Detailed reference notes
will be posted here as the semester progresses. For
now we provide a brief outline of the topics covered in the
course
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1. Brief introduction to
the objectives and methods of dynamics
2. Review of forces and
Moments (pdf version) (reading assignment - not covered in lectures)
2.1
Forces
2.2 Moments
2.3 Force couples, pure moments and Torques
2.4 Constraint and reaction forces and moments
2.5 Friction forces
3. Analyzing motion of systems of particles (pdf
version)
3.1 Equations of motion for a particle
3.2
Calculating forces required to cause prescribed
motion of particles
3.3 Solving equations of motion for systems of particles
with MATLAB
4. Conservation Laws for Particles (pdf
version)
4.1 Work, power, potential
energy and kinetic energy relations
4.2 Linear impulse-momentum relations
4.3 Angular impulse-momentum
relations
5. Vibrations
5.1 Features of vibrations
and overview of issues in controlling vibrations
5.2 Free vibration of single degree of freedom systems
Vibrations lecture #1
- use slide show to follow step-by-step
Vibrations lecture #2
5.3 Forced vibration of single degree of freedom systems
Vibrations lecture #3
JAVA
forced vibration simulator (you may need to install
or reinstall Java to get this to work - go to
www.java.com)
Vibrations lecture #4
5.4 Introduction to vibration of multi-degree of freedom systems
Vibrations lecture #5
6. Analyzing motion of systems
of rigid bodies
6.0
Introduction
to Rigid Body Motion
6.1 Equations of motion for a
rigid body
Rigid Body
Lecture #2
Rigid Body
Lecture #3
6.2 Calculating forces required to cause prescribed
motion of a rigid body
6.3 Solving equations
of motion for a rigid body with MATLAB
Rigid Bodies
Lecture #4 ; Free Body
Motion Matlab ; Fixed
Body Motion Matlab
Rigid Bodies
Lecture #5 ; Car Crash Matlab;
Car Crash with Airbag Matlab
6.4 Energy and
Momentum for rigid bodies
