Dynamics
2.032 · Mechanical Engineering · Graduate · Fall 2004
Prof. George Haller
<p>This course reviews momentum and energy principles, and then covers the following topics: Hamilton’s principle and Lagrange’s equations; three-dimensional kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies; steady motions and small deviations therefrom, gyroscopic effects, and causes of instability; free and forced vibrations of lumped-parameter and continuous systems; nonlinear oscillations and the phase plane; nonholonomic systems; and an introduction to wave propagation in continuous systems.</p> <p…
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