Daily Schedule – Summer 2026

ME 274: Summer 2026

This page is set up to provide you with links to course material that is directly related to each class period. Please use this as a guideline for your daily work in the course. For your convenience, links to the homework (assignments, discussion threads and solution videos) are provided on this page also.

Week 1: 6/15-6/19
Week 2: 6/22-6/26
Week 3: 6/29-7/3
Week 4: 7/6-7/10
Week 5: 7/13-7/17
Week 6: 7/20-7/24
Week 7: 7/27-7/31
Week 8: 8/3-8/7

WEEK 1


Monday, June 15
Particle kinematics: Cartesian description

Lecture book reading: Section 1.A of the lecture book
Lecture book example video: Example 1.A.1
Lecture book example video: Example 1.A.2
Lecture book c
onceptual questions: C1.2
Demo: Cartesian gantry vending machine
Concluding remarks: Cartesian description

Tuesday, June 16
Particle kinematics: path description

Lecture book reading: Section 1.A of the lecture book
Lecture book example video: Example 1.A.3
Additional lecture book examples for today
Animation: path description of motion
Lecture book conceptual questions: C1.1, C1.3, C1.4, C1.5 

Concluding remarks: path description

Wednesday, June 17
Particle kinematics: polar description

Lecture book reading: Section 1.A of the lecture book
Lecture book example video: Example 1.A.4
Additional lecture book examples for today
Animation: polar description of motion
Lecture book conceptual questions:
C1.6, C1.8

Concluding remarks: polar description

Thursday, June 18
Particle kinematics: joint descriptions

Lecture book reading: Section 1.C of the lecture book
Lecture book example video: Example 1.C.1
Lecture book example video: Example 1.C.2
Lecture book example video: Example 1.C.3

Lecture book example video: Example 1.C.4
Animation: joint description
Lecture book conceptual questions:
C1.7, C1.9, C1.13

Concluding remarks: joint description

Friday, June 19
Particle kinematics: joint descriptions

Lecture book reading: Section 1.C of the lecture book
Lecture book example video: Example 1.C.1
Lecture book example video: Example 1.C.2
Lecture book example video: Example 1.C.3

Lecture book example video: Example 1.C.4
Animation: joint description
Lecture book conceptual questions:
C1.7, C1.9, C1.13

Concluding remarks: joint description


WEEK 2


Monday, June 22
Particle kinematics: constrained and relative motion

Lecture book reading: Section 1.D of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 1.D.1
Lecture book video:
Example 1.D.2

Lecture book video: Example 1.D.3
Lecture book video: Example 1.D.4
Lecture book video: Example 1.D.5
Lecture book video: Example 1.D.6

Animation: constrained motion
Animation: relative motion
Lecture book conceptual questions:
 C1.10, C1.11, C1.12

Concluding remarks: relative and constrained motion

Tuesday, June 23
Planar kinematics: rigid bodies

Lecture book reading: Section 2.A of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 2.A.1
Lecture book video: Example 2.A.2
Lecture book video: Example 2.A.3
Lecture book video: Example 2.A.4
Lecture book video: Example 2.A.5
Reminder: cross products of unit vectors using the right-hand rule

Lecture book conceptual questions: 
C2.1
Concluding remarks: rigid body kinematics-1

Tuesday, June 24
Planar kinematics: rigid bodies

Lecture book reading: Section 2.A of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 2.A.6
Lecture book video: Example 2.A.7
Lecture book video: Example 2.A.8
Lecture book video: Example 2.A.9
Lecture book video: Example 2.A.10

Animation: rolling without slipping
Visualization demo: rolling without slipping
Visualizing Mechanics: rolling without slipping
Lecture book conceptual questions: 
C2.2, C2.3, C2.11, C2.12, C2.14, C2.15
Concluding remarks: rigid body kinematics-2

Thursday, June 25
Planar kinematics: rigid bodies (instant centers)

