Department of I.M.E.

School of Engineering and Technology

Bachelor of Technology (Honours) Degree in Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering

SEMESTER 1 2014/2015

COURSE TITLE: Dynamics (Conventional/Parallel)

COURSE CODE: EIM 211 (1 Credit)

CREDIT HOURS: 48 Hours

COURSE FACILITATORS: E.S.Maputi (Mr.)

IME workshop ( 8am-4pm )

esmaputi@gmail.com ,esmaputi@hit.ac.zw

PREAMBLE

This course introduces students to the basics and fundamentals of kinetics and dynamics of particles and bodies.it seeks to introduce from first principles the science behind the behavior of bodies and particles in space.

COURSE AIM

The primary objective of this course is to give the student an understanding of the concepts

that will be relevant in further studies in the area of machine design and behaviour of

mechanical bodies in motion.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

To equip the student with base mechanics of bodies and particles To appreciate the different behaviors of bodies in space with respect to physical

nature and type of motion. To understand the laws of nature that govern motion

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TEACHING METHODOLOGY

The course shall be conducted through lectures and tutorials for a total duration of 60 hours.

Each student will be expected to read widely to enhance the understanding of the topics

introduced. Class presentations will also be conducted. Students are also expected to conduct

practicals.

ASSESSMENT:

Students shall be assessed on:

Coursework made up of five assignments and three tests – 25 %

Assignment 1 due date: 3rd week

Assignment 2 due date: 5th week

Assignment 3 due date: 7th week

Assignment 4 due date: 9th week

Assignment 5 due date: 11th week

Test 1 5th week

Test 2 9th week

Test 3 12th week

An examination – one three hour paper – 75%

FUNDAMENTAL LECTURE ETHICS

Students with no coursework marks will not be allowed to write the final exam.

Any form of plagiarism in any assignment, test, practical and the final exam will have

the results of all students involved nullified. Honesty and professionalism are

encouraged.

If a student is absent for more than 80% of the lectures, he/she will not be allowed to

write the exam.

No student is allowed in the lecture room 15 min after the lecturer has begun the

lecture.

Submit assignments as scheduled. No late assignments will be accepted. In some

cases typed assignments and/or softcopies are required for submission, format of

presentation required is font type Times New Roman, font size 12, spacing 1.5, and

justified text.

A continuous assessment test is a “must sit” requirement and should be taking

seriously like the final examination.

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Two weeks’ notice for a test will be given and students are expected to have made

arrangements at home or work. Special arrangements may be made for candidates

with provable medical problems.

No unregistered student will be allowed to write the examination.

COURSE CONTENT:

1. KINETICS OF PARTICLES (week 1-2) Introduction. Force, Mass, Acceleration, Work and energy. Newton’s second law of motion, Linear momentum and impulse. Special applications

2. Kinetics of systems of particles (week 3-4) Application of newton’s laws of motion

To the motion of system of particles Work, energy ,impulse and momentum Conservation for system of particles. Conservation of momentum and energy applications. Systems gaining and loosing mass.

3. Plane dynamics of rigid bodies (week 5-6) Force, mass, acceleration. Work and energy, Conservation of energy and momentum, Angular momentum

4. Dynamics of rigid bodies in 3 dimensions (week 7-8) Angular momentum, kinetic energy. Application of principle of impulse and momentum for 3D motion of a rigid body. Plane motion of rigid bodies

5. Moments and products of inertia (week 9) Area moments of inertia. Mass moments of inertia mass moments of inertia about an axis, product of inertia

6. Gyroscopic motion week (10-11) Examples of gyroscopes The three gyroscopic axes The gyroscopic couple Alternative derivation of gyroscopic couple Special application

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RECOMMENDED READING

1. Beer.F.P ,Johnson S.E.R Jr (1977), Vector Mechanics For Engineers, McGraw-Hill 2. Meriam J.L (1980) ,Engineering Mechanics :Statics and Dynamics, John Wiley &

Sons 3. Hibbeler R.C (1992), Engineering Mechanics : Dynamics, McMillan

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