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ENGR175 HM - Dynamics of Rigid Bodies

Credit(s): 3

Instructor(s): Bassman

Description: Kinematics, mass distribution, and kinetics of systems of particles and rigid bodies. Formulation of equations of motion with: Newton/Euler equations; angular momentum prin­ciple; power, work and energy methods. Numerical solutions of nonlinear algebraic and ordinary differential equations governing the behavior of multiple degree of freedom systems. Computer simulation of multi-body dynamic systems. Construction of physical systems for comparison with simulation.

Corequisite(s): ENGR083 HM