EGM 3401 - Dynamics
Fall 2016
COURSE INSTRUCTOR
TEACHING ASSISTANTS
E-mail: yagamawi@ufl.edu
Seong Hyeon Hong
E-mail: seonghyeonhong@ufl.edu
OFFICE HOURS
Name
Office Hours
Contact Information
Anil Rao
(Instructor)
MWF 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM
in MAE-A 314 (or by Appointment)
anilvrao@ufl.edu
Mobile: 352-672-1529
Yunus Agamawi
(Teaching Assistant)
Tuesday and Thursday
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM in NEB 109
yagamawi@ufl.edu
Seong Hyeon Hong
(Teaching Assistant)
Tuesday and Thursday
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM in NEB 109
seonghyeonhong@ufl.edu
COURSE OBJECTIVE AND TOPICS
COURSE OBJECTIVE
The objective of this course is to provide a thorough and systematic introduction to the subject of dynamics of particles and rigid bodies using a Newton-Euler approach. The course provides a rigorous introduction to kinematics of particles and rigid bodies, kinetics of a particle, kinetics of a system of particles, and kinetics of a rigid body. All development is done in a coordinate-free manner and will be applied to examples in a way that provides insight into the structure of the underlying physical process.
COURSE TOPICS
Kinematics or particles and rigid bodies, kinetics or particles, kinetics of a system of particles, kinetics of a rigid body, and principles of work, energy, and momentum.
APPROXIMATE SCHEDULE FOR COVERAGE OF TOPICS
Topic
Kinematics
Kinetics of Particles
Kinetics of a System of Particles
Kinetics of Rigid Bodies
Schedule for Coverage
Weeks 1 Through 3
Weeks 4 Through 7
Weeks 8 Through 9
Weeks 10 Through 14
COURSE LOCATIONS AND CLASS PERIODS
Section 2: MWF Period 8 (3:00 PM to 3:50 PM). Room: Pugh Hall 170.
TEXTBOOK
LECTURE VIDEOS
Made in RapidWeaver
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
Assignment
Number
Assignment
Contents
Due
Date
Problem Set #6
5-2, 5-3, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7, 5-8, 5-10, 5-11, 5-12, and 5-17
Solutions: Click Here
5 December 2016
EXAM SCHEDULE, FORMAT, AND EXPECTATIONS
EXAM
EXAM 1: 17 October 2016
EXAM 2: 14 November 2016
EXAM 3: 5 December 2016
ROOMS
RNK 110, CSE 119, and CSE 121
FLG 210, FLG 260, FLG 280
LIT 101 and LIT 109
ATTENDANCE RULES
MAKE-UP EXAM POLICIES
COURSE GRADING
Item
Problem Sets
Theory Assignments
Exam 1
Exam 2
Exam 3
Total
Percent Value
7 Percent (7 @ 1 Percent)
18 Percent (3 @ 6 Percent)
25 Percent
25 Percent
25 Percent
100 Percent
GRADING SCALE
Letter Grade
A
A-
B+
B
B-
C+
C
C-
D+
D
D-
E
Score Range
1 Standard Deviation Above Course Median and Higher
2/3 to 1 Standard Deviation Above Course Median
1/3 to 2/3 Standard Deviation Above Course Median
0 to 1/3 Standard Deviation Above Course Median
0 to 1/3 Standard Deviation Below Course Median
1/3 to 2/3 Standard Deviation Below Course Median
2/3 to 1 Standard Deviation Below Course Median
1 to 1 1/3 Standard Deviation Below Course Median
1 1/3 to 1 2/3 Standard Deviation Below Course Median
1 2/3 to 2 Standard Deviation Below Course Median
2 to 2 1/3 Standard Deviation Below Course Median
2 1/3 Standard Deviation Below Course Median and Lower
- Given the grading system above, the median grade in the course lies exactly at the boundary between a "B-" and a "B". I reserve the letter grade associated with the median score in the course higher than the boundary between a "B-" and a "B". If the letter grade associated with the median score is increased, then all grades will be increased uniformly by that same amount. For example, if I decide to increase the letter grade associated with the median score in the course from the B-/B boundary (shown above) to the B/B+ boundary, then the letter grades associated with all ranges will be increased by the same amount as the increase in the letter grade associated with the median score in the course. In no case will the letter grade associated with any range be lower than the letter grades shown above.
- Scores that lie exactly at a boundary between two adjacent ranges will be awarded the higher grade. For example, a final score of exactly 1/3 standard deviation above the median will be awarded a grade of "B" while a final score of exactly 1/3 standard deviation below the median will be awarded a grade of "B-".