ENGR 2302 - Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours - Lecture: 3
Basic theory of engineering mechanics, using calculus, involving the motion of particles, rigid bodies, and systems of particles; Newton’s Laws; work and energy relationships; principles of impulse and momentum; application of kinetics and kinematics to the solution of engineering problems. CIP Code: (1411015310)
Prerequisite: ENGR 2301
Student Learning Outcomes
1 - Express dynamic quantities as vectors in terms of Cartesian components, polar coordinates, and normal-tangential coordinates. 2 - Compute mass moments of inertia for systems of particles and rigid bodies. 3 - Solve kinematic problems involving rectilinear and curvilinear motion of particles. 4 - Solve kinetic problems involving a system of particles using Newton’s Second Law. 5 - Apply the principles of work and energy, conservation of energy, impulse and momentum, and conservation of momentum to the solution of engineering problems involving particles and systems of particles. 6 - Solve kinematic problems involving the translation and rotation of a rigid body. 7 - Solve kinetic problems involving planar translation and rotation of rigid bodies. 8 - Apply the principles of work and energy, conservation of energy, impulse and momentum, and conservation of momentum to the solution of engineering problems involving rigid bodies in planar motion.