Weeks

Topics

1

Energy methods for dynamic analysis

2

Axes Frames and Coordinate Transformations

3

Spatial and planar equations of motion of a single rigid body and a system of rigid bodies.

2

Deformation field of flexible bodies. Modal variables.

Longitudinal, Bending and Torsional mode shapes.

Reference frames depending on boundary conditions.

3

Planar equations of motion of a system of flexible bodies, with applications to flexible mechanisms and robotic systems.

Couplings between rigid and deformation coordinates.

Mass properties of flexible bodies.

2

Spatial equations of motion of a system of flexible bodies.

Mass properties of spatial flexible bodies.