Contact Information:

Jeff Vipperman

531 Benedum Hall

624-1643

jsv+@pitt.edu

Office Hours:

Text:

Principles of Dyanamics, 2/e, Donald T. Greenwood, Prentice Hall, 1988.

Objectives:

To become proficient at analyzing and mathematically modeling the effects of forces and inertia in mechanical systems with various methods, including Newton�s Laws, Work/Energy, Impulse/Momentum, Lagrange�s Equations, etc..

Course Webpage:

http://www.pitt.edu/~jsv/courses/me2027/index.html

Grading:

Midterm

35%

Final Exam

35%

Homework

30%

 

Tentative Syllabus:

Class:

Date:

Notes:

Topic:

(a priori)Reading:

1

1/6/00

 

Overview/Kinematics of Particles

ch. 1 & 2

2

1/13/00

 

Kinematics, cont.

ch. 2

3

1/20/00

 

Kinematics & Kinetics of Particles

ch. 2 & 3

4

1/27/00

 

Particle Kinetics

ch. 3

5

2/3/00

 

Particle Kinetics, cont.

ch. 3 & 4

6

2/10/00

 

Dynamics of Systems of Particles

ch. 4

7

2/17/00

 

Test Review, Lagrange�s Eqn�s

ch. 6

8

2/24/00

 

Midterm Exam (ch 1-4)

 

9

3/2/00

 

Lagrange�s Eqns

ch. 6

10

3/9/00

Spring Break

 

11

3/16/00

 

Kinematics of Rigid Bodies

ch. 7

12

3/23/00

 

Kinematics of Rigid Bodies

ch. 7

13

3/30/00

 

Dynamics of Rigid Bodies

ch. 8

14

4/6/00

 

Satellites, Peturbation Thry, stability

Sect. 5.6-5.7, ch. 8

15

4/13/00

 

Dynamics of Rigid Bodies

ch. 8

16

4/20/00

 

Review, Applications, etc.

Notes, book

17

4/27/00

Final Exam (comprehensive)

 

 

Course Policies:

References:

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Introductory Dynamics:

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