# Calendar

LEC # | Topics | Assignments
1 | Aerospace Dynamics |
2 | Coriolis "Demystified" | HW1 Issued
3 | Dynamics |
4 | Introduction to Multiple Intermediate Frames | HW1 Due HW2 Issued
5 | Momentum, Angular Momentum, and Dynamics of a System of Particles | HW2 Due HW3 Issued
6 | Numerical Solution of Nonlinear Differential Equations | HW3 Due
| Midterm Exam #1 |
7 | Lagrange's Equations |
8 | Examples Using Lagrange's Equations Handout: Examples (from Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics by M. G. Calkin. River Edge, NJ: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 1999.) | HW4 Issued
9 | Virtual Work and the Derivation of Lagrange's Equations |
| Virtual Work and the Derivation of Lagrange's Equations (Continued) | HW4 Due HW5 Issued
10 | Friction in Lagrange's Equations |
| Friction in Lagrange's Equations (Continued) | HW5 Due HW6 Issued
11 | Kinematics of Rigid Bodies |
12 | Rigid Body Dynamics | HW6 Due HW7 Issued
13 | Axisymmetric Rotations |
14 | Gyroscopes | HW7 Due HW8 Issued
| Gyroscopes (Continued) | HW8 Due
| Midterm Exam #2 | HW9 Issued
15 | Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics |
| Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics (Continued) | HW9 Due HW10 Issued
16 | Aircraft Dynamics |
17 | Aircraft Longitudinal Dynamics | HW10 Due
18 | Aircraft Lateral Dynamics |
| Final Exam |