| Week | Day | Date | Class | HW Due | Report Due | Discussion | Material |
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| 1 | M | Jan 19 | No class (MLK) | | | Concept quiz |
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| 1 | W | Jan 21 | Lecture 1 | | | |
Info page
Cheetahs on the Edge (video)
Can't Outrun a Cheetah (video)
Introducing WildCat (video)
Cheetah dynamics (paper)
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| 1 | F | Jan 23 | Lecture 2 | | | |
Spherical coordinates
Shortest flight paths
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 2 | M | Jan 26 | Lecture 3 | | | WS 1 |
Positions and coordinates
Vectors and bases
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 2 | W | Jan 28 | Lecture 4 | | | |
Calculus and vectors
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 2 | F | Jan 30 | Lecture 5 | HW 1 | | |
Calculus and vectors
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 3 | M | Feb 2 | Lecture 6 | | Report 1
HW #1-16
Example good report | WS 2 |
Cylindrical coordinates
Position, velocity, and acceleration
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 3 | W | Feb 4 | Lecture 7 | | | |
Cylindrical coordinates
Spherical coordinates
Position, velocity, and acceleration
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 3 | F | Feb 6 | Lecture 8 | HW 2 | | |
Position, velocity, and acceleration
Track transition curves
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 4 | M | Feb 9 | Lecture 9 | | Report 2
HW #2-13 | WS 3 |
Tangential/normal basis
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 4 | W | Feb 11 | Lecture 10 | | | |
Tangential/normal basis
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 4 | F | Feb 13 | Lecture 11 | HW 3 | | |
Tangential/normal basis
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 5 | M | Feb 16 | Lecture 12 | | Report 3
HW #3-10 | WS 4 |
Tangential/normal basis
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 5 | W | Feb 18 | Lecture 13 | | | |
Tangential/normal basis
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 5 | F | Feb 20 | Lecture 14 | HW 4 | | |
Coordinate system comparison
Rigid bodies
Guerlain Chicherit Mini Cooper Backflip
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 6 | M | Feb 23 | Lecture 15 | | Report 4
HW #4-20 | WS 5 |
Rigid bodies
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 6 | W | Feb 25 | Lecture 16 | | | |
Rigid bodies
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 6 | F | Feb 27 | Lecture 17 | | | |
Rigid bodies
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 7 | M | Mar 2 | Lecture 18 | | | Exam revision |
Rigid bodies
West AE1 notes,
West AE2 notes
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| 7 | W | Mar 4 | Lecture 19 | | | |
Exam revision (optional)
West AE1 notes,
West AE2 notes
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| 7 | T | Mar 5 | Midterm 1 | | | |
Practice Midterm
Practice Midterm Solutions
Example Results
Statistics
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| 7 | F | Mar 6 | Lecture 20 | | | |
Steering geometry
Four-bar linkages
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 8 | M | Mar 9 | Lecture 21 | | | WS 6 |
Rigid bodies
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 8 | W | Mar 11 | Lecture 22 | | | |
Rigid bodies
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 8 | F | Mar 13 | No class (EOH) | HW 5 | | |
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| 9 | M | Mar 16 | Lecture 23 | | Report 5
HW #5-17 | Feedback
WS 7 |
Rigid bodies
West notes (AE1),
West notes (AE2)
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| 9 | W | Mar 18 | Lecture 24 | | | |
Rolling motion
Ertekin notes (AE1),
Ertekin notes (AE2)
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| 9 | F | Mar 20 | Lecture 25 | | | |
Midterm 1/2nd statistics
Rolling motion
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 10 | M | Mar 23 | Spring Break | | | |
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| 10 | W | Mar 25 | Spring Break | | | |
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| 10 | F | Mar 27 | Spring Break | | | |
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| 11 | M | Mar 30 | Lecture 26 | | Report 6
HW #6-15 | WS 8 |
Rolling motion
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 11 | W | Apr 1 | Lecture 27 | HW 6 | | |
Rolling motion
West notes
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| 11 | F | Apr 3 | Lecture 28 | | | |
Rolling motion
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 12 | M | Apr 6 | Lecture 29 | HW 7 | Report 7
HW #7-21 | Exam revision |
Rolling motion
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 12 | W | Apr 8 | Lecture 30 | | | |
Exam revision (optional)
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 12 | F | Apr 10 | Lecture 31 | | | |
Kinetics of point masses
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 12 | S | Apr 11 | Midterm 2 | | | |
CTF exam, Apr 11-15
Practice Midterm
Practice Midterm Solutions
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| 13 | M | Apr 13 | Lecture 32 | | | WS 9 |
Kinetics of point masses
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 13 | W | Apr 15 | Lecture 33 | | | |
Kinetics of point masses
West notes
Midterm 2 Statistics
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| 13 | F | Apr 17 | Lecture 34 | | | |
Kinetics of rigid bodies
West notes
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| 12 | S | Apr 19 | Midterm 2
2nd chance | | | |
CTF exam, Apr 19-22
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| 14 | M | Apr 20 | Lecture 35 | HW 8 | Report 8
HW #8-14 | WS 10 |
Kinetics of rigid bodies
West notes (AE1),
West notes (AE2)
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| 14 | W | Apr 22 | Lecture 36 | | | |
Kinetics of rigid bodies
West notes (AE1),
West notes (AE2)
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| 14 | F | Apr 24 | No class | | | |
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| 15 | M | Apr 27 | Lecture 37 | | | WS 11 |
Midterm 2 statistics
West notes (AE1),
West notes (AE2)
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| 15 | W | Apr 29 | Lecture 38 | | | |
West notes (AE1),
West notes (AE2)
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| 15 | F | May 1 | Lecture 39 | | | |
Ertekin notes,
West notes
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| 16 | M | May 4 | Lecture 40 | HW 9 | Report 9
HW #9-15 | Exam revision (optional) |
West notes
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| 16 | W | May 6 | Lecture 41 | | | |
Exam revision (optional)
Practice Final Quiz
(Solutions)
West notes
Solution to #8-14
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| 16 | F | May 8 | Exam Week | | | |
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| 17 | M | May 11 | Exam Week | | | |
Final exam statistics
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| 17 | W | May 13 | Exam Week | | | |
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| 17 | F | May 15 | Exam Week | | | |
Letter grade statistics
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