MEC 2020 - Engineering Mechanics II: Dynamics

• Relate particle position, velocity, and acceleration using kinematic principles
• Relate the motion of various points of a rigid body using kinematic principles
• Draw free body and kinetic diagrams for systems in motion
• Explain and be able to apply Newton’s laws of motion (kinetics) to particles and simple systems of rigid bodies
• Explain and show how Newton’s laws of motion apply to the work-energy principle, the impulse-momentum principle and impact style problems
• Apply kinematics and kinetics principles to systems in general plane motion such as planar mechanisms

• Statics
• Computer programing

• Position, velocity, acceleration of particles
• Uniform rectilinear motion and acceleration of particles
• Projectile motion of particles
• Normal and tangential components
• Polar coordinates
• Relative motion of several particles
• Kinetics of particles, rectilinear motion
• Kinetics of particles, curvilinear motion
• Principle of work and energy for a particle
• Principle of impulse and momentum for a particle
• Direct central impact of particle
• Oblique central impact of particle
• Planar kinematics of rigid bodies
• Pure translation and rotation of rigid bodies
• Rigid body rotation around a fixed axis
• Absolute and relative velocity
• Instantaneous center of rotation
• Absolute and relative acceleration
• Coriolis acceleration
• Kinetics of rigid body motion forces and acceleration
• Plane motion of rigid bodies energy and momentum
• Principle of impulse and momentum rigid body
• Conservation of angular momentum
• Impulsive motion of rigid body
• Eccentric impact of rigid body