Syllabus 3200
Syllabus 3200
Instructor:RaymondTung
Email:[email protected]
Office&Hours:1415NENewIngersoll,1:303PM,Tuesday
CourseDescription:
Thecoursecoversthefollowingtopics:vectortreatmentofstaticequilibriumofrigidbodies,static
analysisoftrussesandothermechanicalstructures,vectortreatmentofkinematicsofparticlesand
rigidbodies,forcesandmotion,analysisofrotationalmotion,andmomentsofinertia.
Textbook:Beer,Johnston,Mazurek,Cornwell,VectorMechanicsforEngineers,10thEd.,McGrawHill
CourseWebsite:
Coursematerial:http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/physics/tung/bcp3200f14
Lectures:11:00AM12:15PMTuesday;11:00AM1:05PMThursday;Rm3143N
Grades:
Classwork:25%,LectureExams(2):15%,25%,FinalExam:35%
Youmustshowcomputationneatlyandclearlyonclassworkandexamstoreceivecredit.
ExamsandDates:
Exam#1Ch.24:Oct.9;Exam#2Ch.5,6,9,14,15:Nov.20;
FinalExamcoversentiresemester:TuesdayDec.2310:3012:30AM
Nomakeupsforexams.Forabsencesinexamduetomedicalconditionwithdoctor'snote,90%ofthe
scorefromthestudent'sfollowingexamwillbeusedasthescoreforthemissedexam.
LecturePlan(Tentative):
Ch.2,StaticsofParticles 8/28,9/2
Ch.3,RigidBodies:EquivalentSystemsofForces 9/4,9,11
Ch.4,EquilibriumofRigidBodies 9/16,18,30
Ch.5,DistributedForces:CentroidsandCentersofGravity 10/2,7
Ch.6,AnalysisofStructures 10/14,16,21
Ch.9,DistributedForces:MomentofInertia 10/23,28
Ch.14,SystemsofParticles 10/30,11/4,6
Ch.15,KinematicsofRigidBodies 11/11,13,18
Ch.16,PlaneMotionofRigidBodies:Forcesand.. 11/25,12/2,4
Ch.17,PlaneMotion:Energyand..(timepermitting) 12/9,11
Note:noclassesonSept.23,25,Nov.27
Lastdaytodropw/oW:9/17;lastdaytodropW:11/6.