This intermediate course develops analytical dynamics using Euclidean vector algebra and calculus. It covers particle and rigid-body motion, momentum and conservation principles, relative motion, orbital dynamics, and inertia-based analysis.

Syllabus

Intermediate Dynamics: Elements of Euclidean Vector Algebra (1 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Elements of Euclidean Vector Calculus (2 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Geometric Aspects of Vector Calculus (3 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Particle Kinematics (Cartesian Analysis) (4 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Smoothly Varying Rigid Vector Triads (5 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Vector Description of 3D Rotation (6 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Cylindrical & Global Coordinates (7 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Non-Cartesian Particle Kinematics (8 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: 3D Non-Cartesian Particle Kinematics (9 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Non-Cartesian Particle Dynamics (10 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: 3D Non-Cartesian Particle Dynamics (11 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Momentum (Linear & Angular) Principles (12 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Conservation Principles (13 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Introduction to Orbital Dynamics (14 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Selected Orbital Dynamics Problems (15 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Classical Galilean Relativity (16 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Equations of General Relative Motion (17 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Relative Motion Examples (18 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: 3D Relative Motion Examples (19 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Rigid Body Kinematics I (20 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Rigid Body Kinematics II (21 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Dynamical Relations for Systems & Rigid Bodies (22 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Introduction to 3D Rigid Body Dynamics (23 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Dynamical Analysis of Slender Rod Structures (24 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Dynamics via Inertia Matrix Methods (25 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Parallel Axis & Symmetry Considerations (26 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Principal Coordinate Analysis (27 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Dynamics of Axially Symmetric Bodies (28 of 29).
Intermediate Dynamics: Simple Steady State Precessional Motion (29 of 29).