Dynamics and Kinematics.

Catalog description

Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Prerequisites: PHYS 207 , EGMN 102 and MATH 201 , with a minimum grade of C in each, or permission of the instructor. Kinematics and kinetics of particles. Kinematics of rigid bodies; translation and fixed-axis rotation relative to translating axes, general planar motion, fixed-point rotation and general motion. Kinetics of rigid bodies: center of mass, mass moment of inertia, product of inertia, principal-axes, parallelaxes theorems. Planar motion, work-energy method. Design of cams, gears and linkages.