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Textbook: “Vector Mechanics for Engineers, Dynamics” 9th Ed., 10th Ed. Or
11th Ed., by F. Beer, R. Johnston, and E. Eisenberg, McGraw
Hill, 2006.

Instructor: Dr. Niell Elvin; ST-228, email: elvin@me.ccny.cuny.edu

Lectures: Mon. and Wedn. 9:30 a.m. – 10:45 p.m. in ST-161

Instructor Office Hours: Monday at 12:30 a.m. - 2:00pm, ST-228

Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., ST-228
or by appointment

Grading:
Quizzes 25%
2 Exams 35%
Final Exam 40%

COURSE POLICY
1. No eating or drinking is allowed during class. Turn all electronic devices off before you
enter.
2. Attendance: Attendance will be taken at the beginning of every class. To avoid class
disruption, the college policy on tardiness (2009-2011 Undergraduate Bulletin pg 209)
will be enforced. This means that no more than 5 absences in total will be allowed
(excused absences are included in this number). Students who exceed the number of
allowable absences will be dropped from the course. Students who arrive later than
when attendance taking is complete, will be counted absent. You will only be allowed
to leave class during lecture in case of emergency or if discussed with the lecturer
beforehand.
3. Grading Policy: Print your last name on your work. Failure to do so will results in a
grade of zero. Work neatly at all times. Clearly mark your final solution. Final,
solutions with incorrect/missing units will automatically receive a 50% grade reduction.
Numerical solutions that are incorrect by more than an order of magnitude will be given
a grade of zero.
4. Homework: Homework problems with solutions will be assigned every week. These
will NOT be graded. It is the responsibility of the students to work through these
problems in preparation for the weekly quizzes. Homework will be posted on
Blackboard under ‘Course Documents’. It is your responsibility to make sure that you
have access to Blackboard.
5. Quizzes: You should expect to write a 10 minute in-class quiz every Wedn. lecture
based on the week’s homework. During the second half of the end of the semester, the
in-class weekly quiz will be replaced by a weekly take-home quiz that will be posted on
Blackboard the night (by 7:30pm) before they are due in class by 9:30am. There is to
be no discussion or collaborative work allowed for solving the take-home quizzes
though you are welcome to use MATLAB or EXCEL if you would like.
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6. Topics:

1. KINEMATICS OF PARTICLES.

Introduction to Dynamics; Rectilinear Motion; Curvilinear Motion. Relative Motion.

2. KINETICS OF PARTICLES: NEWTON'S SECOND LAW.

Newton's 2nd Law of Motion; Linear Momentum of a Particle, Rate of Change of Linear
Momentum; Equation of Motion; Dynamic Equilibrium; Angular Momentum of a Particle;
Equation of Motion in Terms of Radial and Transverse Components; Conservation of Angular
Momentum;

3. KINETICS OF PARTICLES: ENERGY AND MOMENTUM METHODS.

Work of a Force; Kinetic Energy of a Particle, Principle of Work and Energy; Power and
Efficiency; Potential Energy; Conservation of Energy; Principle of Impulse and Momentum;
Impulsive Motion; Impact

4. SYSTEM OF PARTICLES.

Application of Newton's Laws to the Motion of a System of Particles, Effective Forces; Linear
and Angular Momentum of a System of Particles; Motion of the Mass Center; Angular
Momentum of a System of Particles about Its Mass Center; Conservation of Momentum; Kinetic
Energy; Work-Energy Principle, Conservation of Energy; Principle of Impulse and Momentum

5. KINEMATICS OF RIGID BODIES.

Translation; Rotation about a Fixed Axis; General Plane Motion; Absolute and Relative Velocity
and Acceleration; Instantaneous Center of Rotation in Plane Motion;

6. PLANE MOTION OF RIGID BODIES: FORCES AND ACCELERATIONS.

Equations of a Motion for a Rigid Body; Angular Momentum of a Rigid Body in Plane Motion;
Plane Motion of a Rigid Body, System of Rigid Bodies; Constrained Plane Motion

7. PLANE MOTION OF RIGID BODIES: ENERGY AND MOMENTUM METHODS.

Principle of Work and Energy for a Rigid Body; Kinetic Energy; System of Rigid Bodies;
Conservation of Energy; Power; Principle of Impulse and Momentum for the Plane Motion of a
Rigid Body; Conservation of Angular Momentum; Impulsive Motion; Eccentric Impact
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7. Grading Scheme:

There is no grading on the curve for this course, the following fixed grading curve will be used:

>90% A+
80%-90% A
77%-80% A-
73%-77% B+
70%-73% B
66%-70% B-
63%-66% C+
60%-63% C
56%-60% C-
50%-56% D
<50% F