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ENGR 215

Dynamics


Class Schedule

The calendar is updated as we move through the quarter (don't trust what is written beyond the current week).

 Week
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1

1/2 - 1/4

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Kinematics of a particle. read 12.1-6.

Project directions

Week 1 assignments (check homework page)

2

1/8 - 1/11

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Kinematics of a particle. read 12.7-10.

Week 2 assignments (check homework page)

3

1/15 - 1/18

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Newton's second law: read 13.1-5

Feynman videos

No class on Monday: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Week 3 assignments (check homework page)

Quiz 1 (Th-Fri: see Canvas)

4

1/22 - 1/25

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F=ma in cylindrical coordinates, central force motion: read 13.6-7 (formula sheet)

Week 4 assignments (check homework page)

5

1/29 - 2/1

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Work and energy: read 14.1-6.

Work-energy applied to planetary motion: mathematica file

Week 5 assignments (check homework page)

6

2/5 - 2/8

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Impulse, momentum and impact: read 15.1-7

Week 6 assignments (check homework page)

Quiz 2 (Th-Fri: see Canvas)

7

2/12 - 2/15

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Impulse, momentum and impact: read 15.1-7

Plane motion of a rigid body (kinematics): read 16.1-4

Week 7 assignments (check homework page)

8

2/19 - 2/22

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Plane motion of a rigid body (kinematics): read 16.5-8

Week 8 assignments (check homework page)

No class on Monday: Presidents' Day

Project proposal due Wednesday

9

2/26 - 2/29

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Plane motion of a rigid body (kinetics): read 17.1-5

Week 9 assignments (check homework page)

10

3/4 - 3/7

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Work-energy and momentum-impulse: read 18.1 - 19.5.

Week 10 assignments (check homework page)

Project first analyis due Wednesday details

Quiz 3: available Monday (group exam, due Friday 3/8)

11-12

3/11 - 3/18

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Momentum-impulse: read 19.1 - 19.5

spinning cylinder article

Week 11 assignments (check homework page)

Quiz 4 (Th-Fri: see Canvas)

Project presentations: Monday 3/18 starting at 10:30 am, Grading rubric