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