its Management

A Systems Engineering Perspective
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-08213-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 592 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

This textbook establishes the foundational engineering principles that govern warship design and describes the strategic thinking that informs the conceptualization of new warship classes. It explains the distinctive features of the warship acquisition process and develops the reader’s understanding of the warship as an integrated, complex system. Coverage spans the full spectrum of activities required to take a new warship concept to operational readiness, from initial concept exploration through delivery and acceptance. Topics include synthesis and analysis during design development, management of design through successive phases, systems integration challenges and methodologies, and lifecycle support considerations for modernization and sustainment.

Key Features:

- Covers detailed Measures of Performance (MOPs), a Test & Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP), and clear flow-charts that depict systematic design methodologies across major shipboard systems.

- Traces the evolution of warship design over the past millennium and drawing implications for contemporary and future designs.

- Provides practical insight into how performance requirements translate into system-level solutions and how multidisciplinary decisions affect overall platform capability.

- Includes thirty real-world case studies illuminate applied problems, trade-offs, and lessons learned from actual programs.

This book is suitable for ship design university courses and naval training programs in Warship Engineering including stakeholders involved in warship’s design, construction, and acquisition.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kulkarni, Pramod R.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Meerestechnik, ablandige Plattformen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction. Part 1. Principles of Engineering Design. 2. New Product Development. 3. Engineering Design. 4. Systems Engineering. 5. Engineering Habits - Attributes & Skills of Design Engineer. Part 2. Concepts of Naval Warfare. 6. Evolution of Warships. 7. Concepts of Naval Warfare. 8. Requirements Formulation. Part 3. Phases of Warship Design. 9. Concept Exploration. 10. Concept Design. 11. Preliminary Design. 12. Functional Design. 13. Detail Design. 14. Design Modification  Part 4. Elements of Warship’s Design Spiral. 15. Hull Form Development. 16. Resistance Estimation & Propeller Design. 17. Weight Estimation and Control. 18. Stability. 19. Structures. 20. Propulsion System Integration (PSI). 21. Electrical Power System Integration. 22. Combat System Integration (CSI). 23. Ship-Aircraft Integration. 24. Seakeeping. 25. Maneuvering. 26. General Arrangement. 27. Survivability. 28. Stealth. 29. Ship Systems. 30. HVAC. 31. Human Factors Integration. 32. Cost Estimation.  Part 5. Design Analysis by Specialist Studies. 33. Ship Hydrodynamics. 34. Ship Aerodynamics. 35. EMI/EMC.  Part 6. Design Management. 36. Acquisition Management. 37. Contract Management. 38. Program Management. 39. Quality Management. 40. Steel Cutting to Commissioning.

Über Autor(innen)

Pramod R. Kulkarni has a career spanning thirty-six years in the Indian Navy in the Corps of Naval Constructors. During this tenure, he has executed complex New Product Development and R&D projects covering the entire product life cycle of Warships - from their Conceptualisation, Design, Development, Acquisition, Construction, Operation, Repair, and Modernization, in various roles in middle and higher management at Warship Design Bureau, Shipyards, Naval Dockyards and R&D organisations. He has headed the Forward Design Group of Warship Design Bureau and has been Warship Production Superintendent at shipyards - Garden Reach Shipyard and Mazagon Dock Ltd. In addition, he has taught and researched the subjects of ‘Warship Design’ and ‘Warship Naval Architecture’ at Indian Institute of Technology - Delhi, for over ten years. He has headed the Naval Construction Wing, Applied Mechanics Department at IIT-Delhi, steering the program on Warship & Submarine Design. His qualifications include B.Tech (Mechanical) from Naval College of Engineering, PG Diploma in Naval Construction from Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, M.Sc (Naval Architecture) from University College London, Ph.D (in Warship Aerodynamics) from Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi and M.M.S (Master of Management Studies) from College of Defence Management.