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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: 519-7791
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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:
1. Draw the free body diagram and write the corresponding dynamic (force and moment)
equilibrium equations (equations of motion) for a rigid body for the general plane motion.
2. Draw the free body diagram and write the corresponding dynamic (force and moment)
equilibrium equations for each of two interacting bodies undergoing a general plane motion.
Include all constraint equations required to completely specify the motion.
3. Solve some simple problems of motion by integrating the equations.
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:
• Homework & projects 10%
• Three exams 60%
• Final exam 30%
