Course teacher(s)
Pierre LAMBERT (Coordinator)ECTS credits
5
Language(s) of instruction
french
Course content
Basics – Solid kinematics in 2D and 3D. Virtual works. Inertia. Solid kinetics. Vectorial and analytical methods (Lagrange). Various problems of solid dynamics. Variable mass systems. Numerical solving of motion equations.
Optional (may change every year) – Hamilton equations. Variational principles. Kepler’s laws. Chaos. Impact mechanics.
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
Solids and systems of solids dynamics. Write the number of degrees of freedom of a system. Write motion equations. Compute reaction forces. Solve ODE2 numerically.
Prerequisites and Corequisites
Required and Corequired knowledge and skills
The course is based on bachelor BA1 courses : algebra, analysis, mechanics (systems statics and point dynamics), physics, informatics and introduction to engineering sciences.
More particularly, the following concepts are assumed to be mastered : free body diagram, partial and total derivatives of a function with n variables, equilibrium equations, analytical solving of simple ODE2 equations, among which the harmonic oscillator.
Required and corequired courses
Cours ayant celui-ci comme co-requis
Teaching methods and learning activities
Therory (syllabus), exercises, practical labs, Q&A sessions.
References, bibliography, and recommended reading
Courses notes (« syllabus ») of “Mécanique rationnelle II“ and related references
Course notes
- Syllabus
- Université virtuelle
Other information
Contacts
Pierre LAMBERT, TIPs, http://plambert.ulb.be
Campus
Solbosch
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
- Other
Other
January (written examination) + mandatory participation to experimental labs
Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)
First session
- Written examination : exercises and theory studied in the course, the exercises, and the labs.
- Mandatory participation to labs. Absence will lead to a penalty applied to the examination grade.
Second session
- Written examination : exercises and theory studied in the course, the exercises, and the labs.
- Mandatory participation to labs. Absence will lead to a penalty applied to the examination grade.
Language(s) of evaluation
- french