Engineering Mechanics II (Dynamics) Syllabus for 2020-2021
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Instructor Information

Office Location

Durrett Hall D210 A

Office Hours

M/W 11:45- 12:45 F 9:00 - 10:00 or by appointment

Course Information

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Course

ENGR-2302-001 Engineering Mechanics II (Dynamics)

Prerequisites

Prerequisites: ENGR 2301-minimum grade of C

Course Description

Basic theory of engineering mechanics, using calculus, involving the motion of particles, rigid bodies and systems of particles; Newton's Laws; work and energy relationships; principles of impulse and momentum; application of kinetics and kinematics to the solution of engineering problems.

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Hours

(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)

Class Type

On Campus Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

TEXTBOOK:

Engineering Mechanics.  Statics and Dynamics, 14th edition.

AUTHORS:

R. C. Hibbeler, Prentice Hall Publishing Company.

Supplies

  1. Graphing calculator
  2. Green Engineering graph paper
  3. A good eraser
  4. Mechanical pencil 0.7 or 0.9 HB lead

Student Performance

After completing this course, the student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the following topics with 70% accuracy as evaluated by the engineering faculty:  

  1. Express dynamic quantities as vectors in terms of Cartesian components, polar coordinates, and normal-tangential coordinates.
  2. Compute mass moments of inertia for systems of particles and rigid bodies.
  3. Solve kinematic problems involving rectilinear and curvilinear motion of particles.
  4. Solve kinetic problems involving a system of particles using Newton's Second Law.
  5. Apply the principles of work and energy, conservation of energy, impulse and momentum, and conservation of momentum to the solution of engineering problems involving particles and systems of particles.
  6. Solve kinematic problems involving the translation and rotation of a rigid body.
  7. Solve kinetic problems involving planar translation and rotation of rigid bodies.
  8. Apply the principles of work and energy, conservation of energy, impulse and momentum, and conservation of momentum to the solution of engineering problems involving rigid bodies in planar motion.

Students Rights and Responsibilities

Student Rights and Responsibilities

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Expected Student Behavior

Students are expected to behave in the classroom in a manner that is supportive of the learning environment. Behaviors that are not supportive include, but are not limited to: tardiness/leaving early; electronic device noises; texting or using electronic devices in non-course related activities during lecture; talking during the lecture; abusive, offensive, and/or disrespectful language or demeanor toward AC faculty, staff, students, and/or Amarillo College property.

In order to receive credit for a course, all material listed on the syllabus must be covered. The instructor sets the pace to ensure that these requirements are met. Complaining about the pace will not result in less material being covered.

Students who fail to comply with the standards outlined in the syllabus and/or AC’s Student Rights & Responsibilities document will be subject to disciplinary action which may include, but is not limited to: removal from the classroom; consultation with the Math & Engineering Department Chair and/or other AC authority; withdrawal from the course and/or Amarillo College.

Grading Criteria

The final grades of A (90-100), B (80-89), C (70-79), D (60-69), and F (below 60) will be computed as the average of the earned grades as follows:

Homework and Class Quizzes         10%

Learning Activities                            10%

Major Exams                                    45%     (15% each)

Project                                       20%

Final Exam                                       15%

Absence from an exam will incur a zero unless there is prior notification of the instructor with approval granted or there is an emergency that could not be circumvented. Students who miss an exam because of College or business related activities should notify the instructor before the absence occurs.  Make-up exams will be given only under rare, extenuating circumstances and at the discretion of the instructor (after written petition for consideration).

The project counts the same as a major exam.  It will be completed as a group/class project and includes a proposal and written report. In view of the Corona Virus pandemic a substitue activity may be found.

As an engineer, you will need to continue lifelong learning throughout your career.  You will attend workshops, tour work sites, interview clients, among other duties.  To support the goal of lifelong learning outside of the classroom, ACES (Amarillo College Enginering Society) will arrange for guest speakers and/or tours to broaden your education.  You must attend 4 of the activities or society fundraisers. We are planning on a minimum of 6 activities from which to chose.   If you cannot attend the activity, you will submit a 2 page, double spaced, 12 point paper (including footnotes) on an assigned engineering topic.

