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Professor Al Ferri |
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Office: Love Building (MRDC-II), Rm 107
Class Meeting Time/Place: MWF, 1:05-1:55pm, Love Building, Rm 184 Textbook: Engineering Dynamics, 3rd Edition, J.H. Ginsberg, Cambridge, 2007 The best way to reach Prof. Ferri is via email. |
Graduate standing. It is assumed that students have had exposure to rigid-body dynamics at the undergraduate level. It is also assumed that students have a familiarity with simulation software, for example Matlab.
Motion analysis and dynamic modeling of systems of particles and rigid bodies
in three-dimensional motion. Kinematics topics include curvilinear coordinate systems, relative
motion, angular velocity and acceleration, and constrained systems of rigid bodies. Kinetic principles
include Newton-Euler (momentum-based) and Lagrange-Hamilton (energy-based) equations of motion,
computational algorithms for solving constrained equations of motion, gyroscopic systems, general
conservation theorems, and ignorable coordinates.
Over the course of the semester, there will be approximately 12 homework assignments worth 10 points each. I will drop your lowest grade. Working in groups is allowed but each student must turn in their own homework. Some assignments will be time-consuming and some will require computers to solve the problem and/or plot the results. The homework assignments are designed to help you to learn the material. If you do not put in sufficient effort, or if you are relying too heavily on the aid of others in your study-group, it will negatively impact your test and exam grades. Solutions to the homework will be posted to the website after the due-date is past; it is your responsibility to review these solutions in detail and to compare them with your returned homework assignments.The listed due date is for On-Campus Students; the due date for Distance-Learning Students is one week later. Links to the solutions are posted in last column when they are available.
Assignment Due Date Solutions Hwk 1: 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.18, 2.24 8/27/08 Homework Solution 1 Hwk 2: 2.45, 2.53, 3.5 9/3/08 Homework Solution 2 Hwk 3: 3.20, 3.25, 3.27, 3.31 9/10/08 Homework Solution 3 Hwk 4: 3.36, 3.40, 3.42, 3.47 9/17/08 Homework Solution 4 Hwk 5: 3.50, 3.58, 4.10, 4.24 9/24/08 Homework Solution 5 Hwk 6: 4.28, 4.33, 4.34, 4.37 10/08/08 Hwk 7: Hwk 8: Hwk 9: Hwk 10: Hwk 11 Hwk 12 Grading Policy:
Test 1 TBA 25%
Test 2 TBA 25%
Final Exam TBA 35%
Homework 15%.
Academic Integrity:
Academic honesty is essential to achieve high-quality education and to maintain the value of a Georgia Tech diploma. While I encourage you to work together and to form study groups, it is important that you take responsibility for the content of all assignments. Cheating on tests and final exams will not be tolerated. When uncovered, violations will be reported to the Dean of Students immediately. A valuable resource for the Georgia Tech Student Code of Conduct and the Academic Honor Code is: http://www.honor.gatech.edu/honorcode/honorcode.html.
Sample Tests from Previous Semesters
ME6441 Test 1, Fall Semester 2002 ME6441 Test 2, Fall Semester 2002 ME6441 Final Exam, Fall Semester 2002
Resources and References
Required Software:
- Netscape Navigator (obtained from the Netscape home page) or Internet Explorer (obtained from the Microsoft IE home page) to view Web pages.
- MATLAB 5.3, available in ME computer clusters