Lecture book reading: Section 2.B of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 2.B.1
Lecture book video: Example 2.B.2
Lecture book video: Example 2.B.3
Lecture book video: Example 2.B.4
Lecture book video: Example 2.B.5
Lecture book video: Example 2.B.6
Additional IC examples w/ solutions
Animation: ICs of four-bar mechanism
Animation: ICs of slider-crank mechanism
Animation: rolling w/o slipping vs. rolling w/ slipping
Visualizing Mechanics:
instant centers
Lecture book conceptual questions: C2.4, C2.5, C2.6, C2.7, C2.8, C2.9, C2.10, C2.13
Concluding remarks: rigid body kinematics-ICs

Friday, June 26
Planar kinematics: rigid bodies (summary)

Lecture book reading: Section 2.C of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 2.C.1
Lecture book video: Example 2.C.2
More additional IC examples w/ solutions
Animation: general 2D rigid body motion
Lecture book conceptual questions:
 C2.15
Concluding remarks: rigid body kinematics-4


WEEK 3


Monday, June 29
Moving reference frame kinematics: 2D

Lecture book reading: Section 3.A of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 3.A.1
Lecture book video: Example 3.A.2
Lecture book video: Example 3.A.3
Lecture book video: Example 3.A.4
Animation: views from different reference frames
Lecture book conceptual questions: 
C3.1
Concluding remarks: 2D moving reference frames

Tuesday, June 30
Moving reference frame kinematics: 2D

Lecture book reading: Section 3.A of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 3.A.5
Lecture book video: Example 3.A.6
Lecture book video: Example 3.A.7
Animation: the merry-go-round reference frame
Visualizing Mechanics: the merry-go-round reference frame
Animation: MRFs – aircraft problem
Animation: The Geneva Mechanism
Lecture book conceptual questions: 
C3.2, C3.3
Concluding remarks: 
2D moving reference frames

Wednesday, July 1
Moving reference frame kinematics: 3D

Lecture book reading: Section 3.B of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 3.B.1
Lecture book video:
Example 3.B.2
Lecture book video: Example 3.B.3
Lecture book video:
Example 3.B.4
Lecture book video: Example 3.B.5

Lecture book conceptual questions:
C3.4

Concluding remarks: 3D moving reference frames

Thursday, July 2
Exam 1

Friday, July 3
No class – University holiday


WEEK 4


Monday, July 6
Moving reference frame kinematics: 3D

Lecture book reading: Section 3.B of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 3.B.6
Lecture book video: Example 3.B.7
Lecture book video: Example 3.B.8

Lecture book video: Example 3.B.9
Lecture book video: Example 3.B.10
Lecture book video:
Example 3.B.11
Animation: angular acceleration of a gyroscope disk

Lecture book conceptual questions:
C3.5, C3.6

Concluding remarks: 3D moving reference frames

Tuesday, July 7
Particle kinetics: Newton’s laws

Lecture book reading: Section 4.A of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 4.A.1
Lecture book video: Example 4.A.2
Lecture book video: Example 4.A.3
Lecture book video: Example 4.A.4
Lecture book video: Example 4.A.5
Lecture book video: Example 4.A.6
Lecture book video: Example 4.A.7
Lecture book video: Example 4.A.8

Animation: influence of speed on reactions
Lecture book conceptual questions:
C4.1, C4.2
Concluding remarks: Newton’s laws

Wednesday, July 8
Particle kinetics: Newton’s laws and work/energy

Lecture book reading: Sections 4.A/B of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 4.A.9
Lecture book video: Example 4.A.10
Lecture book video: Example 4.A.11
Lecture book video: Example 4.A.12
Lecture book video: Example 4.A.13

Lecture book video: Example 4.A.14
Lecture book video: Example 4.A.15
Lecture book video: Example 4.B.1
Lecture book video: Example 4.B.2
Lecture book video: Example 4.B.3

Animation: reaction due to Coriolis component of acceleration
Lecture book conceptual questions:
 C4.3, C4.4
Concluding remarks: Newton’s laws
Concluding remarks: work/energy 1

