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A characteristic of mechanical engineering is that things move. Parts are subject to forces, causing them to accelerate. They impact on each other, the resulting impulses causing changes in momentum. Parts spin and must be balanced while gyroscopic forces operate. Vehicles in space are subject to gravitational fields and propulsive thrusts. Fluctuating forces cause vibrations that can have many modes that must be damped out.

The student of this advanced course must develop the ability to analyse all of these.
The ability to analyse comes with a cost. Motions, forces, moments and energy are all subject to mathematical equations, many of them of an advanced nature. In grasping the fundamentals, the student will come to grips with differential equations, vectors, operators, matrices and tensors. These skills are built up as understandable solutions to practical engineering problems, illustrated where possible by real-time simulations.

The course objectives define the student learning outcomes for a course. On completion of this course, students should be able to:

1. analyse the kinematics and kinetics of 3D rigid bodies;
2. demonstrate an understanding of and apply equations to model the dynamic behaviours of engineering systems;
3. construct and employ mathematical models of engineering systems to determine their dynamic characteristics;
4. determine and assess the vibrational behaviour of systems of discrete bodies;
5. demonstrate an understanding of and apply the principles of vibration theory, vibration measurements and control;
6. apply software including commercially available packages such as MATLab to analyse the dynamics of engineering systems.