Announcements

• 10/22/09: Office hours on Monday, 26th are cancelled (I will be out of town).
• 20091019: Homework 6 posted.
• 20091007: Midterm I solutions posted.
• 28Sept09: Homework 4 posted.
• 23Sept09: Homework 3 solutions posted.
• 20090921: Homework 2 solutions posted.
• 20090917: For problem 12.9, you should use the friction coefficients mu_static = 0.4 and mu_dynamic = 0.3.
• 20090914: Homework 3 has been posted. Note that included in this assignment is a MATLAB problem.
• 09/09/09: We now have rooms for our discussion sections. The first one will be tomorrow (Thursday 10) at 4PM in 70 Evans. See more details in the discussion sections information below.
• 20090907: Homework 2 has been posted.
• 20090902: There is a drop box for homeworks on the third floor of Etcheverry Hall.
• 20090902: We have not been given a room yet for our discussion. Until posted otherwise, all discussion sections will be replaced by office hours held in 2162 Etcheverry Hall. This would be a great time for homework questions!

Course Schedule

Lecture: MWF 1-2, 120 Latimer.

Discussion Sections:

• Wednesday 4-5 PM in 107 GPB (starting Wednesday 16)
• Thursday 4-5 PM in 70 Evans (starting Thursday 10)

Instructor

Professor Karl Hedrick [khedrick AT me].
Office hours: MWF 2:30 - 3:30 in 5104 Etcheverry Hall, or by appointment. 

GSIs

Jared Wood [jared.jwood AT gmail].
Office: Vehicle Dynamics Lab, 2162 Etcheverry Hall.
Office Hours: Thursday 3-4.

Andrew Gray [ajgray AT berkeley].
Office: Vehicle Dynamics Lab, 2162 Etcheverry Hall.
Office Hours: Monday 11-12.

 

Text

Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics, Beer, Johnston, and Cornwell, 9th Edition, McGraw Hill, 2009.

 

Supplemental Notes

ME 104 Class Notes, Poolla & Horowitz.

Course Outline

WEEK	TOPIC	TEXT
1	Kinematics of Particles-I	11.1-11.8
2	Kinematics of Particles-II	11.9-11.14
3	Kinetics of Particles-I Newton's 2nd Law	12.1-12.8
4	Kinetics of Particles-II Linear Momentum, Impact	13.12-13.15 Supp. P&H
5	Kinetics of Particles-III Angular Momentum, Orbital Mechanics	Supp. P&H 12.8-12.13
6	Kinetics of Particles-IV Work and Energy	13.1-13.11
	First Midterm Exam Sept 25, 1-2PM
7	Systems of Particles	14.1-14.12
8	Kinematics of Rigid Bodies-2D	15.1-15.12
9	Kinetics of Rigid Bodies-2D I	16.1-16.8
10	Kinetics of Rigid Bodies-2D II	17.1-17.12
11	3D Rigid Body Kinetics and Kinematics	15.13-15.15 18.1-18.8
	Second Midterm Exam Oct 30, 1-2PM
12	Mechanical Vibrations	19.1-19.6
13	Course Review
	Final Exam Dec 16, 5-8PM

Discussion Notes

MATLAB main file
MATLAB function definition
Notes from 12 Nov 2009

Exams

Midterm I solutions
Midterm II Review [solution]
Midterm II solutions

Homework

Homework problems are from the textbook unless specified otherwise.
Homeworks are due at 5PM the day posted unless specified otherwise.
Hand in homeworks to the ME104 box at the south-east side of the 3rd floor of Etcheverry Hall.

• Homework 1 [solution]
  Chapter 11: 2,4,7,10,24,28,29,30,183,184.
  Due: Tuesday, Sept 8th.
• Homework 2 [solution]
  Chapter 11: 34,36,39,41,47,49,55,100,101,193.
  Due: Monday, Sept 14th.
• Homework 3 [solution]
  Chapter 12: 4,9,11,18,23,39,43.
  For problem 9, use mu_static = 0.4 and mu_dynamic = 0.3.
  Matlab Problem
  Due: Monday, Sept 21st.
• Homework 4 [solution]
  Chapter 13: 160,165,166,170
  Chapter 12: 102,103,105,117,133
  For problem 12.133, use 40 mi, not 50 mi.
  Due: Wednesday, Oct 7th.
• Homework 5 [solution]
  Chapter 13: 19,41,44,178,180,201
  Due: Friday, Oct 16th.
• Homework 6 [solution]
  Chapter 14: 1,5,19,39,46,49,75
  MATLAB problem [solution]
  Due: Monday, Oct 26th.
• Homework 7 [solution]
  Chapter 15: 8,10,18,23,41,50,89,119
  Due: Monday, Nov 9th.
• Homework 8 [solution]
  Chapter 16: 3,5,13,34,69,76,84,87,94,141
  Due: Monday, Nov 16th.
• Homework 9
  Due: Monday, Nov 23rd.

 

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