ME 8460 - Intermediate Dynamics

3 Credits (3 Contact Hours)

Kinematics and dynamics of particles, rigid and elastic bodies using vectorial and analytical approaches. Fundamentals of analytical dynamics; holonomic versus nonholonomic constraints, virtual displacements and work, Hamilton’s Principle and Euler-Lagrange’s equations. Rigid-body dynamics; principal axes and Euler angles. Kinematics and dynamics of elastic bodies.