Dynamics

Lecture Notes

LEC #	TOPICS	LECTURE NOTES
L1	Introduction	(PDF)
L2	Degrees of freedom and constraints, rectilinear motion	(PDF)
L3	Vectors, matrices and coordinate transformations	(PDF)
L4	Curvilinear motion; Cartesian coordinates	(PDF)
L5	Other coordinate systems	(PDF)
L6	Intrinsic coordinates	(PDF)
L7	Relative motion using translating axes	(PDF)
L8	Relative motion using rotating axes	(PDF)
L9	Linear impulse and momentum; collisions	(PDF)
L10	Angular impulse and momentum for a particle	(PDF)
L11	Conservation laws for systems of particles	(PDF)
L12	Work and energy	(PDF)
L13	Conservative internal forces and potential energy	(PDF)
L14	Variable mass systems: the rocket equation	(PDF)
L15	Central force motion: Kepler’s laws	(PDF)
L16	Central force motion: orbits	(PDF)
L17	Orbit transfers and interplanetary trajectories	(PDF)
L18	Exploring the neighborhood: the restricted three-body problem	(PDF)
L19	Vibration, normal modes, natural frequencies, instability	(PDF)
L20	Energy methods: Lagrange’s equations	(PDF)
L21	2D rigid body dynamics	(PDF)
L22	2D rigid body dynamics: work and energy	(PDF)
L23	2D rigid body dynamics: impulse and momentum	(PDF)
L24	Pendulums	(PDF)
L25	3D rigid body kinematics	(PDF)
L26	3D rigid body dynamics: the inertia tensor	(PDF)
L27	3D rigid body dynamics: kinetic energy, instability, equations of motion	(PDF)
L28	3D rigid body dynamics: equations of motion; Euler’s equations	(PDF)
L29	3D rigid body dynamics	(PDF)
L30	3D rigid body dynamics: tops and gyroscopes	(PDF)
L31	Inertial instruments and inertial navigation	(PDF)
L32	Dynamics and control challenges that occurred during the Apollo project (Courtesy of Dr. Bill Widnall. Used with permission.)	(PDF)