MEC E 250 LEC A1, Seminar E1

Engineering Mechanics II - Dynamics

September - December 2011
Lecture (A1):
Seminar (E1):

MWF
M

8:00 8:50
14:00 14:50

Instructor:

Dr.-Ing. Reinhard Vehring, PEng

Office:

MEC 5-1G, Tel: 492- 5180

E-mail: reinhard.vehring@ualberta.ca

Office Hour:

Monday, 15:00 16:00, or by appointment.

NRE 1 001
ETLC 1-017

Teaching Assistant: Ted Fill, MecE 6-23. Biomedical and composite materials lab.
Office hour: Tuesday 14:00 15:00
fill@ualberta.ca, Tel: 492 - 7476
Textbook:

R. C. Hibbeler, Engineering Mechanics Dynamics.

12th Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2010. ISBN 0-13-607791-9.

Course Outline: Hibbeler, Chapters 16 - 22. See lecture schedule for details.
Course material: Available on eClass:
https://vista4.srv.ualberta.ca/webct/logon/1587267491041
Examinations:

Examinations are common to all sections and open-book.

Only the textbook and a formula sheet are allowed. Only
approved non-programmable calculators are permitted.
Examples of representative evaluative course material will be
posted on eClass.
Midterm Examination: Thursday, October 27, 2011,
(19:00 21:00, ETLC 1-003 & 1-007).
Final Examination: Saturday, December 10, 2011,
(14:00 17:00, location to be announced)

Assignments:

12 assignments. Please, see assignment list for details and dates.

Seminars:

Problem solving sessions, worked examples.

Please, see seminar information for details.
Please, bring your textbook to the seminars.

Final assessment: Assignments (best 10 of 12)

Midterm examination
Final examination

15%
30%
55%

No marks will be given for class participation or in-class

activities.
Note: If you miss the midterm examination for any valid
reason, your final course assessment will be based on an 85%
weight of the final examination.
The course components will be marked as a percentage of total
points available and added up according to the weight listed
above. The final percentage will be used to determine the
appropriate letter grade based on a combination of absolute
achievement and relative performance in all MecE 250 sections.
Regulations:

Policy about course outlines can be found in $23.4(2) of the

University Calendar
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offence and can result in suspension or expulsion from the
University.
Recording of lectures is permitted only with the prior written
consent of the professor.

Tentative Lecture Schedule

Dates

Topic

Section

Kinematics
September 7, 9

Review / Intro/ Vector algebra

R1

September 12, 14, 16

Rigid body motion / Translation /

Rotation about a fixed axis or fixed
point

16.1-3,
20.1

September 19, 21, 23

Relative motion analysis, velocity/

Instantaneous centre of zero velocity /
Time derivatives of vectors

16.5-6
20.2

September 26, 28, 30

Relative motion analysis, acceleration

/ Spatial general motion

16.7, 20.3

October 3, 5, 7

Relative motion analysis, rotating

axes

16.8, 20.4

October 12, 14

Absolute motion analysis

16.4

October 17, 19, 21

Moments and products of inertia

17.1, 21.1

October 24, 26, 28

Kinetic equations of motion /

Newtons law

17.2-5

October 27

Midterm Examination (Kinematics)

Kinetics & Vibrations

October 1, November 2, 4

Linear and angular momentum

19.1, 21.2

November 7, 9

Principle of impulse and momentum /

Conservation of momentum

19.2-3

November 14, 16, 18

Impact / Spatial equations of motion

19.4, 21.4

November 21, 23, 25

Work and energy

18.1-3,
21.3

November 28, 30 December 2

Principle of work and energy /

Conservation of energy

18.4-5

December 5, 7

Free vibration

22.1

December 10

Final Examination

MEC E 250 ASSIGNMENTS

Assignments are due every Wednesday at 4 PM.
No late assignments will be accepted for any reason. Only the best 10 of 12
assignments will be used to account for any unforeseen circumstances that may prevent
timely submission of an assignment. Assignment must be submitted in the assignment
box (4th floor MEC).
Full solutions will be posted on the course web-page. Assignment questions reflect the
standard of the examination. Consider them carefully!
Assignment #
1
2

Date Due
Sep 14
Sep 21

Questions are taken from Hibbeler 12th edition

R1-4, R1-8, R1-12, R1-16, R1-24, R1-40.

16-2, 16-5, 16-12, 16-29,
20-2 (Angular velocity only),
20-19 (Velocity only).
3
Sep 28
16-67, 16-68, 16-69, 16-92, 16-101,
20-5 (Angular velocity only).
4
Oct 5
16-20, 16-35, 16-110, 16-112, 16-125, 16-129
5
Oct 12
16-138, 16-143, 16-157, 16-159, 20-4, 20-11
6
Oct 19
Use absolute motion analysis for 16-36, 1643, and 16-51. 17-12, 17-15, 21-11.
No assignment due in midterm week
7
Nov 2
17-34, 17-52, 17-59, 17-70, 21-9,
21-39 (Angular momentum only)
8
Nov 9
17-94, 17-107, 17-117, 19-8, 19-16, 19-24
9
Nov 16
19-42, 19-44, 21-35, 21-48, 21-51, 21-56
10
Nov 23
19-52, 18-4, 18-15, 18-22, 18-30, 21-30
11
Nov 30
18-44, 18-50, 18-53, 18-60, 21-36
12
Dec 7
19-48, 21-25, 21-37, 22-2, 22-20

WRITING ASSIGNMENT SOLUTIONS

Assignments are not only exercises in solving problems; they are also exercises in
developing clear, logical and concise written presentation skills. Consequently,
assignment solutions must follow the following format rules:
a) Solutions must be written neatly, clearly demonstrating the methods and
arguments used to arrive at the final answers.
b) Final answers must be identified clearly, e.g. circled, boxed, or underlined.
c) Any diagrams must be large and clear. It is recommended that diagrams occupy
at least a third of a page.
Graders will be instructed to assign a mark of zero to any solution which does not
meet these requirements.
Dont forget to put your name, ID, assignment number and date on the assignment
solution.

MEC E 250 SEMINAR E1

Objective of the Seminars:
To focus on application of the theory to solve examination level problems.
In the Seminar
In each seminar, the instructor or teaching assistant will show how to solve selected problems. For
some questions the approach to solving them may be discussed, but the solution may not be written
out in detail.
Before the Seminar
Please review the current lecture material before the corresponding seminar and make sure you are
up to date with the key equations. Please bring your textbook, formula sheet, and a calculator to
every seminar.
After the Seminar
The seminar problems are chosen specifically to supplement the assignments with the intent of
preparing you for examination-standard questions. Full solutions to all of the seminar problems will
be posted on eClass.
Seminar Schedule
Seminar #

Date:
Monday:

September 12

September 19

September 26

October 3

No seminar October 10 (Thanksgiving).

5

October 17

October 24

October 31

November 7

November 14

10

November 21

11

November 28

No seminar in last week of term