Department of Engineering Mechanics
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
(Prepared by Mehrdad Negahban, 1996 - 2005)

Please select from the following list:

• Outline
• Grading policy
• Notation and units
• Rectilinear motion
• Curvilinear motion
• Rectangular coordinates
• Normal and tangential coordinates
• Polar coordinates
• Relative and constrained motion
• Space curvilinear motion
• Newton's 2nd law
• The work-energy relation
• Potential energy
• Linear impulse-momentum relation
• Impact
• Angular impulse-momentum relation
• Kinematics of rigid bodies
• Relative motion of points on a rigid body
• Instantaneous center of velocity
• Observations relative to moving frames
• Mass moments of inertia
• Equations of motion for a rigid body (Euler's equations)
• Calculating angular momentum for a rigid body
• Euler's second law for two dimensional motion
• Using Euler's laws for 2-D motion
• Work-energy relation for a rigid body
• An old Exam I
• An old Exam II
• The math you need to know
• Contact Dr. M. Negahban by e-mail (mnegahban@unl.edu)

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