Thursday, July 9
Particle kinetics: work/energy

Lecture book reading: Section 4.B of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 4.B.4
Lecture book video: Example 4.B.5
Lecture book video: Example 4.B.6
Lecture book video: Example 4.B.7
Lecture book video: Example 4.B.8
Animation: energy conservation
Animation: you can’t push on a string
Lecture book conceptual questions:
C4.5, C4,6
Concluding remarks: work/energy 2

Friday, July 10
Particle kinetics: linear impulse momentum

Lecture book reading: Section 4.C of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 4.C.1
Lecture book video: Example 4.C.2
Lecture book video: Example 4.C.3
Lecture book video:Example 4.C.4

Lecture book video: Example 4.C.5
Lecture book video: Example 4.C.6
Lecture book video:
Example 4.C.7
Lecture book video: Example 4.C.8
Animation: conservation of linear momentum
Fun facts: Impact forces seen in sports
Lecture book conceptual questions: C4.7, C4.8, C4.9, C4.16, C4.17, C4.18
Concluding remarks: linear impulse/momentum 1
Concluding remarks: linear impulse/momentum 2


WEEK 5


Monday, July 13
Particle kinetics: central impact and
angular impulse momentum 

Lecture book reading: Sections 4.C/D of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 4.C.9
Lecture book video: Example 4.C.10
Lecture book video: Example 4.C.11
Lecture book video: Example 4.C12
Lecture book video: Example 4.C13
Lecture book video: Example 4.D.1
Lecture book video: Example 4.D.2
Lecture book video: Example 4.D.3
Animation: impact drop tests
Animation: pool ball impacts
Animation: impacts and energy
Animation: conservation of linear momentum
Fun facts: Impact forces seen in sports
Lecture book conceptual questions: C4.8, C4.10, C4.11, C4.12, C4.18, C4.21, C.4.22, C4.23
Concluding remarks:  central impact
Concluding remarks: angular impulse/momentum 1

Tuesday, July 14
Particle kinetics: angular impulse momentum

Lecture book reading: Section 4.D of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 4.D.5
Lecture book video: Example 4.D.6
Lecture book video: Example 4.D.7
Animation: particle on an elastic band
Animation: orbital motion
Lecture book conceptual questions:
C4.13, C4.14
Concluding remarks:
angular impulse/momentum 2

Wednesday, July 15
Particle kinetics: Summary

Lecture book reading: Sections 4.A-E of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 4.A.11
Lecture book video: Example 4.C.4
Lecture book video: Example 4.D.4
Review material: rapid-fire questions from Chapter 4
Lecture book conceptual questions:
C4.15, C4.20, C4.24, C4.25
Concluding remarks: particle kinetics summary

Thursday, July 16
Rigid body kinetics: Newton/Euler

Lecture book reading: Section 5.A of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 5.A.1
Lecture book video: Example 5.A.2
Lecture book video: Example 5.A.3
Lecture book video: Example 5.A.4
Lecture book video: Example 5.A.5
Lecture book video:
Example 5.A.6
Lecture book video: Example 5.A.7
Lecture book video: Example 5.A.8
Animation: friction dynamics
Lecture book conceptual questions:
C5.1, C5.2, C5.3, C5.4, C5.5, C5.6, C5.7, C5.8
Concluding remarks: Newton/Euler equations 1

Friday, July 17
Rigid body kinetics: Newton/Euler

Lecture book reading: Section 5.A of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 5.A.9
Lecture book video: Example 5.A.10

Lecture book video: Example 5.A.11
Lecture book video: Example 5.A.12
Lecture book video: Example 5.A.13
Lecture book video: Example 5.A.14
Lecture book video: Example 5.A.15
Lecture book video: Example 5.A.16
Lecture book video: Example 5.A.17
Animation: out-of-balance forces
Animation: center of percussion
Lecture book conceptual questions:
 C5.9, C5.10, C5.11, C5.12, C5.13, C5.14, C5.15, C5.16
Concluding remarks: Newton/Euler equations 2
Concluding remarks: Newton/Euler equations 3


