ABET Course Description

Course number: ME 416

Course title: Applied Dynamics

Terms offered: Fall

Prerequisites: ME 306, 357, MATH 316 or equivalent and senior standing

Lead instructor: Nader Ebrahimi

Catalog description:

Kinematics and kinetics of a particle and systems of particles; Lagrange’s equations; three-dimensional dynamics of rigid bodies.

Textbooks/required materials:

• Extensive supplementary course material

Course topics:

1. Rectilinear and curvilinear coordinates.
2. Newtonian particle mechanics.
4. Moving coordinate frames and relative velocity and acceleration.
5. Lagrange's equations.
6. Characterizing mass distribution using the inertia matrix.
7. Three-dimensional motion.
8. General rigid body dynamics.

Course Objectives:

To improve mechanical engineering students’ understanding of

1. Kinematics of A Particle [A]
2. Dynamics of A Particle [A]
3. Dynamics of A System of Particles [A]
4. Lagrange's Equations 
5. Three Dimensional Dynamics of Rigid Bodies [A]

Assessment Tools:

1. Exams

Course Outcomes

1.1 Students can perform velocity analysis of a single particle (1){a}

1.2 Students can perform acceleration analysis of a single particle (1){a}

2.1 Students can perform kinetic analysis of a single particle (1) {a}

3.1 Students can perform kinematical and kinetic analysis of a system of particles (1) {a}

4.1 Students can form the potential and kinetic energy functions for a mechanical system (1) {a}

4.2 Students can use Lagrange's equations to obtain equations of motion (1) {a}

5.1 Students can perform three dimensional dynamic analyses of rigid bodies (1) {a}