Homework shall be presented on engineering (quadrille) paper, in pencil, one side only. If an error is made, erase thoroughly.  Homework with scratched out work will NOT  be accepted.  Each problem should be started on a new page.  Homework presentations shall be as follows:

  • Restate the problem at the top of the page.
  • Explicitly state any assumptions that you make.
  • Show all significant steps.  It should be clear why each step is taken.
  • Redraw figures and clearly label as needed with dimensions, labels, and units.
  • Underline important intermediate results.
  • Box (not circle) final results.
  • Review work to be certain all work is neat* and easy to read.

 

*NOTE:If I can’t read it, I won’t grade it.

 Homework sets shall be stapled upper left and then folded in half along a line perpendicular to the long dimension. The student’s name, course and section number (ENGR 2302-001), date, and the problems included  shall be placed on the outside sheet with the fold to the left, the holes toward the bottom, roughly centered on that side.

Janie Smith

ENGR 2302-001

1/11/16

12-4, 6, 9

Grades will be awarded based on the following formula:

HW mark = (presentation factor) x (correctness)

Here the presentation factor is a number between 0 and 1. This means that homework should be both correct (or mostly correct) and well presented to receive a high mark.  Be advised that if the quality of presentation is very poor, then the submission may not be marked for correctness. But don't get out your word processor. Neat and legible handwriting, preferably printing, and adherence to the above guidelines is all that is required.

Solutions to assigned problems will be posted soon after the problems are due to be handed in.

  • The Instructor reserves the right to grade any number of problem(s) per assignment.
  • Collaboration between students is allowed on problem solving; however, EACH STUDENT must hand in an ORIGINAL, COMPLETE, problem set.
  • NO CREDIT will be given for late homework. Under very rare and exceptional circumstance, as stated earlier, you may submit a written request for consideration of the acceptance of your homework if it is late.

Grading of Tests: In complex problem analyses, such as those used in this course, there are many opportunities for errors. Thus exams will be graded using "partial credit" as it is recognized that  some sections of an individual problem may have been carried out correctly even though the final answer may be incorrect.  Partial credit will only be given if the student work is logically developed, with clear and well marked diagrams, with the appropriate fundamental and auxiliary equations prominently displayed, where the substitutions into the equations are quite clear, and the assumptions used are quite obvious to the grader when grading. That is, it is the student's responsibility to present his/her work so clearly that the grader can quickly ascertain the location and nature of the error(s) and can easily follow the subsequent work through to the now incorrect solution of the problem. Thus, the student's contribution, needed to obtain partial credit, is to be able to clearly lead the grader through the student's thought process on the exam page alone. If this is not quite clear on the work submitted, credit will not be given then nor later. Partial credit is simply not negotiable.

 

Attendance

You must attend to be allowed the opportunity to take the pop tests and hear the lecture and homework assignments as described below.

Expect to have homework assigned each day.  Please note the homework format requirements.   You  are responsible for the requirements. A number of in-class quizzes may be given during lecture periods. These will count as extra homework. Homework and in-class exam grades will comprise 15% of the course grade.

Please remember the deadline for dropping a class at Amarillo College during the Spring semester is November 24, 2020. If you stop attending class and do not officially drop the course by this deadline, and your average is below a 60, you will receive an F for the course.

Attendance is essential for successful completion of this course.  In order to promote consistent attendance, homework is regularly assigned and in-class quizzes may periodically be given.  Late homework is not accepted and in-class quizzes may not be made up.  Homework may be submitted and exams taken in advance when absences are due to a scheduled event.

Calendar

Projected Schedule  Subject to Change
 
 
Week 1 Syllabus,  12.1   Week 9 15.5-15.7
Week 2 12.2 - 12.6 Week 10 16.1 - 16.3, Test
Week 3 12.7 - 12.10 Week 11 16.5 - 16.8
Week 4 13.1- 13.4 Week 12 17.1 - 17.4
Week 5 13.5 - 13.6 Week 13 17.5
Week 6 14.1 - 14.3, Test Week 14 18.1 - 18.4, Test
Week 7 14.4 - 14.6 Week 15 19.1 - 19.3
Week 8 15.1 - 15.4  Week 16  Final

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Syllabus Created on:

08/18/20 2:39 PM

Last Edited on:

10/23/20 3:44 PM