ME 202 - Dynamics

Dynamics is the study of forces and moments that cause motion. This course will provide students with the tools and guidance to model various mechanical and structural systems. In Dynamics, this is done by first drawing free-body diagrams (FBDs) of the relevant parts of the system and then applying the laws of Newton and Euler, and equations describing the geometry of the motion of points and rigid bodies (kinematics) to those FBDs to obtain the equations governing the motion of the system. Once a system has been modeled, the course will provide students with the mathematical tools to obtain desired information from those models by solving the previously-derived governing equations.

Prerequisites EGR 201
Corequisites MAT 232, MAT 322

Credits: 3

Class Level Sophomore Undergraduate
Program Undergraduate