Instructor

Nader D. Ebrahimi (please follow this link for my contact information)

Schedule

Office Hours

MWF 12:00-12:45 (these are walk-in; i.e., no appointment is necessary).

Appointments are available upon request.

[Off-campus "Consulting Days:" one day per week during the semester (Tues. or Thurs.); on these days, I may be contacted by e-mail and scheduled, phone conferences only.]

Announcements

Course updates, announcements, etc. will be sent to your UNM e-mail address. If you prefer to receive e-mail through another address, you would need to forward your UNM e-mail to your preferred address. Instructions are available at http://it.unm.edu/howtos/504.html

Assignments

Assignments will be given regularly; each set of assignments will be resolved in class one week from the date it is assigned, unless otherwise specified. Homeworks will not be collected (or graded), however.

Important note: Working diligently on assignments constitutes the best path toward doing well in exams (and, therefore, receiving a good grade in the course). It is the responsibility of the students to make sure that they gain a high level of competency with the subject through the homeworks.

Pre-requisites

Topical Pre-requisites: Dynamics, Vibrations, ODEs, Matrices, Linear Algebra

Exams

 Logistics:

1. Nature of exams: quantitative and concept-type
2. Range of coverage: all home works (and their supporting material) that are due before the day of exam
3. Closed-book, closed-notes
4. One sheet of notes (8.5 × 11.0 in., only one side) and calculators are allowed
5. Cell phones, Laptops, and all other similar electronic communication devices are not allowed

Note: To accommodate exam preparation by students, every effort will be made to avoid introducing new subjects during the last three class sessions before Exam III. The available class time during this particular period will be spent on activities such as resolving homeworks, one-on-one (or small-group) discussions of course topics, etc.

Point Accumulation

Percent contributions of semester quizzes towards the total grade:

Quiz I - Chap  2

Quiz II - Chap 3

Quiz III - Chap 4/5

Quiz IV - Chap 6 (time-permitting)

Quizzes (three or four, total) are equally weighted.

Grades (“Curve”)

Grades (based on total accumulated points) will be assigned as follows:

If your numerical score is equal to100, your Course Grade will be an A+.

Textbook

No textbook is required. Lecture notes will be made available (electronic form) to all registered students.  An e-handout, which contains example as well as homework problems, is also provided to registered students.

Computational Software

It is very appropriate (and in many cases, necessary) to make use of your scientific calculator and/or commercially available software (such as Matlab) in carrying out complex or tedious calculations. Examples of this type of calculations include (but not limited to): Plots, Eigen-problems, Matrix Inversions, Systems of Algebraic Equations, Differential Equations, Integration, Symbolic Manipulation, etc. Matlab is available at CIRT pods as well as ME Department's computer room. For a tutorial on Matlab please visit The MathWorks. Similarly, for a tutorial on Mathematica please CLICK HERE. The UNM Mathematics and Statistics Department has also produced a tutorial that may be useful.

Web-based Instructional Support

ME 416/516 Web directory: This directory is available only to registered students; access will be provided at the beginning of the semester (see your UNM e-mail “Inbox” when the semester starts). In this directory, you are provided with course e-handouts as well as supplemental material, including a list of references. Please print the “Problems” file (from this directory) and bring it with you to class. 

Outline of Contents

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