Taipei 101 was the world's tallest building from 2004 until 2010. Between floors 87 and 92 is a 660 ton steel pendulum. The pendulum serves as a tuned mass damper; it sways to offset movement of the building by strong gusts of winds. (Courtesy of Jirka Matousek on flickr. CC-BY.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. George Barbastathis
MIT Course Number
2.04A
As Taught In
Spring 2013
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to linear systems, transfer functions, and Laplace transforms. It covers stability and feedback, and provides basic design tools for specifications of transient response. It also briefly covers frequency-domain techniques.