| LEC # | TOPICS | LECTURE NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Introduction | (PDF) |
| L2 | Degrees of freedom and constraints, rectilinear motion | (PDF) |
| L3 | Vectors, matrices and coordinate transformations | (PDF) |
| L4 | Curvilinear motion; Cartesian coordinates | (PDF) |
| L5 | Other coordinate systems | (PDF) |
| L6 | Intrinsic coordinates | (PDF) |
| L7 | Relative motion using translating axes | (PDF) |
| L8 | Relative motion using rotating axes | (PDF) |
| L9 | Linear impulse and momentum; collisions | (PDF) |
| L10 | Angular impulse and momentum for a particle | (PDF) |
| L11 | Conservation laws for systems of particles | (PDF) |
| L12 | Work and energy | (PDF) |
| L13 | Conservative internal forces and potential energy | (PDF) |
| L14 | Variable mass systems: the rocket equation | (PDF) |
| L15 | Central force motion: Kepler's laws | (PDF) |
| L16 | Central force motion: orbits | (PDF) |
| L17 | Orbit transfers and interplanetary trajectories | (PDF) |
| L18 | Exploring the neighborhood: the restricted three-body problem | (PDF) |
| L19 | Vibration, normal modes, natural frequencies, instability | (PDF) |
| L20 | Energy methods: Lagrange's equations | (PDF) |
| L21 | 2D rigid body dynamics | (PDF) |
| L22 | 2D rigid body dynamics: work and energy | (PDF) |
| L23 | 2D rigid body dynamics: impulse and momentum | (PDF) |
| L24 | Pendulums | (PDF) |
| L25 | 3D rigid body kinematics | (PDF) |
| L26 | 3D rigid body dynamics: the inertia tensor | (PDF) |
| L27 | 3D rigid body dynamics: kinetic energy, instability, equations of motion | (PDF) |
| L28 | 3D rigid body dynamics: equations of motion; Euler's equations | (PDF) |
| L29 | 3D rigid body dynamics | (PDF) |
| L30 | 3D rigid body dynamics: tops and gyroscopes | (PDF) |
| L31 | Inertial instruments and inertial navigation | (PDF) |
| L32 |
Dynamics and control challenges that occurred during the Apollo project (Courtesy of Dr. Bill Widnall. Used with permission.) | ( PDF) |