The calendar below provides information about the lecture (L) and recitation (R) sessions.
Course calendar.
| LEC # |
TOPICS |
KEY DATES |
| L1 |
Introduction |
|
| R1 |
MATLAB® demo |
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| L2 |
Degrees of freedom and constraints, rectilinear motion |
|
| L3 |
Vectors, matrices and coordinate transformations |
|
| L4 |
Curvilinear motion; Cartesian coordinates |
Homework 1 due |
| R2 |
Recitation |
|
| L5 |
Other coordinate systems |
|
| L6 |
Intrinsic coordinates |
|
| L7 |
Relative motion using translating axes |
Homework 2 due |
| R3 |
Recitation |
|
| L8 |
Relative motion using rotating axes |
|
| L9 |
Linear impulse and momentum; collisions |
|
| L10 |
Angular impulse and momentum for a particle |
Homework 3 due |
| R4 |
Oral quiz 1 |
|
| L11 |
Conservation laws for systems of particles |
|
| L12 |
Work and energy |
|
| L13 |
Conservative internal forces and potential energy |
Homework 4 due |
| R5 |
Recitation |
|
| L14 |
Variable mass systems: the rocket equation |
|
| L15 |
Central force motion: Kepler's laws |
|
| L16 |
Central force motion: orbits |
Homework 5 due |
| R6 |
Midterm 1 |
|
| L17 |
Orbit transfers and interplanetary trajectories |
|
| L18 |
Exploring the neighborhood: the restricted three-body problem |
|
| L19 |
Vibration, normal modes, natural frequencies, instability |
Homework 6 due |
| R7 |
Recitation |
|
| L20 |
Energy methods: Lagrange's equations |
|
| L21 |
2D rigid body dynamics |
Lab 1 due |
| L22 |
2D rigid body dynamics: work and energy |
Homework 7 due |
| R8 |
Recitation |
|
| L23 |
2D rigid body dynamics: impulse and momentum |
|
| L24 |
Pendulums |
|
| R9 |
Oral quiz 2 |
|
| L25 |
3D rigid body kinematics |
Homework 8 due |
| L26 |
3D rigid body dynamics: the inertia tensor |
|
| R10 |
Recitation |
Homework 9 due |
| L27 |
3D rigid body dynamics: kinetic energy, instability, equations of motion |
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| L28 |
3D rigid body dynamics: equations of motion; Euler's equations |
Homework 10 due |
| R11 |
Midterm 2 |
|
| L29 |
3D rigid body dynamics |
Lab 2 due |
| L30 |
3D rigid body dynamics: tops and gyroscopes |
Homework 11 due |
| R12 |
Oral quiz 3 |
|
| L31 |
Inertial instruments and inertial navigation |
Homework 12 due |
