Daily Schedule - Sp 24

ME 274: Spring 2024

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. Links to the homework (assignments, discussion threads and solution videos) are found on the Homework/Discussion page (see link in the left sidebar).

Week 1: 1/8-1/12 Week 2: 1/15-1/19 Week 3: 1/22-1/26
Week 4: 1/29-2/2 Week 5: 2/5-2/9 Week 6: 2/12-2/16
Week 7: 2/19-2/23 Week 8: 2/26-3/1 Week 9: 3/4-3/8
Week 10: 3/18-3/22 Week 11: 3/25-3/29 Week 12: 4/1-4/5
Week 13: 4/8-4/12 Week 14: 4/15-4/19 Week 15: 4/22-4/26

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WEEK 1

Monday, January 8
Particle kinematics: Cartesian description

Lecture book reading: Section 1.A
Lecture book example video: Example 1.A.1
Lecture book example video: Example 1.A.2
Lecture book conceptual questions: C1.2
Concluding remarks: Cartesian description

Wednesday, January 10
Particle kinematics: path description

Lecture book reading: Section 1.A
Lecture book example video: Example 1.A.3
Animation: path description of motion
Lecture book conceptual questions: C1.1, C1.3, C1.4, C1.5 
Concluding remarks: path description

Friday, January 12
Particle kinematics: polar description

Lecture book reading: Section 1.A
Lecture book example video: Example 1.A.4
Animation: polar description of motion
Lecture book conceptual questions: C1.6, C1.8
Concluding remarks: polar description

 

WEEK 2

Monday, January 15
No class: University holiday

Wednesday, January 17
Particle kinematics: joint descriptions

Lecture book reading: Section 1.C
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
Animation: Cartesian vending machine
Lecture book conceptual questions: C1.7, C1.9
Concluding remarks: joint description

Friday, January 19
Particle kinematics: constrained and relative motion

Lecture book reading: Section 1.D
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
Visualizing Mechanics: cable-pulley system kinematics
Lecture book conceptual questions: C1.10, C1.11, C1.12
Concluding remarks: relative and constrained motion

 

WEEK 3

Monday, January 22
Planar kinematics: rigid bodies

Lecture book reading: Section 2.A
Lecture book video: Example 2.A.1
Lecture book video: Example 2.A.2
Lecture book video: Example 2.A.3
Lecture book conceptual questions: C2.1
Concluding remarks: rigid body kinematics-1

Wednesday, January 24
Planar kinematics: rigid bodies

Lecture book reading: Section 2.A
Lecture book video: Example 2.A.4
Lecture book video: Example 2.A.5
Lecture book video: Example 2.A.6
Lecture book video: Example 2.A.7
Animation: rolling without slipping
Visualizing Mechanics: rolling without slipping
Lecture book conceptual questions: C2.2, C2.3, C2.11, C2.12, C2.14
Concluding remarks: rigid body kinematics-1

Friday, January 26
Planar kinematics: rigid bodies

Lecture book reading: Section 2.A
Lecture book video: Example 2.A.6
Lecture book video: Example 2.A.8
Lecture book video: Example 2.A.9
Lecture book video: Example 2.A.10
Lecture book conceptual questions: C2.15
Concluding remarks: rigid body kinematics-2

 

WEEK 4

Monday, January 29
Planar kinematics: rigid bodies (instant centers)

Lecture book reading: Section 2.B
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

Wednesday, January 31
Planar kinematics: rigid bodies (summary)

Lecture book reading: Section 2.C
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

Friday, Feburary 2
Moving reference frame kinematics: 2D

Lecture book reading: Section 3.A
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

 

WEEK 5

Monday, February 5
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
Lecture book conceptual questions: C3.2
Concluding remarks: 2D moving reference frames

Wednesday, February 7
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: C3.3, C3.4
Concluding remarks: 3D moving reference frames

Friday, February 9
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
Animation: angular acceleration of a gyroscope disk
Lecture book conceptual questions: C3.3, 3.5, C3.6
Concluding remarks: 3D moving reference frames

WEEK 6

Monday, February 12
Moving reference frame kinematics: 3D

Lecture book reading: Section 3.B of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 3.B.9
Lecture book video: Example 3.B.10
Lecture book video: Example 3.B.11
Lecture book conceptual questions: C3.3, 3.5, C3.6
Concluding remarks: 3D moving reference frames

Wednesday, February 14
No class: day off for evening exam

Friday, February 16
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
Animation: contact forces due to Coriolis acceleration
Animation: influence of speed on reactions
Lecture book conceptual questions: C4.2
Concluding remarks: Newton's laws

WEEK 7

Monday, February 19
Particle kinetics: Newton's laws

Lecture book reading: Section 4.A of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 4.A.6
Lecture book video: Example 4.A.7
Lecture book video: Example 4.A.8
Lecture book video: Example 4.A.9
Lecture book video: Example 4.A.10
Animation: experiencing "weightlessness"
Animation: reaction due to Coriolis component of acceleration
Lecture book conceptual questions: C4.3, C4.4
Concluding remarks: Newton's laws

Wednesday, February 21
Particle kinetics: Newton's laws

Lecture book reading: Section 4.A of the lecture book
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
Visualizing Mechanics: the water bucket experiment
Lecture book conceptual questions: C4.1
Concluding remarks: Newton's laws

Friday, February 23
Particle kinetics: work/energy

Lecture book reading: Section 4.B of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 4.B.1
Lecture book video: Example 4.B.2
Lecture book video: Example 4.B.3
Lecture book video: Example 4.B.4
Lecture book video: Example 4.B.5
Animation: energy conservation
Visualizing Mechanics: ballistic pendulum
Lecture book conceptual questions: C4.5
Concluding remarks: work/energy

