ME 206 - Engineering Dynamics

• Determine the position, velocity, and acceleration of particles subjected to rectilinear translation
• Determine the trajectory of projectiles given initial conditions
• Determine the position, velocity and acceleration of given points of a properly constrained kinematic linkage
• Determine the acceleration or force causing acceleration using Newton’s Second Law of Motion
• Determine the motion of kinetic systems using the principle of work and energy
• Determine the motion of particles using the principle of impulse and momentum
• Determine the forces acting on rigid bodies in motion

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• Rectilinear motion of particles (6 classes)
• Relative and dependent motion of particles (2 classes)
• Curvilinear motion of particles (4 classes)
• Plane kinematics of rigid bodies-velocities (5 classes)
• Plane kinematics of rigid bodies-accelerations (2 classes)
• Kinematics of particles-Newton’s 2nd Law (3 classes)
• Work and energy (3 classes)
• Conservation of energy (2 classes)
• Impulse and momentum (1 class)
• Kinetics of rigid bodies (3 classes)
• Review/problem sessions (5 classes)
• Testing & Review (3 classes)