Engineering Dynamics

Catalog description

Topics to be covered include vector dynamics of particles and rigid bodies. The students learn to represent and compute displacement, velocity, and acceleration of particles and rigid bodies in different coordinate systems. Further upon, they learn to relate forces and motions of particles and rigid bodies using Newton's laws and Newton-Euler equations under the conditions where the sum of the forces are not zero. Free, forced, and damped vibrations of particles and rigid bodies are presented in the end. Three hours of lecture per week.