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AME 550 Advanced Dynamics Fall 2007

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to teach graduate students specializing in mechanics and vibrations the basic principles of writing equations of motion for systems of particles and rigid bodies and solving the simpler equations analytically. A review of Newton's laws of motion is followed by impulse-momentum methods, the derivation and use of Euler's equations and Lagrange's equations. The motion and behavior of spinning satellites, tops and gyroscopes are examined as examples of complex three-dimensional rigid body behavior. Basic computational methods and issues in analysis of multi-degree-of-freedom systems are surveyed.

Meeting times: MWF 10:00-10:50

Meeting room: AME S338

Updated August 16, 2007

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