These notes are preliminary and should not be used to design satellites. Bryan Owens and Frederick Jao prepared these notes specifically for MIT OpenCourseWare.
Course recitations.
| SES # |
Topics |
| R1 |
Kinematics (PDF) |
| R2 |
Systems of Particles: Linear and Angular Momentum, Solutions in MATLAB® (PDF) |
| R3 |
Collisions and Problem Set 3 Hints |
| R4 |
Instant Centers and Problem Set 4 Hints |
| R5 |
Moments of Inertia and Problem Set 5 Hints |
| R6 |
Exam 1: Problems 1 and 2 |
| R7 |
Virtual Work, Generalized Forces, Problem Set 6 Hints |
| R8 |
Problem Set 7 Hints |
| R9 |
Problem Set 8 Hints: Problem 1 |
| R10 |
Rolling Disk: Sample Exam Question |
| R11 |
Review of Lecture 20: Second Order Systems with One Degree of Freedom |
| R12 |
Problem Set 10 Hints: Problem 3 |