Catalog Description:

• EOC 3113 - Dynamics:
  Dynamic analysis of particles, kinematics, kinetics and relative motion. Kinematics of rigid bodies, plane motion and general motion.
  (A grade of C or better is required for the major).

Pre-requisites:

• EOC3105 (Statics and Buoyancy, with a grade of C or above);
• MAP2302 (Differential Equations, with a grade of C or above).

Textbook:

• Engineering Mechanics - Vol. 2 - DYNAMICS, 4th. ed., by Meriam & Kraige

Coordinator/Instructor:

• Dr. J. S. Tennant, Department of Ocean Engineering.

Goals/Objectives:

• To provide Ocean Engineering majors with a fundamental understanding of the basics of dynamics as it may apply to future coures in the academic program.

Course Topics:

1. Kinematics of particles: Rectilinear motion, Plane curvilinear motion, Connected particles.
2. Kinetics of particles: Newton's Second Law, Rectilinear motions; Curvilinear motions; Work/Energy methods; Impulse and Momentum.
3. Kinematics of Rigid Bodies: Rotation, Relative motion, Instant centers.
4. Kinetics of rigid bodies.

• (The above topics are included in Chapters 1 through 6 of the textbook)

Laboratory & Computer Projects:

• N/A

Tests & Grading Procedure:

• Per Instructor.

Course Outcomes:

1. A thorough knowledge of the use of the free body diagram approach to dynamics.
2. An understanding of 2 dimensional kinematics in scalar and vector formulation.
3. The ability to use the above to synthesize solutions to fundamental problems involving forces and the accompanying accelerations.