ME 317
INTERMEDIATE DYNAMICS

Course Description

Continuation of the study of kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies, with applications to mechanical systems of current interest to engineers.

Topics

• Three-dimensional kinematics of a rigid body
• Planar kinetics of a rigid body
  
• Three-dimensional kinetics of a rigid body
• Equations of motion

Learning Outcomes

The student, upon completion of this course, will be able to:

• Derive the position, velocity, angular velocity, acceleration, and angular acceleration vectors associated with rigid body motion.
• Formulate and solve generic planar and 3D kinematics problems for mechanical systems.
• Generate dynamic equations of motion for general motion of rigid bodies.
• Formulate and solve dynamic problems for general mechanical systems.