 

WEEK 8

Monday, February 26
Particle kinetics: work/energy

Lecture book reading: Section 4.B of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 4.B.6
Lecture book video: Example 4.B.7
Lecture book video: Example 4.B.8
Animation: you can't push on a string
Visualizing Mechanics: roller coaster hill
Lecture book conceptual questions: C4.6
Concluding remarks: work/energy

Wednesday, February 28
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
Animation: conservation of linear momentum
Video: colliding bullets
Lecture book conceptual questions: C4.7, C4.9, C4.26
Concluding remarks: linear impulse/momentum

Friday, March 1
Particle kinetics: linear impulse momentum

Lecture book reading: Section 4.C of the lecture book
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
Lecture book video: Example 4.C.9
Visualizing Mechanics: conservation of linear momentum
Lecture book conceptual questions: C4.25
Concluding remarks: linear impulse/momentum

WEEK 9

Monday, March 4
Particle kinetics: central impact

Lecture book reading: Section 4.C of the lecture book
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
Animation: Impact drop tests
Animation: Pool ball impacts
Animation: Impacts and energy
Visualizing Mechanics: impacts
Visualizing Mechanics: impact forces
Lecture book conceptual questions: C4.8, C4.10, C4.11, C4.12, C4.16, C4.17, C4.18, C4.21, C.4.22, C4.23
Concluding remarks:  central impact

Wednesday, March 6
Particle kinetics: angular impulse momentum

Lecture book reading: Section 4.D of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 4.D.1
Lecture book video: Example 4.D.2
Lecture book video: Example 4.D.3
Animation: Particle on an elastic band
Lecture book conceptual questions: C4.13, C4.14
Concluding remarks: angular impulse/momentum

Friday, March 8
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: orbital motion
Lecture book conceptual questions: C4.15, C4.24
Concluding remarks: angular impulse/momentum

WEEK 10

Monday, March 18
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
Concluding remarks: kinetics review

Wednesday, March 20
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
Animation: friction dynamics
Lecture book conceptual questions: C5.1, C5.2, C5.3, C5.4, C5.5
Concluding remarks: Newton/Euler equations

Friday, March 22
Rigid body kinetics: Newton/Euler

Lecture book reading: Section 5.A of the lecture book
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
Animation: out-of-balance forces
Visualizing Mechanics: radius of gyration
Lecture book conceptual questions: C5.11, C5.12, C5.13
Concluding remarks: Newton/Euler equations

WEEK 11

Monday, March 25
Rigid body kinetics: Newton/Euler

Lecture book reading: Section 5.A of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 5.A.15
Lecture book video: Example 5.A.16
Lecture book video: Example 5.A.17
Animation: center of percussion
Visualizing Mechanics: impending motion of a spool
Visualizing Mechanics: effects of sliding friction on motion of rigid body
Lecture book conceptual questions: C5.14, C5.15, C5.16
Concluding remarks: Newton/Euler equations

Wednesday, March 27
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 conceptual questions: C5.17, C.5.18, C5.19
Concluding remarks: work/energy

Friday, March 29
Rigid body kinetics: work/energy

Lecture book reading: Section 5.B of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 5.B.6
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 conceptual questions: C5.20, C5.21
Concluding remarks: work/energy

WEEK 12

Monday, April 1
Rigid body kinetics: impulse momentum

Lecture book reading: Section 5.C of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 5.C.1
Lecture book video: Example 5.C.2
Lecture book video: Example 5.C.3
Lecture book video: Example 5.C.5
Concluding remarks: impulse/momentum

Wednesday, April 3
No class: due to evening exam

Friday, April 5
Rigid body kinetics: impulse momentum

Lecture book reading: Section 5.C of the lecture book
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
Animation: Energy and momentum conservation
Concluding remarks: Impulse/momentum

WEEK 13

Monday, April 8
Rigid body kinetics: summary

Lecture book reading: Section 5.C of the lecture book
Review material: kinetics methods table
Review material: rapid fire questions
Review material: conceptual questions
Lecture: There will be no live lectures given today. Instead, watch one of the two videos below for today's material. These videos are recorded by two of your instructors this semester, with each video covering the same material. Although each will offer a different perspective on the material, there is no need to watch both.
°  Professor Gibert's lecture recording
°  Professor Krousgrill's lecture recording
Concluding remarks: kinetics review

Wednesday, April 10
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
Friday, April 12
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
Additional material: The parameters of harmonic motion
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

WEEK 14

Monday, April 15
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 conceptual questions: C6.5, C6.7, C6.8, C6.9
Concluding remarks: free, damped free response
Wednesday, April 17
Vibrations: free response 

Lecture book reading: Section 6.B of the lecture book
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
Animation: Influence of damping ratio on free response
Lecture book conceptual questions: C6.10, C6.11, C6.16
Concluding remarks: free, damped free response
Friday, April 19
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

WEEK 15

Monday, April 22
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
Animation: Base excitation: two-story building response
Visualizing Mechanics: base-excited motion
Lecture book conceptual questions: C6.6, C6.13
Concluding remarks: Forced response 2
Wednesday, April 24
Vibrations: forced response

Lecture book reading: Section 6.C of the lecture book
Lecture book video: Example 6.C.10
Lecture book video: Example 6.C.11
Lecture book video: Example 6.C.12
Animation: Base excitation: three-story building response
Lecture book conceptual questions: C6.6, C6.13
Concluding remarks: Forced response 2
Friday, April 26
Course overview