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This page contains the notes and presentations on a selection of lecture topics.
Lecture notes files.
| LEC # |
TOPICS |
| 1 |
Introduction to the Class; Challenge; Lab Procedures |
| 2 |
Linear System Dynamics (PDF)# |
| 3 |
Wave Spectra (PDF)#, Water Waves (PDF)# (Extra Page (PDF)#) |
| 4 |
Physics of Acoustics (PDF) |
| 5 |
Estimating Underwater Acoustics Propagation: Slides (PDF), Notes (PDF), Solutions (PDF) (Courtesy of Ethem Sözer. Used with permission.) |
| 6 |
Electronics (PDF) and Embedded Computing (PDF) |
| 7 |
Vessel Hydrostatics and Stability |
| 8 |
Probability and Random Variables |
| 9 |
Long-term and Short-term Statistics (PDF)# |
| 10 |
Concepts of Design (PDF) |
| 11 |
Experiments, Data, Testing, and Presentation (PDF - 1.1 MB) |
| 12 |
Feedback Control (PDF) |
| 13 |
Feedback Control (cont.) (PDF) |
| 14 |
Maneuvering of Vessels (PDF) |
| 15 |
Fluid Forces on Floating Bodies (PDF)# |
| 16 |
Engineering Ethics - Case Studies |
| 17 |
Engineering Ethics - Case Studies (cont.) |
| 18 |
Navigation Systems (PDF) |
| 19 |
Speed Effects and Sea-keeping (PDF)# |
| 20 |
Resistance and Powering of Vessels |
| 21 |
World Energy and Environmental Topics |
| 22 |
Optimization Principles (PDF) |