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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 Monday Sep 1.
02 R Aug. 28 cont.  
03 T Sep. 02 OOR Chapter 2: Kinetics of a particle  
04 R Sep. 04 No class  
05 T Sep. 09 OOR Chapter 3: Lagrange’s EOM for a single particle  
06 R Sep. 11 cont.  
07 T Sep. 16 cont.  
08 R Sep. 18 cont.  
09 T Sep. 23 Solving ODEs numerically  
10 R Sep. 25 Coding Animations  
    LAUNCH PROJECTS  
11 T Sep. 30 OOR Chapter 4: Lagrange’s EOM for SOPs  
12 R Oct. 02 OOR Chapter 5: Dynamics of SOPs  
13 R Oct. 07 Different formulations of the EOM  
14 R Oct. 09 OOR Appendix A: Tensors  
15 T Oct. 14 OOR Chapter 6: Rotations and their representations  
16 R Oct. 16 cont.  
17 T Oct. 21 OOR Chapter 7: Kinematics of a RBs  
18 R Oct. 23 OOR Chapter 8: Constraints and potential energy for RBs  
19 T Oct. 28 OOR Chapter 9: Kinetics of a RB  
20 R Oct. 30 cont.  
21 T Nov. 04 OOR Chapter 10: Lagrange’s EOM for a single RB  
22 R Nov. 06 cont.  
23 T Nov. 11 Selected topics  
24 R Nov. 13 cont.  
25 T Nov. 18 cont.  
26 R Nov. 20 cont.  
27 T Nov. 25 cont.  
28 R Nov. 27 cont.  

Detailed Schedule

1. Tuesday Aug. 26

2. Thursday Aug. 28