ME 231 ~ Dynamics

Objective

The goal of ME 231 is to teach the fundamental concepts of rigid body kinematics and dynamics with an emphasis on the modeling, analysis, and simulation of how forces produce motion of rigid body systems.

Instructor (top)

Jeff Reinbolt
Office hours: 11:15 AM - 12:05 PM MWF
Dougherty Engineering Building, Room 207
865.974.5308

Teaching Assistant (top)

Misagh Mansouri
Dougherty Engineering Building, Room 203
865.974.6806

Meeting Time and Place (top)

10:10 AM - 11:00 AM MWF
Min Kao Building, Room 524

Required Textbook (top)

Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics, 2nd ed., Gray, Costanzo, Plesha, 2012. ISBN: 978-0073380308

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Catalog Description(top)

231 Dynamics (3) Kinematics of rigid bodies, center of mass, and kinetics of systems of particles. Mass moments of inertia. Kinetics of rigid bodies. Newton’s laws, work-energy, and impulse-momentum.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 202 and Engineering Fundamentals 152.