Mechanical Engineering 202, Syllabus

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Lectures:

This course meets 4 times per week, for 50 minute lectures.

Topics include:

  • Newton's law F=ma, free body diagrams
  • Relationship of v and w for two points of one rigid body
  • Pure translation; instantaneous centers
  • Relationship of a and a for two points of one rigid body
  • Rolling
  • Relationship between velocities of one point in two frames
  • Relationship between accelerations of one point in two frames
  • Coriolis acceleration
  • Angular momentum, review of moment of inertia
  • Euler's second law (M = Ia)
  • Rigid body dynamics problems
  • Conservation of energy - kinetic, potential
  • Conservation of momentum, impulse
  • Point mass and rigid body dynamics problems

Textbook:

Vector Mechanics for Engineers - Dynamics, by Beer & Johnston, 6th ed., vol 2.

Assessment/Evaluation:

Quizzes, Homework, Final Exam.

Contact:

Professor: John Walker
e-mail: jwalker@northwestern.edu