Modeling and Analysis of Mechanical Systems

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. State spaces and vector algebra with applications to static, dynamic and controls systems, state evolution, trajectories, ordinary differential equations; global and local balance laws and vector calculus to describe flowing/deforming systems; steady state and transient PDEs, statics and vibrations of strings and membranes, and the heat equation; numerical methods. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.