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ME2521:03

Dynamics of Machine Elements

Townsville

HECS Band 2

39 hours lectures, 26 hours tutorials, 13 hours practicals. Semester 1.

Available to science and engineering students.

Kinematic and kinetic analysis of planar mechanisms; velocity and acceleration analysis, d'Alemberts Principle, centre of percussion. Introduction to three dimensional dynamics of rigid bodies, including gyroscopic motion. Energy and momentum methods. Vibration of single degree of freedom systems; undamped and damped free vibration, forced vibration, vibration isolation and base excitation.

Learning Objectives:

analyse the velocities, accelerations and forces in planar mechanisms;

analyse simple spatial mechanisms;

analyse the vibration characteristics of single degree of freedom systems.

Assessment by examination (50%-70%); on-course assessment (30%-50%).