Approximate methods of solution, applications to bars, beams and plates. Linear stress buckling and vibration problems. Cross-listed with ME 606. Applications to physical problems.
Methods employed in ship design include analytical, statistical, and experimental approaches.
Both hull and propulsion analysis techniques are covered. Propellers, shafting and gearing. Introduction to boilers, steam and gas turbines, nuclear power plants and diesels. Complex potential and conformal mapping. Introduction to two-dimensional panel methods.