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AeronauticsOCW Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| 16.00 Introduction to Aerospace Engineering and Design Spring 2003 | Books |
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| The fundamental concepts of aerospace engineering are presented. The focus is on lighter-than-air design.
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| 16.050 Thermal Energy Fall 2002 | Books |
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| Your standard Thermodynamics course, served up MIT-style. Along with Physics, Statics and Dynamics, this is a core Engineering course.
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| 16.20 Structural Mechanics Fall 2002 | Books |
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| Applies solid mechanics to analysis of structures. Elasticity, stress, strain, anisotropic materials, and heating effects. 2-D plane stress and strain problems.
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| 16.21 Techniques of Structural Analysis and Design Spring 2003 | Books |
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| Introduces analysis techniques for complex structures; structural design, failure, and longevity. Energy principles, matrix and finite-element methods of analysis. Structural materials and their properties; metals and composites. Fatigue and design for longevity, etc.
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| 16.31 Feedback Control Systems Fall 2001 | Books |
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| Graduate-level course. Fundamentals of control design and analysis using state-space methods. |
| System Safety Spring 2003 | Books |
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| Topics include: the nature of risk, formal accident and human error models, causes of accidents, fundamental concepts of system safety engineering, system and software hazard analysis, designing for safety, fault tolerance, safety issues in the design of human-machine interaction, verification of safety, creating a safety culture, and management of safety-critical projects.
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| 16.36 Communication Systems Engineering Spring 2003 | Books |
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| Fundamentals of digital communications and networking are explored. Information theory, sampling and quantization, coding, modulation, and signal detection in the presence of noise.
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| 16.37J Data Communication Networks Fall 2002 | Books |
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| Fundamentals and concepts of data communication networks, including network algorithms.
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| 16.423J Space Biomedical Engineering & Life Support Fall 2002 | Books |
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| Fundamentals of human performance, physiology, and life support. Topics include: effects of gravity on the human body, and human/machine design.
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| 16.61 Aerospace Dynamics Spring 2003 | Books |
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| Builds upon the dynamics content of Unified Engineering. Aerospace-specific problems.
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| 16.852J Integrating The Lean Enterprise Fall 2002 | Books |
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| People, technology, process, and management dimensions of an effective lean manufacturing company are explored. Covers planning, development, and implementation.
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| 16.891J Space Policy Seminar Spring 2003 | Books |
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| Explores current issues in space policy as well as their historical roots.
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| 16.920J Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations Spring 2003 | Books |
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| Modern numerical techniques for a wide range of linear and nonlinear elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic partial differential equations are explored.
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| 16.940J Computational Geometry Spring 2003 | Books |
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| Topics in surface modeling: b-splines, non-uniform rational b-splines, physically based deformable surfaces, sweeps and generalized cylinders, offsets, blending and filleting surfaces.
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