Time and Location
- 1-1:50pm Tu/Thu
- 103 Talbot Lab
Teaching Assistants
Office Hours
- Tim: 9am-10:30am Mondays and 2pm-3pm Tuesdays, 321A Talbot
- Matt: 2:30pm-4:00pm Wednesdays, 302E Talbot
- Pritam: 3:30pm-5:00pm Tuesdays, 330A Talbot
Course Description
- Kinematics and dynamics of particle motion; methods of work-energy and impulse-momentum; kinematics of plane motion of rigid bodies; moving reference frames; moments of inertia.
Prerequisites
Required Text
- Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics, Bedford and Fowler, 4th Edition, Prentice-Hall, 2005.
Assignments
- Weekly homework will be assigned in class every Thursday and will be due the following Thursday by 5pm in the "AE 252" box in the mailroom. Complete each homework problem on a separate sheet of paper. Make sure your solutions are clear and legible. Not every problem will be graded, so it is in your best interest to turn in homework on time even if it is incomplete. Late homework will never be accepted. Please put your name on the back of your homework.
- All assignments and solutions will be posted electronically here.
Grading
- There will be no curve. Final grades will be weighted 30% homework (lowest grade dropped), 30% midterm exam, and 40% final exam.
- 97-100 : A+
- 93-97 : A
- 90-93 : A-
- 87-90 : B+
- 83-87 : B
- 80-83 : B-
- 77-80 : C+
- 73-77 : C
- 70-73 : C-
- 67-70 : D+
- 63-67 : D
- 60-63 : D-
- < 60 : F
Rough Outline (subject to change)
- Kinematics of a Particle (Jan 18 - Feb 1, Sections 13.1-13.4)
- Kinematics of a System of Particles (Feb 6 - Feb 27, Sections 17.1-17.6 and 20.1)
- Midterm Exam (in class, Mar 1)
- Dynamics of a Particle (Mar 6 - Apr 3, Sections 14.1-14.4 and 15.1-15.5 and 16.1-16.4)
- Dynamics of a System of Particles (Apr 5 - Apr 26, Sections 18.1-18.4 and 19.1-19.3 and 20.1)
- Final Exam (review May 1, exam May 10)