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MECH 532/620 Intermediate Dynamics with Applications

Lecture: TR 2:00-3:15 pm in Bechtel 209
Office Hours: T 3:30-6:00pm, W 1:00-3:00pm, Th 3:30-5:00pm in Bechtel 532

Schedule

# Date Topic Homework
01 T Aug. 26 OOR Chapter 1: Kinematics of a particle HW01 - animating bases due Tuesday September 2.
02 R Aug. 28 cont.  
03 T Sep. 02 cont.  
04 R Sep. 04 No class HW02 - orbital mechanics phase portrait due on Thursday September 11.
05 T Sep. 09 OOR Chapter 2: Kinetics of a particle HW03 - particle inside a rough sphere due on Tuesday September 16.
06 R Sep. 11 OOR Chapter 3: Lagrange’s EOM for a single particle  
07 T Sep. 16 cont.  
08 R Sep. 18 cont.  
09 T Sep. 23 Solving ODEs numerically  
10 R Sep. 25 Coding Animations HW04 - Lagrange’s EOM for a particle due on Tuesday October 7
11 T Sep. 30 OOR Chapter 4: Lagrange’s EOM for SOPs  
12 R Oct. 02 OOR Chapter 5: Dynamics of SOPs  
13 T Oct. 07 Different formulations of the EOM HW05 - Lagrange’s EOM for SOP due on Tuesday October 15.
14 R Oct. 09 cont.  
15 T Oct. 14 OOR Appendix A: Tensors  
16 R Oct. 16 Midterm Exam and Solutions  
17 T Oct. 21 OOR Chapter 6: Rotations and their representations HW06 - Tensor Algebra due on Tuesday October 28
18 R Oct. 23 OOR Chapter 7: Kinematics of a RBs  
19 T Oct. 28 OOR Chapter 8: Constraints and potential energy for RBs HW07 - Rotations due on Thursday November 6
20 R Oct. 30 cont.  
21 T Nov. 04 OOR Chapter 9: Kinetics of a RB  
22 R Nov. 06 cont.  
23 T Nov. 11 OOR Chapter 10: Lagrange’s EOM for a single RB  
24 R Nov. 13 cont. HW08 - Lagrange’s EOM for a RB due Nov. 21
25 T Nov. 18 Solving nonsmooth differential equations  
26 R Nov. 20 cont.  
27 T Nov. 25 Quaternions + Motion Capture  
28 R Nov. 27 Vibrations  

Detailed Schedule

1. Tuesday Aug. 26

2. Thursday Aug. 28

3. Tuesday September 2

4. Thursday September 4

No Class

5. Tuesday September 9

6. Thursday September 11

7. Tuesday September 16

8. Thursday September 18

9. Tuesday September 23

10. Thursday September 25

11. Tuesday September 30

12. Thursday October 2

13. Tuesday October 7

14. Thursday October 9

15. Tuesday October 14

16. Thursday October 16

17. Tuesday October 21

18. Thursday October 23

19. Tuesday October 28

20. Thursday October 30

Tuesday November 4

Thursday November 6

Tuesday November 11

Thursday November 13

Tuesday November 18

Thursday November 20

Later