ASE2020: Dynamics

Announcements

  • Final exam is posted below.

  • Final exam will be online at 10:30-12:00, June 17th (Thursday). The exam will be posted here then.

  • HW#5 was posted.

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  • Midterm is posted below.

  • Midterm exam will be online at 10:30-12:00, 22nd (Thursday). The exam will be posted here then.

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  • Zoom meeting ID: 899 7385 2908

  • Welcome to ASE2020: Dynamics.

Course Info.

Course descriptions

  • This course covers the classical techniques for understanding and describing the dynamical systems, especially the mechanical dynamic systems. The covered topics include kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies, Newton's second law, energy method and momentum methods..

Instructors

Lectures

Office hours

  • JHK: Mon/Wed 13:30-15:00 (Rm.507), or by appointments.

Prerequisites

  • Statics and vector calculus.

Reference textbooks

Grading policy

  • Final exam (40%)

  • Midterm exam (30%)

  • Homework assignments and class participation (30%)

Lecture notes

The following course material is provided by the McGraw Hill Inc.

  1. Kinematics of particles

  2. Kinetics of particles: Newton’s Second Law

  3. Kinetics of particles: Energy and momentum methods

  4. Systems of particles

  5. Kinematics of rigid bodies

  6. Plane motion of rigid bodies: Force and accelerations

  7. Plane motion of rigid bodies: Energy and momentum methods

Assignments

  1. HW#1: Problems 11.97, 11.112, 11.145, 11.153, 11.162, 11.166, 11.169, 11.172 in VMED 12th ed., or Problems 11.97, 11.112, 11.145, 11.153, 11.163, 11.166, 11.169, 11.172 in 11th ed. (due 3/25)

  1. HW#2: Problems 12.8, 12.24, 12.46, 12.48, 12.64, 12.103, 12.115, 12.123, 12.132 in VMED 12th ed., or Problems 12.7, 12.24, 12.46, 12.48, 12.64, 12.103, 12.115, 12.123, 12.132 in 11th ed. (due 4/15)

  1. HW#3: Problems 13.40, 13.51, 13.76, 13.90, 13.103, 13.135, 13.152, 13.169, 13.182 in VMED 12th ed. or 11th ed. (due 4/22)

  1. HW#4: Problems 16.9, 16.10, 16.52 in VMED 12th ed. or 11th ed. (due 6/3)

  1. HW#5: Problems 16.110, 16.132 in VMED 12th ed. or 11th ed. (due 6/10)

Exams

  1. Midterm exam (2021) and solutions

  2. Final exam (2021) and solutions