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MEC 262
Engineering Dynamics

Instructor: Dr. Lifeng Wang

Course Outline
Policies
Introductions

EngineeringMechanics dealswiththestateofa
bodyatrest ormotion ofabodycausedbythe
actionofforces.
Statics dealswiththeactionofforcesonbodiesatrest.
Netforceactingonthebodyiszero
Dynamics dealswiththemotionofbodiesunderthe
actionofforces.Netforceactingonabodyisnot zero.

Kinematics studyofmotionwithoutreferenceto
theforceswhichcausethemotion.Dealswith
position,velocity,andaccelerationintermsoftime
Kinetics relatestheactionofforcesonbodies
totheirresultingmotions

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Fundamentals Concepts

Basic Quantities
y Length, Mass, Time, Force
Units of Measurement
y m, kg, s, N (SI, Int. System of Units)

- Dimensional Homogeneity
- Significant Figures

Fundamentals Concepts
Idealizations
y Particles
A body, not necessarily small, where its motion can be
characterized without considering its size and orientation.
Rotation of the body about its own axis is neglected.

y Rigid Body
The body is called a rigid body if its rotation about its
own axis cannot be neglected. Neglect material properties

y Concentrated Force
y Supports and Reactions
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General Principles
- Newtons Laws of Motion
y First Law, Second Law, Third Law
y Law of Gravitational Attraction

- Impulse and Momentum

- Work and Energy
- Principle of Virtual Work (Equilibrium)

Static Analysis
y Force and Equilibrium
y Force System Resultants
y Structural Analysis
y Internal forces
y Friction
y Centroid and Moments of Inertia
y Virtual Work and Stability

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Dynamic Analysis
y Kinematics of a Particle
y Kinetics: Force and Acceleration
y Work and Energy
y Impulse and Momentum (Impact)
y Planar Kinematics and Kinetics
y 3-D Kinematics and Kinetics
y Vibrations

ProblemSolvingTechnique
1. Identifyallgivendata(knownparameters)

2. Identifythegoal(unknownparameters)

3. Drawdiagramsneededtosolvetheproblem:
FreeBodyDiagram(FBD),MotionDiagram
(inertialResponseDiagram),GeometryDiagram

4. Identifythedynamicsprinciplesappliedtothe
problem

5. Clearlystateallassumptions

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ProblemSolvingTechnique

6. Solveequations:linearequation(s),nonlinear
equation(s).

7. Useyourtechnicaljudgment(commonsense)
todetermineiftheanswerisreasonable

8. Reporttheanswerwiththesameaccuracyas
thegivendata

Some Reference Values

Acceleration, SI system (English system)
Fast car 3 m/s2 (118 in/ s2)
Hard braking car 7 m/s2 (275 in/ s2)
Earth gravity at sea level 9.81 m/s2 (32.2 ft/ s2)
Humans blackout 40 m/s2 (4 g-force)

Belly flopping in water from 10 m 100 m/s2 (10 g-force)

diving board, causing broken bones
Head-on car collision occupant 10,000 m/s2 (2730 ft/ s2)
acceleration
Bullet fired from a rifle 60,000 m/s2 (16,400 ft/ s2)
Centrifugal acceleration of light 2 x 1013 m/s2 (550 x 1013 ft/s2)
trapped in a black hole
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Some Reference Values

Force, SI system (English system)
Attraction between electron and
proton in hydrogen
Weight of a piece of paper
Weight of a small apple
0.08 N (.018 lb.)
0.04 N (.14 ounce)
1 N (.22 lb.)

Finger force for appliance 7 N (1.6 lb.)

Weight of bag of potatoes 100 N (22.5 lb.)
Weight of two small people 1.5 kN (337 lb.)
Thrust of Boeing 747 1 MN (224, 820 lb.)
Space shuttle thrust 0.2 GN (45 million lbs.)

