Scanned Lecture Notes for Dynamics

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Lecture 1: Introduction: definitions, basic principles, equations of motion, free-body diagrams, worked example.

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Lecture 2: Kinematics of a particle: straight-line motion, curvilinear motion, cartesian coordinates, angular motion.

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Lecture 3: Angular motion: rotating unit vector. Normal and tangential components. Polar and cylindrical coordinates.

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Lecture 4: Relative motion. Planar kinematics of rigid bodies: angular velocity vector, instantaneous centre, accelerations.

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Lecture 5: Applications of planar kinematics of rigid bodies: motion of a 3-bar chain.

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Lecture 6: Applications of planar kinematics of rigid bodies: gears. Spur gears, simple gear train, compound gear train, design exercise.

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