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This document provides information about the Spring 2012 ENG 102 Dynamics course at UC Davis. It introduces the instructor, Rida T. Farouki, and TAs. It describes the required textbook, course structure including lectures and exams, prerequisites, homework policy, grading policy, and expected ABET outcomes. The course covers classical dynamics principles and their application to engineering problems through extensive problem solving.

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Eng102 s12

This document provides information about the Spring 2012 ENG 102 Dynamics course at UC Davis. It introduces the instructor, Rida T. Farouki, and TAs. It describes the required textbook, course structure including lectures and exams, prerequisites, homework policy, grading policy, and expected ABET outcomes. The course covers classical dynamics principles and their application to engineering problems through extensive problem solving.

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Spring 2012

ENG 102 Dynamics

Rida T. Farouki, office: 2048 Bainer Hall


phone: 752–1779, e–mail: [email protected]
office hours: Wednesdays 1:00–4:00 pm

lectures: TR 8:00–9:50 am, 55 Roessler

teaching assistants
Eric Anderson ([email protected])
Shijie (Anthony) Tong ([email protected])

TA office hours: time & location TBA

Synopsis: This course covers the basic principles of classical dynamics, and
its applications to engineering problems. Beginning with the description of
spatial motion of point particles and rigid bodies (kinematics), Newton’s laws
of motion are used to determine the translational and rotational motions of
bodies from the forces and moments acting on them. Familiarity with the
basic ideas and methods will be gained through extensive problem solving.

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1 textbook
The required textbook for ENG 102 is Engineering Mechanics — Dynamics,
6th Edition, by J. L. Meriam and L. G. Kraige, Wiley (2010). The homework
problems will be assigned from this book.

2 syllabus
The lectures and homeworks will adopt a somewhat different order of the
material than the textbook, as follows:

introduction to dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 1


kinematics of particles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 2
kinematics of rigid bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 5
dynamics of particles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 3
dynamics of particle systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 4
dynamics of rigid bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 6
three–dimensional dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 7

Most likely, we will not have sufficient time to cover the entire contents of
each Chapter.

3 prerequisites
The prerequisites for this class are MATH 22B (Differential Equations) and
ENG 35 (Statics). A working familiarity with the basic principles of vector
analysis is also essential.

4 homeworks
Homeworks will be assigned on Thursdays, and will be due at the beginning
of class the following Thursday. No late homeworks will be accepted, but the
homework with the lowest score will not count toward the course grade.

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5 exams
There will be a mid–term exam and a final exam, to test understanding of the
basic concepts and methods presented in the lectures. The exam problems
will be very similar in nature to the homework problems, so diligence with
regard to completion of the homeworks is the best preparation for the exams.
During the exams, you may make use of the textbook and your lecture notes,
but no other materials.

Make–up exams will be possible only in the case of legitimate extenuating


circumstances (e.g., medical condition or family emergency). Please inform
the instructor in advance if you anticipate such circumstances arising.

6 ABET course outcomes


The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) requires
us to identify certain expected “outcomes” for each course — those relevant
to ENG 102 are as follows:

(a) work comfortably and competently with mathematics,


science, and basic engineering principles;

(e) identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems;

(k) use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools


necessary for engineering practice.

7 grading policy
Penalties may be imposed on exams, homeworks, and papers for illegible or
poorly–organized work. The overall course grade is determined as follows:

homeworks 15%
mid–term 35%
final exam 50%

You are expected to observe the UC Davis Code of Academic Conduct (see
http://sja.ucdavis.edu/cac.html) concerning all aspects of this course.

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