FAEN 104: Basic Mechanics II
Credits:
3
Branches of dynamics, Rectilinear Motion of Particles, displacement, velocity, acceleration,
uniformity accelerated motion, relative motion, dependent motions and graphical methods.
Curvilinear motion of particles; Displacement, velocity, acceleration, rectangular components,
tangential and normal components. Kinetics of particles: Newton’s second law of motion,
equations of motion, Work, Energy, Power and Efficiency: Work done by force, springs, kinetic
and potential energy, conservation of energy, principle of work and energy, power, efficiency,
impulse and Momentum: Impulse, linear and angular momentum, conservation of momentum,
system of particles. Kinematics of rigid bodies. Introduction to vibration:Undamped free vibration,
undamped forced vibration, rotational vibration, energy method, damped free vibration, damped
force vibration, electric analogue.