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Applied Mechanics
Rigid Body Mechanics
Statics
Dynamics
Kinematics
Kinetics
Deformable Body Mechanics
Elasticity
Plasticity
Viscoelasticity
Fluid Mechanics
Liquids
Gases

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This Course
y Classes: MoWeFr 11:00AM - 11:53AM
y Location: HARRIMAN HALL 137
y Recitations: Mo 1:00PM - 1:53PM, HVY ENGR LAB 201;
Mo 4:00PM - 4:53PM, HARRIMAN HALL 108; We
4:00PM - 4:53PM, HARRIMAN HALL 108
y Instructor: Dr. Lifeng Wang
(lifeng.wang@stonybrook.edu)
Office: 141 Light Engineering
Office Hours: MoWe 2:00PM - 3:30PM, or by
appointment
y Lecture notes and homework solutions:
Blackboard: http://blackboard.stonybrook.edu/ (will need
your NetID login and password to access).
Go to Courses; MEC 262.01
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Course Material
y Textbook: Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics, 2nd
Edition by Gary Gray, Francesco Costanzo, Michael
Plesha, McGraw-Hill.

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Grading Policy
y Your grade in this course will be assessed by
homework and exams.
y Homework assignments: 20%
y Exam 1 (Chapters 1-3): 20%
y Exam 2 (Chapters 4-6): 20%
y Exam 3 (comprehensive): 40%
y All exams are closed book and closed notes.
You may bring one 8.511 inch sheet with
handwritten notes.
y Your final grade will depend on the overall
performance of your classmates.
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The Newtonian Equations

The foundational equations of mechanics

y Review Newtons Laws of motion.

Acquire an intuitive feel for Newtons third
law.
y Review Newtons universal law of
gravitation.

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Isaac Newton (16431727)

y Generally considered one of the greatest scientists
of all time.
y Made important contributions to optics,
astronomy, mathematics, and mechanics.
y His collection of three books entitled Philosophi
Naturalis Principia Mathematica, or Principia as
they are generally known, published in 1687, is
considered by many to be the greatest collection
of scientific books ever written.

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Isaac Newton (16431727)

y Analyzed the motion of bodies, and he applied his
results to orbital mechanics, projectiles, pendula,
and objects in free fall near the Earth.
y Showed that the planets were attracted to the Sun
by a force varying as the inverse square of the
distance.
y Presented his three laws of motion.
y Also, developed some concepts in fluid mechanics,
waves, and other areas of physics.
y Presented his law of universal gravitation.

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Newtons Laws of Motion

1. A particle remains at rest, or moves in a straight line
with a constant speed, as long as the total force acting on
the particle is zero.
2. The time rate of change of momentum of a particle is
equal to the F resultant force acting on that particle.

3. The forces of action and reaction between interacting

particles are equal in magnitude, opposite in direction,
and collinear.

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Newtons 3rd Law of Motion

y The third law is

y Some people consider

Newtons third law to be
only the first equation.
y Requiring both equations
is sometimes referred to as
the strong form of
Newtons third law.

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Newtons Universal Law of

Gravitation
y The gravitational force on
a m1 due to m2 separated
by a distance r is

y is a unit vector pointing

from m1 to m2.
Example: the gravitational
y G is the universal
attraction on Jupiter due to
gravitational constant.
Neptune is

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Force of gravity
Between Moon and Earth

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Acceleration due to Gravity on the

Surface of the Earth
y The radius of the Earth is re = 6371.0 km.
y The mass of the Earth is me = 5.97361024 kg.
y The constant is G = 6.6741011 m3/(kgys2).
y The gravitational force due to Earth on an object of mass
m on the surface of the Earths is

y We denote the acceleration due to gravity by g and use

the accepted value g = 9.81 m/s2 = 32.2 ft/s2.

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Change in Acceleration with

Altitude
y Calling the height above the surface of the Earth h, we
can find the acceleration a due to gravity at that height
using

Therefore, at the surface of the Earth, we know

which implies that

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Gravity movie

Learn dynamics before you go to space!!

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