1.2: Topics
The outline of the topics that will be discussed in this textbook is as follows:
- Introduction, elemental concepts, forces, vectors and mathematics
- Dynamics of point masses
a) Kinematics
b) Kinetics
c) Work and energy
d) Impulse and momentum
- Dynamics of rigid bodies
a) Kinematics
b) Kinetics
c) Work and energy
d) Angular impulse and momentum
- Vibrations
- Solution strategy dynamics
Although all equations and theory will be derived and presented for motion in 3D space (unless specifically indicated otherwise for special cases), most examples and problems will focus on point masses and rigid bodies moving in a 2D plane. The dynamics of deformable objects will not be part of the textbook. Several section headings are marked with a * at the end of the section title, to indicate that the main text can be followed without reading these parts because they contain derivations or background information. The following introductory chapters might be skipped if they are already familiar. The core of the textbook starts in Ch. 5.