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Information about the 'm.e. 3150 - introduction to dynamics' course offered by villanova university's mechanical engineering department during the fall 2008 semester. The course description, objectives, prerequisites, corequisites, textbooks, and grading policy. The syllabus covers topics such as kinematics, force-free motion, motion due to the action of forces, and rigid body rotational motion.
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1 VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
M.E. 3150 – Introduction to Dynamics
Semester : Fall 2008 Instructor : Dr. Hashem Ashrafiuon Email : hashem.ashrafiuon@villanova.edu Office : Tolentine 111B Phone : 519- Public Files : \egrfaculty\public\Mechanical\ME3150\
Office Hours : Mon. & Wed.: 1:15 pm – 3:15 pm or email for appointments
Course Description :
Kinematics (displacement, velocity, and acceleration) of particles and rigid bodies; projectile motion; translational motion of the mass center of bodies acted on by contact forces; plane rotational motion of bodies acted on by contact forces and moments; equations of motion; energy and momentum principles.
Course Objective :
Prerequisite(s): ME 2100 or CEE 2104 Corequisite: MAT 2705
Textbooks: 1- Required: Whitman, A. M., Introduction to Dynamics , available in the ME dept. 2- Optional: Tallarida, R.J., Pocket Book of Integrals and Mathematical Formulas 4th edition, 2008, Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton.
Course Tentative Grading :
2 VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
M.E. 3150 – Introduction to Dynamics
Syllabus :
I. Kinematics 1- Velocity: rectangular, cylindrical and tangent coordinates relative to two translating observers; Angular Velocity: addition, relative to two rotating observers, angular acceleration 2- Acceleration – rectangular, cylindrical and tangent frames, relative to two translating and rotating observers 3- Applications – mechanisms
II. Force Free Motion
III. Motion Due to the Action of Forces 1- Newton’s Law of Motion – inertial mass, mass and weight, rigid bodies 2- Rigid Body Translational Motion – straight line, motion, circular motion, motion in a plane 3- Several Bodies – bodies connected by strings, bodies sliding on one another, impulsive motion
IV. Rigid Body Rotational Motion 1- Rigid Body Moment Equilibrium – angular momentum for a fixed axis, general expression for angular momentum. 2- Moments and Products of Inertia – radius of gyration, translated observers, rotated observers 3- Rotation About a Fixed Axis – axis through the mass center, axis other than the mass center 4- General Plane Motion – rolling and translational motion 5- Several Bodies – bodies connected by strings, bodies rolling on one another, impulsive motion