The calendar below provides information about the lecture (L) and recitation (R) sessions.
| LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Introduction | |
| R1 | MATLAB® demo | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
