COMPUTER BASED EDUCATIONAL MODEL OF THE BENT HULL IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MARITIME EDUCATION.

The paper presents an original solution to enhance the technical education of the students who will become maritime officers. Taking into account the gap between the general topics and those dedicated to their specialization, among other solutions, we present a relevant computer-based educational model of the ship's hull which is solved using the ship strength methods. Even the solution might be considered complex, the model can be understood by the students because it uses notions from the topics previously completed by them: mathematics, computer programming and numerical methods. The according original software consists of more than 11400 computer code lines. It can be also used in design or research problems as an initial analytic solution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]