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1.053/2.003 Dynamics and Control I

Spring 2013

Instructors: David C Gossard, Konstantin Turitsyn

TAs: Sasan John Ghaemsaidi, Eric Vincent Heubel

Lecture: MW9:30-11:00 (3-270)
Office Hours: TWR18:00-20:00 (1-375)
Prof. Gossard's Office Hours: W13:00-15:00 (3-336)

Information:

Welcome to the first installment of Dynamics and Control. The first half of the term will cover rigid body dynamics. We will model mechanical systems, identify kinematic relationships, and use the force-momentum formulation to solve for the resulting motion. We will limit our study to planar motion. The second half of the semester will delve into work-energy concepts, virtual displacements and virtual work, Lagrange's equations for systems of particles and rigid bodies in planar motion. Students will learn how to derive and linearize equations of motion, carry out stability analysis of mechanical systems, and study free and forced vibration of linear multi-degree of freedom models of mechanical systems.

The course text is "Fundamentals of Applied Dynamics" by Professor James H. Williams, Jr. (ISBN 978-0-470-13385-9)

Announcements

Quiz 4 tomorrow (50-340)

Good afternoon class,

This announcement is to remind you that Quiz 4 will be taking place tomorrow, Tuesday May 21st, at 1:30pm in Walker Memorial gym (room 50-340). It is an hour and a half exam, just like the first three quizzes, and is non-cumulative.

-Eric

Announced on 20 May 2013 5:44 p.m. by Eric Vincent Heubel

Optional practice problem

Dear class,

I hope that your preparations for finals week and going well. I have uploaded a practice problem as PSet 13 if you feel you need to test your skills.

-Eric

Announced on 19 May 2013 4:34 p.m. by Eric Vincent Heubel

Subject Evaluation

It was a pleasure to have you for 2.003 and 2.031,

As the semester nears its close, please consider filling out subject evaluations by navigating to the following link:
http://web.mit.edu/subjectevaluation/evaluate.html

Your feedback is greatly appreciated, and will help with future versions of Dynamics and Control I.

-Eric

Announced on 08 May 2013 9:39 a.m. by Eric Vincent Heubel

PSet 12 due date and Office hours

Good morning class,

With the end of the term, and several classes ending in projects/presentation, the due date for Problem Set 12 has been moved to Tuesday May 14th at 9pm.

There will be no office hours this evening, but Professor Turitsyn will hold extra office hours on Monday evening at 6pm.

-Eric

Announced on 08 May 2013 9:35 a.m. by Eric Vincent Heubel

SUMMER UROP POSITIONS

NOTE: Prof. Gossard has several positions available for full-summer UROPs to assist in the production of multi-media, on-line learning materials. Students must have completed 2.003. Experience with any of the following software is a plus (but not a requirement): Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premier, Final Cut Pro, Maya, Javascript. Interested students should contact Prof. Gossard directly at (gossard@mit.edu).

Announced on 06 May 2013 8:45 a.m. by David C Gossard

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