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Week |
Day |
Topics |
Readings |
Notes |
Labs |
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1 |
9/4 |
- Introduction,
Calculus and Linear Algebra Review
- Kinematics of
Particles
|
Ch. 1-2
Appendix
A |
|
No Labs |
|
9/6 |
|
2 |
9/11 |
- Numerical Integration
- Aerodynamics of sports balls, block and tackle mechanisms (TBD)
- Kinetics of Particles
|
Notes
Ch. 3.1-3.3 |
|
Lab 1: Projectiles & Numerical
Integration |
|
9/13 |
|
3 |
9/18 |
- Dynamic Analysis of Mechanisms
- Linear Momentum
- Conservation Law
- Impact
- Work, Energy, Momentum, and Angular Momentum
|
Ch. 3.4-3.5, 3.7-3.8
Ch. 4 |
|
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|
9/20 |
|
4 |
9/25 |
- Work, Energy, Momentum, and Angular Momentum
- Review
- Fabrication & Prototyping
|
Ch. 4
|
designAndProto.pdf |
Lab 2: SolidWorks |
|
9/27 |
|
5 |
10/2 |
- Degrees of Freedom, Mechanisms,
Machines, Linkages
- Linkage Analysis
- Mobility, Synthesis of Linkages
- Midterm I
|
Notes |
|
Lab 3: Fabrication & Prototyping |
|
10/4 |
|
6 |
10/9 |
- Linkage Analysis
- Mobility, Synthesis of Linkages
Systems of
Particles
- Force Balance, Linear Momentum
|
5.1-5.3
Notes
|
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|
10/11 |
|
7 |
|
Fall Break |
|
|
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|
8 |
10/23 |
|
5.1-5.3
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Lab 4: Analyzing & Prototyping an Elliptical Machines |
|
10/25 |
|
9 |
10/30 |
- Planar Rigid Body Kinematics
|
6.1 - 6.3
|
|
|
|
11/1 |
|
10 |
11/6 |
- Planar Rigid Body Kinematics continued
- Instantaneous Centers, Velocity & Acceleration Analysis
- Rotating Frames and Relative Motion
|
6.3 - 6.5 |
|
|
|
11/8 |
|
11 |
11/13 |
- Kinetics of General Motion
- Rotation About a Fixed Point (revisited)
- Linear and Angular Momentum
- Work/Energy of 2D Rigid Bodies
- Rotation About a Fixed Point: Kinetics, Work and Energy, Catapults
- Kinetics: Curvilinear Translation
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Ch. 7
|
|
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|
11/15 |
|
12 |
11/20 |
- Spherical Coordinates, Angular Velocity of 3D Rigid Bodies
- Angular Velocity and Angular Acceleration in 3 Dimensions
- General Motion in 3 Dimensions
|
Ch. 8 |
Trebuchet Slides
Trebuchet_mathematica.nb
Trebuchet_mathematica.pdf |
Lab 5: Analyzing & Prototyping a Trebuchet |
|
Thanksgiving |
|
13 |
11/27 |
- Review, Introduction to Lagrangian Dynamics
- Midterm II
|
Notes |
|
|
|
11/29 |
|
14 |
12/4 |
- Special Topics in Avdanced Dynamics
- Special Topics in Advanced Dynamics
- In class Presentations
|
Notes |
|
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12/6 |
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12/11 |
|
15 |
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Final Exams |
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