MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE
OF TECHNOLOGY
Department of Mechanical
Engineering
1.685J/2.034J/18.377J
Nonlinear Dynamics and Waves
Spring 2013
Subject
Information | Problem Sets | Solutions | Exam
Professor
T.R. Akylas; Room 3-362, x3-5356, trakylas@mit.edu
Office
hours: T, Th 4–5pm and by appointment
There
will be 5 problem sets; typically, a new problem set will be posted
on the course
website on Thursday and you will have two weeks to work on it.
Some
problems will require the use of a computer, and familiarity with MATLAB
would be helpful. Each
student is expected to work on the homework problems independently; no
collaboration with others is allowed.
Each student will study and
review critically at least one published research paper on a topic of his/her
choice in the general area of nonlinear dynamics and waves. (Here are a list of sample topics.)
There
will be one take-home mid-term exam.
There will be no final exam.
Homework:
40%, Mid-term Exam: 30%, Term project: 30%
The
subject will be based on the material presented in the lectures. There is no
required textbook. A general list of references will be provided
(if you need additional references for a particular topic, please feel free to
ask the instructor).