Course Syllabus

Instructor:

• Faryar Jabbari (fjabbari `at' uci.edu)
• Engineering Gateway 3221, 
• Open Office hours:
  • Tuesdays, Thursdays 5:00-6:30 (open) in ENGR Gateway 3161
  • Monsdays 3-4 pm (by appointment) ONLY in ENGR Gateway 3221

Teaching Assistants:

• Shant Danielian 
  
  • Discussions: TBD 
  • Office Hours: TBD

Exams:  The two midterms (one sheet of notes allowed in each)

• Midterm 1: Thursday, February 7, 3:30- 4:50 pm 
• Midterm 2: Thursday, March 7, 3:30- 4:50 pm 
• Final: Tuesday March 19, 4- 6 pm 

Text:
Vector Mechanics for Engineers; Dynamics,
by F.P. Beer and E.R. Johnston, Jr., 12th Edition, McGraw-Hill

UCI BookStore has collected a set of places that you can find the text (used, Amazon, etc.).  The link is:

http://uci.bncollege.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/VECTOR_MECHDYNAMICS_LOOSELEAF/BNCB_TextbookDetailView?sectionId=76825686&item=Y&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&displayStoreId=88256&storeId=88256&partNumber=MBS_1861422&productId=500025971731&sectionList=&booksAddedforSec=&fromTBList=true Links to an external site.

Reference Text

Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics, by R.C. Hibbeler, Prentice Hall

Course Overview

Introduction to kinetics and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies.  The Newton-Euler, Work-energy and impulse-momentum methods are explored for studying the dynamics of particles and rigid bodies.  An engineering design problem using these fundamental principles is also undertaken.   Prerequisites: MAE30 or CEE 30.

Objectives

• To understand particle and rigid body motion, based on elementary laws of physics.
• To explore force and momentum concepts, conservation of energy, as well angular momentum and rotation for more complicated systems and simple models of real life mechanism (cranes, robots, etc).
• The relationships between force/moment applied and the desired motion and rotation, for use in design and analysis of engineering systems.

Grading Criteria:

HW ( 8%)

On-line quizzes (9 %)

Survey participation (3%)

Midterms (45 %)

Final (35 %)