Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 2.701 (Fall 2004) 
• Course Title:
• Introduction to Naval Architecture (13.400) 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Mechanical Engineering 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. David Herbein
  Prof. Timothy McCoy 
• Course Introduction:
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  2.701 Introduction to Naval Architecture (13.400)
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2004

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features a complete set of quizzes, found in the exams section, as well as a series of projects.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course is an introduction to principles of naval architecture, ship geometry, hydrostatics, calculation and drawing of curves of form. It also explores concepts of  intact and damaged stability, hull structure strength calculations and ship resistance. Projects include analysis of ship lines drawings and ship model testing.

  This course was originally offered in Course 13 (Department of Ocean Engineering) as 13.400. In 2005, ocean engineering subjects became part of Course 2 (Department of Mechanical Engineering), and this course was renumbered 2.701.