Courses Handbook 2007 - [ Archived ]

307544 (v.2) The Origins of Systems Engineering 100


Area:

Faculty of Engineering

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

3.0
 
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Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Practical:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

The basis of engineering design. Early warship design. Figures of merit in warship design. Creating the design package. Sir Edward Reed and scientific ship design. The 1871 Committee of Designs. The admiralty design process. Designing warships 1870-1888.Pre-dreadnought warship design. HMS Dreadnought. Modern systems engineering.
 
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Field of Education:

030701 Mechanical Engineering

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

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