Course Features
Course Description
This
class is an introduction to the dynamics and vibrations of
lumped-parameter models of mechanical systems. Topics include
kinematics; force-momentum formulation for systems of particles and
rigid bodies in planar motion; work-energy concepts; virtual
displacements and virtual work; Lagrange's equations for systems of
particles and rigid bodies in planar motion; linearization of equations
of motion; linear stability analysis of mechanical systems; free and
forced vibration of linear multi-degree of freedom models of mechanical
systems; and matrix eigenvalue problems. The class includes an
introduction to numerical methods and using MATLABŪ to solve dynamics
and vibrations problems.
This version of the class stresses kinematics and builds around a
strict but powerful approach to kinematic formulation which is
different from the approach presented in Spring 2007. Our notation was
adapted from that of Professor Kane of Stanford University.
Recommended Citation
For any use or distribution of these materials, please cite as follows:
Sanjay Sarma, Nicholas Makris, Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi, and Peter So,
course materials for 2.003J / 1.053J Dynamics and Control I, Fall 2007.
MIT OpenCourseWare (http://ocw.mit.edu), Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. Downloaded on [DD Month YYYY].
Technical Requirements
Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .m, .mat, .rm, and .zip.