Fall 2001
Overview
Instructors
Homework Grader
Course Schedule
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Lectures : Monday 11:00-12:30 and Friday 11:00-12:00, Room 5-232
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Recitation: Wednesday 11:00-12:30, Room 5-232
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Laboratory : Friday 12:00-1.00, Room 5-232
Course announcements frequently by email. Please read your email daily.
Credit
Prerequisites
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Calculus and Ordinary Differential Equations (18.03)
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Elementary Mechanics of Materials (2.001 or 1.050)
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Mechanical Systems, Signal Processing and Stochastics (13.015J/1.015J) or Modeling Dynamics and Control I (2.003) or Introduction to Computers and Engineering Problem Solving (1.00)
Grading Policy
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Quiz A : 20% (Individual effort, in class, Friday, October 19, 2001)
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Quiz B : 20% (Individual effort, in class, Wednesday, November 28, 2001)
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Final Exam : 30% (Individual effort, Tuesday, Dec 18, 9am to noon, room 5-232)
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Term Project (Laboratory) : 20% (Attendance and participation required)
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Homework : 10% (Attendance and participation in recitation required)
Homework usually assigned each Wednesday at recitation and due the following
Wednesday at recitation (unless otherwise specified). Homework will be returned
the following Wednesday. There is a penalty for late homework. Excuses should
be directed to instructors in advance. Our plan for homework is
as follows.
| Schedule for Homework |
| Problem Set |
Out |
Due |
| 1 |
Sep. 5 |
Sep. 12 |
| 2 |
Sep. 12 |
Sep. 19 |
| 3 |
Sep. 19 |
Sep. 26 |
| 4 |
Sep. 26 |
Oct. 3 |
| 5 |
Oct. 3 |
Oct. 10 |
| 6 |
Oct. 10 |
Oct. 17 |
| 7 |
Oct. 17 |
Oct. 24 |
| 8 |
Oct. 24 |
Oct. 31 |
| 9 |
Oct. 31 |
Nov. 7 |
| 10 |
Nov. 7 |
Nov. 14 |
| 11 |
Nov. 14 |
Nov. 21 |
| 12 |
Nov. 21 |
Nov. 28 |
| 13 |
Nov. 28 |
Dec. 5 |
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Homework Collaboration
You may discuss problems with others, but you are expected to write
up your own work. In recitation we will discuss the problems on the board and provide alternate solutions . Please use
a different color pen or pencil in class to correct your own work. Then
turn it in at the end of recitation. It is most important that you try to do
the homework, actively participate in the recitation, and turn in your homework when due.
Final Exam
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Tuesday, Dec 18, 9am to noon, room 5-232
Required Textbook Available at Coop
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"Fundamentals of Applied Dynamics" by James H. Williams, Jr., 1996, John
Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional References on Reserve at Barker Library
- "Mechanical Vibrations" by S.S. Rao, 3rd Edition. Addison Wesley, 1995.
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"Schaum's outline of theory and problems of Lagrangian dynamics, with a treatment of Euler's equations of motion, Hamilton's equations and Hamilton's principle" by Dare A. Wells, McGraw-Hill, 1967.
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"Vector Mechanics for Engineers" by Ferdinand Pierre Beer, McGraw-Hill, 1988.
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