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CIVE 281. Analytical Mechanics.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Civil Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Kinematics of particles, dynamics of particles. Work, conservative forces, potential energy. Relative motion and general moving frames of reference. Central force fields and orbits. Dynamics of a system of particles. General motion of rigid bodies, angular momentum and kinetic energy of rigid bodies. Generalized coordinates and forces, Lagrange's equations.
  • (3-1-5)
  • Corequisites: MATH 262, MATH 263.

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