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Course Objectives • Instructor • Texts/Resources • Course Calendar • Course
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Course Objectives:
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To make students proficient in the fundamentals of Newton’s laws and
their application to statics and dynamics of particles and rigid
bodies, and to prepare them for follow-on courses in aerospace
engineering.
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Instructor:
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Instructor:
Dr. Tamás Kalmár-Nagy
Website: http://aero.tamu.edu/people/kalmarnagy/
Office: 743B HRBB
e-mail: kalmarnagy@tamu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays 3:40 – 4:40 PM
TA: Tarek Elgohary
Office 620D HRBB
e-mail: tag2892@aeromail.tamu.edu
Office Hours: Mondays 3-4 PM
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Texts/Resources
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Recommended Textbooks: Statics:
Analysis and Design of Systems in Equilibrium
Sheri D.
Sheppard, Benson H. Tongue
ISBN: 978-0-471-94721-9 Dynamics:
Analysis and Design of Systems in Motion
Benson H. Tongue,
Sheri D. Sheppard
ISBN: 978-0-471-40198-8 To save money, buy these used. The books will be on reserve in the Evans Library.
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Course Calendar:
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Course activities with pertinent dates will be
listed here.
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To Do
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Week 1
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Course introduction. Newton’s
Laws. Unit systems. Mechanics definitions. Forces
and vector representations. Vector operations.
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Chapters 1-4 HW 1
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Week 2
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Vector
Operations, Newton's Laws, Forces on rigid bodies, Spring, dashpot.
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Chapter 5 HW 2
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| Week 3 | Free body Diagrams | Chapter 6
Quiz 1, HW 3 | | | Week 4 | Statics of objects | Chapter 7
HW 4, Quiz 2 | | | Week 5 | Statics of objects: Non planar proplems and problems with friction. | Chapter 7 | |
| Week 6 | Center of mass and mass moment of inertia | Statics: section 8.1
Dynamcis: Section 7.2,
HW 5, Quiz 3 | | | Week 7 | cartesian and polar coordinates | Dynamics: chapter 2 | | | Week 8 | Kinematics constraints and linear momentum balance | Dynamics: chapter 2
HW 6, Midterm | | | Week 9 | Dynamics of particles
| Dynamics chapter 3
Sections: 3.1 pages 94-102. 3.2 pages 110-119. 3.4 pages 132-136
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| | Week 10 | Energy of prarticles
Multiparticle systems | Dynamics chapter 4
Sections: 4.1 pages 192-197. 4.2 pages 201- 210. 4.3 pages 219-225
Dynamics chapter 5 [All sections]
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Accomodations:
Accommodation for Students with Disabilities: The Americans with
Disabilities Act is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides
comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with
disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that
all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment
that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities.
If you believe that you have a disability requiring accommodation,
please contact the Department of Student Life, Services for Students
with Disabilities, Cain Hall (979-845-1637,
http://studentlife.tamu.edu/ssd). Any student needing
accommodation due to disability, either in the classroom or during
exams should let the instructor know privately during the first week of
the semester.
Accommodation for Religious Observance: Texas HB256
(9/1/03): “An institution of higher education shall excuse a student
from attending classes or other required activities, including
examinations, for the observance of a religious holy day, including
travel for that purpose. A student whose absence is excused under
this subsection may not be penalized for that absence and shall be
allowed to take an examination or complete an assignment from which the
student is excused.” An effort will be made to accommodate
students’ needs for religious observance. Students are instructed
to contact the instructor during the first week of class in order to
make arrangements.
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