Course Outline

I Kinematics- Chapter 6

1. Angular velocity
2. Angular acceleration
3. Motion relative to moving reference frames
4. Euler angles
5. Rotation matrices

II Dynamics (Kinetics)- Chapter 7

1. Angular momentum
2. Inertia properties
3. Principal moments and axes of inertia
4. Euler equations
5. Impact
6. Work and Energy for rigid bodies in 3D

Grading

Homework 10%
Test 1 25% (Friday, April 24, 1998)
Test 2 30% (Friday, May 15, 1998)
Final Exam 35% (Tuesday, June 9, 11:30am - 2:20pm)

**Note: Both tests and the final exam will be closed-book and closed-notes.