WEEK 6


Monday, July 20
Rigid body kinetics: work/energy

Lecture book reading: Section 5.B of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 5.B.1
Lecture book video: Example 5.B.2
Lecture book video: Example 5.B.3
Lecture book video: Example 5.B.4
Lecture book video: Example 5.B.5
Lecture book video: Example 5.B.6
Lecture book conceptual questions: 
C5.17, C.5.18, C5.19
Concluding remarks: work/energy 1

Tuesday, July 21
Rigid body kinetics: work/energy and impulse momentum

Lecture book reading: Sections 5.B/C of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 5.B.7
Lecture book video: Example 5.B.8
Lecture book video: Example 5.B.9
Lecture book video: Example 5.B.10
Lecture book video: Example 5.C.1
Lecture book video: Example 5.C.2
Lecture book video: Example 5.C.3
Lecture book conceptual questions: 
C5.20, C5.21
Concluding remarks: work/energy 2
Concluding remarks: impulse/momentum 1

Wednesday, July 22
Exam 2

Thursday, July 23
Rigid body kinetics: impulse momentum

Lecture book reading: Section 5.C of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 5.C.5
Lecture book video: Example 5.C.6
Lecture book video: Example 5.C.7
Lecture book video: Example 5.C.8
Lecture book video: Example 5.C.9
Review material: kinetics methods table
Animation: energy and momentum conservation
Concluding remarks: Impulse/momentum 2

Friday, July 24
Rigid body kinetics: summary

Lecture book reading: Sections 5.A-C of the lecture book
Review material: kinetics methods table
Review material: rapid fire questions
what method do you use for solving these problems?
Review material: conceptual questions
Concluding remarks: kinetics review


WEEK 7


Monday, July 27
Vibrations: EOMs

Lecture book reading: Section 6.A of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 6.A.1
Lecture book video: Example 6.A.2
Lecture book video: Example 6.A.3
Animation: review of problems exhibiting oscillatory motion
Animation: drawing FBDs for vibrations
Lecture book conceptual questions:
C6.1
Concluding remarks: EOMs

Tuesday, July 28
Vibrations: free response 

Lecture book reading: Section 6.B of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 6.B.1
Lecture book video: Example 6.B.2

Lecture book video: Example 6.B.3
Lecture book video: Example 6.B.4
Lecture book video: Example 6.B.5

Animation: static deformation and EOMs
Animation: more on static deformation and vibrations
Lecture book conceptual questions:
C6.2, C6.3, C6.4, C6.8, C6.14, C6.15
Concluding remarks: free, undamped response

Wednesday, July 29
Vibrations: free response 

Lecture book reading: Section 6.B of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 6.B.6
Lecture book video: Example 6.B.7
Lecture book video: Example 6.B.8
Lecture book video: Example 6.B.9
Lecture book video: Example 6.B.10
Lecture book video: Example 6.B.11
Lecture book video: Example 6.B.12
Lecture book video: Example 6.B.13
Lecture book video: Example 6.B.14
Lecture book conceptual questions: C6.5, C6.7, C6.9, C6.10, C6.11, C6.16
Concluding remarks: free, damped response

Thursday, July 30
Vibrations: forced response

Lecture book reading: Section 6.C of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 6.C.1
Lecture book video: Example 6.C.4
Lecture book video: Example 6.C.5
Lecture book video: Example 6.C.6
Lecture book video: Example 6.C.7
Animation: forced response due to harmonic excitation
Lecture book conceptual questions:
C6.12
Concluding remarks: forced response 1

Friday, July 31
Vibrations: forced response

Lecture book reading: Section 6.C of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 6.C.8
Lecture book video: Example 6.C.9
Lecture book video: Example 6.C.10
Lecture book video: Example 6.C.11
Lecture book video: Example 6.C.12
Animation: base excitation: two-story building response
Animation: base excitation: three-story building response
Lecture book conceptual questions:
C6.6, C6.13
Concluding remarks: forced response 2


WEEK 8


Monday, August 3
Vibrations: summary

Tuesday, August 4
Course Review

Wednesday, August 5
Final exam