Aircraft Systems Engineering

A photograph of a Boeing 777 in flight.

A Boeing 777 in flight. (Image courtesy of NASA.)

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MIT Course Number

16.885J / ESD.35J

As Taught In

Fall 2004

Level

Graduate

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This course features lecture slides delivered by distinguished guests from the aerospace industry and academia.

Course Description

Aircraft are complex products comprised of many subsystems which must meet demanding customer and operational lifecycle value requirements. This course adopts a holistic view of the aircraft as a system, covering: basic systems engineering; cost and weight estimation; basic aircraft performance; safety and reliability; lifecycle topics; aircraft subsystems; risk analysis and management; and system realization. Small student teams "retrospectively analyze" an existing aircraft covering: key design drivers and decisions; aircraft attributes and subsystems; and operational experience. Finally, the student teams deliver oral and written versions of the case study.

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Earll Murman, John Hansman, Robert Liebeck, and Allen Haggerty. 16.885J Aircraft Systems Engineering. Fall 2004. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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