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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Engineering : Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

436-306 Dynamics of Machines

Credit Points:

7.1

Coordinator:

Dr J. M. Krodkiewski

Prerequisite/s:

436-302 Mechanics of Rigid and Deformable Bodies and 200-level Mathematics.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

39 hours comprising 18 hours of lectures and 21 hours of tutorials and laboratory

Objectives:

Upon completion students should:

  • be able to formulate physical and mathematical models for three dimensional dynamic analysis of mechanical systems;

  • solve the mathematical model by means of analytical and numerical methods;

  • assess stability of solutions.

Content:

Equations of motion of rigid body: Euler equations, modified Euler equations. Constraints, mobility, generalised coordinates, number of degrees of freedom, driving forces, virtual displacement, generalised force, impressed forces and constraint forces. Principle of virtual work. Lagrange equations of motion. Kinetic energy function, potential energy function. Collisions of unconstrained and constrained bodies. Analysis of mathematical models.

Assessment:

A two-hour examination; tutorials, tests, assignments and laboratory reports not exceeding 20 pages.
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