Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
M-W, 10-12
Professor Ravani – 4 Units
Prerequisite: Engineering 102 (Dynamics).
Lecture: 4 hours. Coupled rigid-body kinematics/dynamics; reference frames; vector differentiation; configuration and motion constraints; holonomicity; generalized speeds; partial velocities; mass; inertia tensor/theorems; angular momentum; generalized forces; comparing Newton/Euler, Lagrange’s, Kane’s methods; computer-aided equation derivation; orientation; Euler; Rodrigues parameters. (Same course as Biomedical
Engineering 223.)