Calendar

13.734 is fundamentally a project-based design course, but lecture sessions are used to teach methods and discuss topics that directly support the students' work.  The calendar below is a broad framework for the lecture topics and the related assignments, and is not intended to reflect the day-to-day in-class activities.

WEEK # TOPICS ASSIGNMENTS
1 Preliminary Design of a Sloop Rigged Yacht Problem Set 1
2 Sailing Dinghy Design Problem Set 2
3 Hydrostatics, Small and Large Angle Stability Analysis Problem Set 3
4 Quiz  
5-12 Detailed Hull Design Problem Set 4
13 Detailed Hull Design Project Presentations