TAM 212: Dynamics

Week Day Date Lecture Discussion Assignments Quiz
1 M Jan 20

M.L. King Day

(no lecture)

 Welcome Ice-breaker    
T Jan 21      
W Jan 22 Lecture 1:    
R Jan 23      
F Jan 24 Lecture 2:    
S Jan 25        
U Jan 26    
2 M Jan 27

Lecture 3:

Worksheet 1

Great Circle Navigation

Solutions

    
T Jan 28      
W Jan 29 Lecture 4:    
R Jan 30      
F Jan 31 Lecture 5:    
S Feb 1        
U Feb 2    
3 M Feb 3 Lecture 6:

Worksheet 2

Orbit of the Moon

Solutions

 HW 1A: Coordinates and Vectors  
T Feb 4      
W Feb 5 Lecture 7:    
R Feb 6      
F Feb 7 Lecture 8:    
S Feb 8        
U Feb 9    
4 M Feb 10 Lecture 9:

Worksheet 3

O'Hare Track Design

Solutions

 HW 1B: Coordinates and Vectors  
T Feb 11     Quiz 1
W Feb 12 Lecture 10:  
R Feb 13    
F Feb 14 Lecture 11:    
S Feb 15        
U Feb 16    
5 M Feb 17 Lecture 12:

Worksheet 4

Roller Coaster

Solutions

 HW 2A: Vector Calculus and Rotations  
T Feb 18     Quiz 1 Retry
W Feb 19 Lecture 13:  
R Feb 20    
F Feb 21 Lecture 14:    
S Feb 22        
U Feb 23    
6 M Feb 24  Lecture 15:

Worksheet 5

Project Checkpoint:

Part 1

Numerical Integration in Excel

Solutions (Not Excel Sheet)

 HW 2B: Vector Calculus and Rotations  
T Feb 25     Quiz 2
W Feb 26 Lecture 16:  
R Feb 27    
F Feb 28 Lecture 17:
Project Description		    
S Feb 29        
U Mar 1    
7 M Mar 2 Lecture 18:

Worksheet 6

Car Backflip

Solutions

 HW 3A: Tangential Normal and Particles  
T Mar 3     Quiz 2 Retry
W Mar 4 Lecture 19:  
R Mar 5    
F Mar 6 Lecture 20:    
S Mar 7        
U Mar 8    
8 M Mar 9 Lecture 21:

Worksheet 7

Car Steering

Solutions

 HW 3B: Tangential Normal and Particles  
T Mar 10     Quiz 3
W Mar 11 Lecture 22:  
R Mar 12    
F Mar 13

Lecture 23:

    
S Mar 14        
U Mar 15    
9 M Mar 16 Spring Break
(no lecture)

(no discussion)

    
T Mar 17    
W Mar 18    
R Mar 19    
F Mar 20    
S Mar 21    
U Mar 22    
10 M Mar 23 Lecture 24:

Worksheet 8

Bicycle Gearing

Solutions

 HW4: Tracker Demo Problems & HW 4A: Rigid Body Kinematics   
T Mar 24      
W Mar 25 Lecture 25:    
R Mar 26      
F Mar 27

Lecture 26:

  

Worksheet 8 Deadline for Compass Submission

(Friday, 11.59 PM CDT)
S Mar 28        
U Mar 29    
11 M Mar 30 Lecture 27:

Worksheet 9

Cornering and banked turns

Solutions

 HW 4B: Rigid Body Kinematics  
T Mar 31      
W Apr 1 Lecture 28:  

Quiz 4

(Wednesday, 2-2.50 PM CDT)
R Apr 2      
F Apr 3 Lecture 29:  

Worksheet 9 Deadline for Compass Submission

(Friday, 11.59 PM CDT)
S Apr 4        
U Apr 5    
12 M Apr 6 Lecture 30:

Worksheet 10

Accelerating and Braking

Solutions

 HW 5A  
T Apr 7      
W Apr 8 Lecture 31:  

Quiz 4 Retry 

(Wednesday, 2-2.50 PM CDT)
R Apr 9      
F Apr 10 Lecture 32:  

Worksheet 10 Deadline for Compass Submission

(Friday, 11.59 PM CDT)
S Apr 11        
U Apr 12    
13 M Apr 13 Lecture 33:

Worksheet 11

Centripetal Acceleration and Weight

Solutions

 HW 5B  
T Apr 14  

 

  
 
W Apr 15 Lecture 34:  

Quiz 5 

(Wednesday, 2-2.50 PM CDT)
R Apr 16      
F Apr 17 Lecture 35:  

Worksheet 11 Deadline for Compass Submission

(Friday, 11.59 PM CDT)
S Apr 18        
U Apr 19    
14 M Apr 20 Lecture 36:

 

ICES Feedback

 HW 6A  
T Apr 21  

 

  
 
W Apr 22 Lecture 37:  

Quiz 5 Retry 

(Wednesday, 2-2.50 PM CDT)
R Apr 23      
F Apr 24 Lecture 38:    
S Apr 25        
U Apr 26     
15 M Apr 27 Lecture 39:

 

 

 HW 6B  
T Apr 28  

 

 

 

  
W Apr 29 Lecture 40:

 

Quiz 6 

(Wednesday, 2-2.50 PM CDT)
R Apr 30      
F May 1 Lecture 41:    
S May 2        
U May 3    
16 M May 4 Lecture 42:

(No Discussion)

 HW 7  
T May 5      
W May 6 Lecture 43:    

Quiz 6 Retry 

(Wednesday, 2-2.50 PM CDT)
R May 7 Reading day

 

 

    
F May 8 Final Exams

Last Day to Dispute Grades 5.00 PM CDT

FINAL EXAM (Wednesday, 13th May 8 AM - 11 AM CDT via Prairielearn)
S May 9  
U May 10
17 M May 11  
T May 12  
W May 13  
R May 14  
F May 15  
S May 16    
U May 17