Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 2.22 (Spring 2005) 
• Course Title:
• Design Principles for Ocean Vehicles (13.42) 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Mechanical Engineering 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Alexandra Techet 
• Course Introduction:
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  2.22 Design Principles for Ocean Vehicles (13.42)
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2005

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features extensive readings and a lab with data collected by students.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  The course covers the basic techniques for evaluating the maximum forces and loads over the life of a marine structure or vehicle, so as to be able to design its basic configuration. Loads and motions of small and large structures and their short-term and long-term statistics are studied in detail and many applications are presented in class and studied in homework and laboratory sessions. Issues related to seakeeping of ships are studied in detail. The basic equations and issues of maneuvering are introduced at the end of the course. Three laboratory sessions demonstrate the phenomena studied and provide experience with experimental methods and data processing.

  This course was originally offered in Course 13 (Ocean Engineering) as 13.42.

  
  
  

  Technical Requirements

  
  
  

  Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .zip, .m, .asc, and .xls. The MATLAB® files for this section also require the MATLAB® Signal Processing Toolbox.