16.61 | Spring 2003 | Undergraduate

Aerospace Dynamics

Calendar

LEC # Topics Assignments
1 Aerospace Dynamics

2 Coriolis “Demystified” HW1 Issued
3 Dynamics

4 Introduction to Multiple Intermediate Frames HW1 Due
HW2 Issued
5 Momentum, Angular Momentum, and Dynamics of a System of Particles HW2 Due
HW3 Issued
6 Numerical Solution of Nonlinear Differential Equations HW3 Due

Midterm Exam #1

7 Lagrange’s Equations

8 Examples Using Lagrange’s Equations

Handout:
Examples (from Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics by M. G. Calkin. River Edge, NJ: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 1999.)

HW4 Issued
9 Virtual Work and the Derivation of Lagrange’s Equations

Virtual Work and the Derivation of Lagrange’s Equations (Continued) HW4 Due
HW5 Issued
10 Friction in Lagrange’s Equations

Friction in Lagrange’s Equations (Continued) HW5 Due
HW6 Issued
11 Kinematics of Rigid Bodies

12 Rigid Body Dynamics HW6 Due
HW7 Issued
13 Axisymmetric Rotations

14 Gyroscopes HW7 Due
HW8 Issued

Gyroscopes (Continued) HW8 Due

Midterm Exam #2 HW9 Issued
15 Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics

Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics (Continued) HW9 Due
HW10 Issued
16 Aircraft Dynamics

17 Aircraft Longitudinal Dynamics HW10 Due
18 Aircraft Lateral Dynamics

Final Exam

Course Info

As Taught In
Spring 2003