BRIEF WEEK-BY-WEEK OVERVIEW OF TOPICS (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Week 1
Course
introduction. Unit systems. Mechanics definitions. Forces and vector
representations. Vector operations (dot, vector, triple product).
Beginning of Course Survey Reading: Chapters 1,2,3&4 in Statics
Week 2
Forces, moments and equivalent force systems. Reading: Chapters 4 & 5 in Statics.
Week 3 Free Body Diagrams (FBD). Reading: Chapters 6 in Statics.
Week 4 Statics of objects. Reading: Chapter 7 in Statics Week 5 Statics of objects: Non planar problems and problems with friction Reading: Chapter 7 in Statics. Week 6 Center of mass and mass moment of inertia Reading: Statics: section 8.1, Dynamcis: Section 7.2 Week 7 Cartesian and polar coordinates Reading: Dynamics: chapter 2
Week 8
Kinematics constraints and linear momentum balance
Reading: Dynamics: chapter 2
Week 9 Dynamics of particles. Reading: Dynamics: Chapter 3; Sections: 3.1 pages 94-102. 3.2 pages 110-119. 3.4 pages 132-136 Week 10 Energy of prarticles
Multiparticle systems Reading: Dynamics: Chapter 4; Sections: 4.1 pages 192-197. 4.2 pages 201- 210. 4.3 pages 219-225
Chapter
5; All Sections
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