Description
The course Mechanics II is designed to introduce the engineering and material science students to the dynamics of particles and rigid bodies. The course represents a continuation of Mechanics I. The first objective of the course is to enable the students to deal with the mathematical description of motion, i.e. the kinematics of particles and rigid bodies. The students should be able to analyze and solve any problem in curvilinear motion of particles, relative motion, and motions of systems of particles, kinematics of a rigid body, and kinematics of multi-body systems. The second objective of the course is to enable the students to apply Newton’s axioms to particles and finite rigid bodies and understand, how motion and force are related to each other. Mechanics II is an essential course that prepares the student to deal with real mechanical systems such as mechanisms and machines for industrial applications.