MECH2360
10 units
2000 level
Course handbook
Description
This is a calculus based course on the dynamics of mechanical systems. The course covers classical mechanics of systems involving point masses and rigid bodies in 2 and 3 dimensional space.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
Singapore PSB
- Trimester 2 - 2024 (Singapore)
Replacing course(s)
This course replaces the following course(s): MECH2350. Students who have successfully completed MECH2350 are not eligible to enrol in MECH2360.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate a fundamental understanding of the dynamics of point masses and planar rigid body systems.
2. Solve problems as related to the dynamics of point masses and planar rigid body systems.
3. Explain the issues involved in three-dimensional rigid body dynamics.
4. Prepare documentation in the form of an engineering report.
Content
- Kinematics and kinetics of point masses in Cartesian, normal/tangential, and polar coordinate systems
- Newton's laws of motion
- Friction
- Work and energy
- Conservative systems
- Impulse and momentum
- Kinematics and kinetics of planar rigid bodies (including momentum and energy methods)
- An introduction to three-dimensional rigid body mechanics (3D kinematics, moment of inertia tensors and Euler’s equations)
Assumed knowledge
MATH1110 Mathematics for Engineering, Science and Technology 1, andMATH1120 Mathematics for Engineering, Science and Technology 2
Assessment items
Quiz: Quiz 1
Quiz: Quiz 2
Report: Engineering Report
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 3 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Trimester 2 - 2024 (Singapore) - Singapore PSB
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 3 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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