COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Code: CE 212 Course Title: DYNAMICS OF RIGID BODIES

No. of Units: 4 Prerequisite/Co-requisite: Engineering Drawings and Plans Total No. of Hours: 108 hrs.
Course Description:

This course deals with: Measurement of distance and distance corrections, the use of surveying instruments, area computations, balancing the
traverse, elevation determination, and leveling., Stadia surveying, triangulation and trilateration, missing data, irregular boundaries and global
positioning system (CMO 92, S-2017)

Course Learning Outcomes:

After completing this course, the student must be able to:

1. Discuss the principles governing the motion of particles, velocity and acceleration;
2. Discuss the principles of Newton’s Second Law and its applications;
3. Explain kinematics of rigid bodies, its energy and momentum.

COURSE LEARNING PLAN

Time
Teaching and Outcome-Based
Topics Allotment CLO1 CLO2 CLO3 References
Learning Activities Assessment
(Hours)
Quizzes, Beer and Johnston,
Lecture and
I. Introduction to Dynamics 1.0 /
discussions
Assignments, and J.L. Meriam and L.G.
Oral recitation Kraige
Quizzes, Beer and Johnston,
II. Position, Velocity, and Lecture and
2.0 / Assignments, and J.L. Meriam and
Acceleration discussions
Oral recitation L.G.Kraige
Quizzes, Beer and Johnston,
III. Determination of the Motion Lecture and
3.0 / Assignments, and J.L. Meriam and L.G.
of the Particles discussions
Oral recitation Kraige
Quizzes, Beer and Johnston,
Lecture and
IV. Uniform Rectilinear Motion 1.0 /
discussions
Assignments, and J.L. Meriam and L.G.
Oral recitation Kraige
V. Uniformly Accelerated Lecture and
Quizzes, Beer and Johnston,
Rectilinear Motion 1.0 / Assignments, and J.L. Meriam and L.G.
discussions
Oral recitation Kraige
VI. Position Vector, Velocity, and Lecture and
Quizzes, Beer and Johnston,
Acceleration 1.0 / Assignments, and J.L. Meriam and L.G.
discussions
Oral recitation Kraige
VII. Derivatives of Vector Lecture and
Quizzes, Beer and Johnston,
Functions 1.0 / Assignments, and J.L. Meriam and L.G.
discussions
Oral recitation Kraige
VIII. Rectangular Components of Lecture and
Quizzes, Beer and Johnston,
Velocity and Acceleration 1.0 / Assignments, and J.L. Meriam and L.G.
discussions
Oral recitation Kraige
Quizzes, Beer and Johnston,
Lecture and
IX. Flight of Projectile 2.0 / Assignments, and J.L. Meriam and L.G.
discussions
Oral recitation Kraige
X. Tangential and Normal Quizzes, Beer and Johnston,
Lecture and
2.0 / Assignments, and J.L. Meriam and L.G.
Components of Acceleration discussions
Oral recitation Kraige
XI. Kinetics of Particles: Quizzes, Beer and Johnston,
Lecture and
2.0 / Assignments, and J.L. Meriam and L.G.
Newton’s Second Law discussions
Oral recitation Kraige
Midterm Examination 1.0
Quizzes, Beer and Johnston,
Lecture and
XII. Dynamic Equilibrium 2.0 / Assignments, and J.L. Meriam and L.G.
discussions
Oral recitation Kraige
XIII. Kinematics of Rigid Bodies 6.0 / / Lecture and Quizzes, Beer and Johnston,
xiii.1. Translation discussions Assignments, and J.L. Meriam and L.G.
xiii.2. Rotation About a Fixed Oral recitation Kraige
Axis
xiii.3. Equations Defining the
Rotation of a Rigid Body About a
Fixed Axis
xiii.4. General Plane Motion
xiii.5. Absolute and Relative
Velocity in Plane Motion
 xiii.6. Instantaneous Center of
Rotation of a Rigid Body About a
Fixed Axis
xiii.7. Absolute and Relative
Acceleration
xiii.8. Rate of Change of a
Vector with Respect to a
Rotating Frame
xiii.9. Plane Motion of a
Particle Relative to a Rotating
Frame; Coriolis Acceleration
xiii.10. Motion About a Fixed
Point
xiii.11. General Motion
XIV. Plane Motion of Rigid
Bodies: Forces and
Accelerations
xiv.1. Equation of Motions
xiv.2. Angular Momentum of a
Rigid Body in Plane Motion
xiv.3. Plane Motion of a Rigid Quizzes, Beer and Johnston,
Lecture and
4.0 / Assignments, and J.L. Meriam and L.G.
Body. D’ Alembert’s Principle discussions
Oral recitation Kraige
xiv.4. Solution of Problems
involving the Motion of Rigid
Bodies
xiv.5. Systems of Rigid Bodies
xiv.6. Constrained Plane
Motion
XV. Plane Motion of Rigid 5.0 / Lecture and Quizzes, Beer and Johnston,
Bodies: Energy and Momentum discussions Assignments, and J.L. Meriam and L.G.
Methods Oral recitation Kraige
xv.1. Principle of Work and
Energy for a Rigid Body
xv.2. Work of Forces Acting
on a Rigid Body
xv.3. Kinetic Energy of a
Rigid Body in Plane Motion
xv.4. Systems of Rigid Bodies
xv.5. Conservation of Energy
xv.6. Principle of Impulse and
Momentum
xv.7. Conservation of Angular
Momentum
xv.8. Impulse Motion
xv.9. Eccentric Impact
Final Examination 1.0

References:
1. Beer and Johnston. Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics, 7th SI ed. McGraw-Hill, 2003
2. Beer and Johnston. Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics, 9th SI ed.
3. Beer and Johnston. Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics, 10th SI ed.S
4. J.L. Meriam and L.G. Kraige. Engineering Mechanics Dynamics 7th Edition.
5. J.L. Meriam and L.G. Kraige. Engineering Mechanics Dynamics 6th Edition.