<!doctype
html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">Aerospace
Engineering 6211
Advanced
Dynamics II
School of
Aerospace Engineering
Georgia
Institute of Technology
Prof. Dewey H. Hodges
Office: SST Building, Room 200-C; Phone: 4-8201
e-mail: dhodges@gatech.edu
Location:
Guggenheim 246
Time:
Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, 9:05 - 9:55 a.m.
Required Texts and
Software:
The books Dynamics: Theory and Applications by Kane and Levinson and Spacecraft Dynamics by Kane, Likins, and Levinson will be of immense help to the student. They are out of print but are available to download using these links. These books will be referred to below as "DTA" and "SD" respectively.
Please follow the download and getting-started directions for MotionGenesis Kane 5.x at: http://www.motiongenesis.com/MGWebSite/MGGettingStarted/MGGettingStarted.html. Please purchase a 1/2-year BASIC STUDENT LICENSE for $29. We have arranged to have Motion Genesis generate you a full-year ADVANCED STUDENT license for $29 (instead of $48). See also http://www.motiongenesis.com/MGWebSite/MGPurchase/MGMotionPriceList.html.
Purpose:
The main
purpose of this course is to equip students with the knowledge and the
capabilities they need in order to derive equations of motion for dynamical
systems and extract meaningful information from them. Although the content of
the course is limited to rigid-body kinematics and dynamics, the principles can
be adapted for application to more complicated problems, including those with
continuous members.
Conduct:
The lectures
will cover theory and include illustrative examples. Grades are based on
in-class examinations and out-of-class solution of approximately 90 problems.
Each problem has been designed with a purpose in mind, and the students should
endeavor not only to obtain solutions, but also to ascertain the point of each
problem in relation to the material that has been presented up until that time.
The homework assignments consist of all the problems in the designated problem
sets. They will be collected periodically and, among them, certain problems
will be graded; exactly which problems will be graded will not be announced
until the problems are collected. At the end of the semester, students may turn
in a complete and corrected set of all assigned problems, which can serve to
improve their grades. The professor's office hours for this class are Mondays,
3:05-4:25 p.m. and Tuesdays, 9:35-10:55 a.m.
Grading
Percentages: One
test will be given during the semester, and there will also be a final exam,
counting 20% and 40%, respectively. There is the possibility of
unannounced quizzes which, if given, plus the graded problems of the problem
sets assigned during the semester, will account for 40% of the grade. A
complete, corrected set of problems turned in at the final exam can add
as much as 3% to the grade. This addition of 3% is only appropriate for someone
on the borderline between two grades. In this complete set of problems, all
problems, whether graded or not, must be corrected in light of any marks or
classroom solutions. Also, all previously missing problems must be added to the
set. No partial credit will be considered for these added points; it's
all or nothing. No late sets will be accepted. Do not ask. On the
homework solutions, collaboration is permitted, though not necessarily
encouraged, for groups of not more than two. If you must travel for any reason,
turn the homework in before you leave. Late homework will not be accepted
without a medical excuse or death in immediate family.
MotionGenesis, Kane 5.3ª: Students should feel free to use
this symbol
manipulating computer program. Although all the problems of DTA can be worked
by hand, some of them can be worked more efficiently by using Kane 5.3. It will
be important for students to ascertain how to work problems with and without
using Kane 5.3, which will not be permitted on tests. Students should view the
software as an extension of their problem-solving abilities, not a replacement.
Handouts: From time to time there will be
handouts given in class or over the web. To date, we have:
RoithmayrÕs notes on
additional generalized speeds
This
information was updated 1/6/2012.