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  • 16 101: Topics in Fluids and Propulsion

    0.00 - 6.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Provides credit for work on material in fluids or propulsion outside of regularly scheduled subjects. Intended for study abroad under either the department's Year Abroad Program or the Cambridge-MIT Exchange Program. Credit may be used to satisfy specific SB degree requirements. Requires prior approval. Consult department. Prerequisite:    Prereq: Permission of department
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  • 16 110: Flight Vehicle Aerodynamics

    3.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Aerodynamic analysis of flight vehicles using analytical, numerical, and experimental techniques separately and in combination. Matched asymptotic expansions. Farfield behavior. Finite wing theory. Trefftz-plane analysis. Laminar and turbulent boundary layers. Slender body theory. Calculation and measurement of drag components. Aerodynamic stability derivatives. Prerequisite:    Prereq: 16.100
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  • 16 120: Compressible Internal Flow and Aeroacoustics

    3.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Internal compressible flow and fundamentals of acoustics and aerodynamic sound with applications in turbomachinery and propulsion systems. Quasi-one-dimensional compressible flow (channel flow) and extensions, including effects of shock waves, friction, energy and mass addition, swirl, and flow non-uniformity. Unsteady compressible flow, theory of sound, sources of sound and wave propagation, Lighthill's acoustic analogy, and characterization and estimation of noise sources encountered in turbomachinery and aircraft applications. Prerequisite:    Prereq: 2.25 or permission of instructor
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  • 16 13: Aerodynamics of Viscous Fluids

    3.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Boundary layers as rational approximations to the solutions of exact equations of fluid motion. Physical parameters influencing laminar and turbulent aerodynamic flows and transition. Effects of compressibility, heat conduction, and frame rotation. Influence of boundary layers on outer potential flow and associated stall and drag mechanisms. Numerical solution techniques and exercises. Prerequisite:    Prereq: 16.100, 16.110, or permission of instructor
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  • 16 20: Structural Mechanics

    5.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Applies solid mechanics to analysis of high-technology structures. Structural design considerations. Review of three-dimensional elasticity theory; stress, strain, anisotropic materials, and heating effects. Two-dimensional plane stress and plane strain problems. Torsion theory for arbitrary sections. Bending of unsymmetrical section and mixed material beams. Bending, shear, and torsion of thin-wall shell beams. Buckling of columns and stability phenomena. Introduction to structural dynamics. Exercises in the design of general and aerospace structures. Prerequisite:    Prereq: 16.004
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  • 16 201: Topics in Materials and Structures

    0.00 - 6.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Provides credit for work in materials and structures outside of regularly scheduled subjects. Intended for study abroad under either the department's Year Abroad Program or the Cambridge-MIT Exchange Program. Credit may be used to satisfy specific SB degree requirements. Requires prior approval. Consult department. Prerequisite:    Prereq: Permission of department
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  • 16 202: Manufacturing with Advanced Composite Materials

    1.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Introduces the methods used to manufacture parts made of advanced composite materials with work in the Technology Laboratory for Advanced Composites. Students gain hands-on experience by fabricating, machining, instrumenting, and testing graphite/epoxy specimens. Students also design, build, and test a composite structure as part of a design contest. Lectures supplement laboratory sessions with background information on the nature of composites, curing, composite machining, secondary bonding, and the testing of composites. Prerequisite:    Prereq: None
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  • 16 221J: Structural Dynamics and Vibrations

    3.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Single- and multiple-degree-of-freedom vibration problems, using matrix formulation and normal mode superposition methods. Time and frequency domain solution techniques including convolution and Fourier transforms. Applications to vibration isolation, damping treatment, and dynamic absorbers. Analysis of continuous systems by exact and approximate methods. Applications to buildings, ships, aircraft and offshore structures. Vibration measurement and analysis techniques. Students should possess basic knowledge in structural mechanics and in linear algebra. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Prerequisite:    Prereq: Permission of instructor
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  • 16 223: Mechanics of Heterogeneous Materials

    3.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Mechanical behavior of heterogeneous materials such as thin-film microelectro- mechanical systems (MEMS) materials and advanced filamentary composites, with particular emphasis on laminated structural configurations. Anisotropic and crystallographic elasticity formulations. Structure, properties and mechanics of constituents such as films, substrates, active materials, fibers, and matrices including nano- and micro-scale constituents. Effective properties from constituent properties. Classical laminated plate theory for modeling structural behavior including extrinsic and intrinsic strains and stresses such as environmental effects. Introduction to buckling of plates and nonlinear (deformations) plate theory. Other issues in modeling heterogeneous materials such as fracture/failure of laminated structures. Prerequisite:    Prereq: 16.20, 16.288J, or permission of instructor
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  • 16 225J: Computational Mechanics of Materials

    3.00 Credits
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Formulation of numerical (finite element) methods for the analysis of the nonlinear continuum response of materials. The range of material behavior considered includes finite deformation elasticity and inelasticity. Numerical formulation and algorithms include variational formulation and variational constitutive updates; finite element discretization; constrained problems; time discretization and convergence analysis. Strong emphasis on the (parallel) computer implementation of algorithms in programming assignments. The application to real engineering applications and problems in engineering science are stressed throughout. Prerequisite:    Prereq: Permission of instructor, programming in either C++, C, or Fortran
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