DNK 205E - Dynamics

Course Objectives

To teach the basic principles of particle and rigid body kinematics and kinetics.

Course Description

Kinematics of particles; velocity and acceleration in rectangular, cylindrical, spherical and normal and tangentical coordinates. Rectilinear motion. Relative motion. Kinetics of particles; equation of motion, energy methods, impulse and momentum methods. Planar and 3 dimensional kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies.