Dynamics
- Course description
- General information
- Texts
- Schedule
- Assignments
- Assignment policies
- Attendance policy
Course description
This course introduces students to Dynamics with a specific emphasis on the dynamics and kinematics of rigid bodies.
General information
- Instructor
- Cameron Devine Ph.D.
- [email protected]
- WeChat ID
ProfDevine- Times
- 10:20 am - Noon
- Lecture Notes
- Notes
Texts
- Ferdinand P. Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Phillip J. Cornwell, and Brian P. Self. Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics. McGraw Hill, 2019.
Schedule
The following schedule is tentative.
| day | topic | reading | assignment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/13 | Systems of Particles and Translation and Rotation of Rigid Bodies |
14.1 | |
| 5/15 | Plane Motion | 15.1 | 1 |
| 5/20 | Instantaneous Center of Rotation | 15.2 | |
| 5/22 | Plane Acceleration | 15.3 | 2 |
| 5/27 | Kinetics of a Rigid Body | 15.4 | |
| 5/29 | Constrained Plane Motion | 16.1 | |
| 5/30 | Vibrations of Rigid Bodies | 16.2 | 3 |
Assignments
Assignment 1
- Turn in: 15.20.
- Do problems: 14.17 and 15.14.
- Take the weekly homework quiz on moodle.
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Assignment 2
- Turn in: 15.92.
- Do problems: 15.46 and 15.93.
- Take the weekly homework quiz on moodle.
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Assignment 3
- Turn in 11.37.
- Do problems: 11.88 and 11.148.
- Take the weekly homework quiz on moodle.
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Assignment policies
Weekly homework will be due on Sundays at midnight. Each assignment will consist of two parts. One part is a single question which you will turn in for grading. Each week you will also take an online quiz. The answers to the quiz questions will be the solutions to the rest of the assigned questions. You will have three chances to complete the quiz and will receive the average of your three scores.
Your single questions submissions and quizzes will be weighted equally. The lowest quiz score will be dropped.
Working in groups on homework is strongly encouraged, but the work you submit must be your own.
AI Large Language Model Policies
As assignments in this course are used to measure your knowledge of the course material, it is important that all work is your own. Therefore, using text generated by large language models such as Chat GPT and others in the work you turn in is not allowed. To ensure these policies are followed, tools for checking if content is AI generated may be used.
Attendance policy
See Dr. Zhai’s policy on attendance.