Reference:

Textbook: D.B. Marghitu and M.J. Crocker, Analytical Elements of Mechanisms, Cambridge University Press, 2001

A practical introduction to Mathematica

Coordinators:
Dan Marghitu, Ross Hall 305, phone: 844-3335, e-mail: marghitu@eng.auburn.edu, office hours: 9:00-11:00 a.m. TR

Tentative Schedule:

INTRODUCTIONhomework 
RIGID BODY KINEMATICS 
PLANAR RIGID BODY DYMAMICS 
DYNAMIC FORCE ANALYSIS OF MECHANISMS 

Dynamic Force Analysis Example:   FBD of individual links   FBD of dyads   Contour method

Problems (Chapter 9):    text figures 
 

Newton-Euler equations - Example  -  Mathematica program

Laws of motion 

Lagrange's equations - Example 1 

Lagrange's equations - Example 2

Mathematica program - Example 2

Lagrange's equations - Example 3(figure)

Mathematica program - Example 3 

Three DOF arm

Mathematica program

Four DOF robot (homework)

Figure

Structural analysis

Force analysis: R-RRT mechanism:  free-body-diagrams dyad diagram

Force analysis: R-RTR mechanism (input data)    solutions:  fbdcontourdyad

Rigid Body Dynamics: Compound pendulum (HTML) - mathematica program
 
 

Exam I: contour methoddyads methodfree-body-diagram method

Exam II: text figure  Solution: Newton Euler (method 1   method 2)
                                          Lagrange

Exam I  : 20%
Exam II : 20%
Exam III: 20%
Comprehensive final exam: 20%
Homeworks, quizzes (B.M.E Program Homework Presentation Standard): 20%

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