The objective is to introduce the student to the fundamental principles of dynamics of bodies.

The student must understand the relation between the motion of bodies and the forces that cause the motion or developed during the motion. Also, he/she must be able to apply the basic principles of dynamics to solve practical problems with emphasis in the analysis and determination of the motion of bodies and the forces that are developed during their motion.

Kinematics of material points: Position vector, velocity, acceleration. Relative transport motion.
Kinetics of material points: Newton and Euler’s laws of motion, principles of momentum and impulse (linear and angular), principles of work and energy. Applications (impact, space‐mechanics)
Rigid  body  kinematics: Transport  and  rotational  motion,  flat  motion,  rotation  around  a  fixed  point/axis, general spatial motion, relative motion.
Rigid body kinetics: Inertia tensor, impulse and kinetic energy, Euler’s equations, impulse and momentum principles, work and energy principles. Applications (impact, balance, axisymmetric bodies).

• Σ. Νατσιάβας, Εφαρμοσμένη Δυναμική, Εκδόσεις Ζήτη, 1994.

• Ferdinard P.Beer and E.Russell Johnston,Jr., Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statistics and Dynamics, Fifth Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1988.

• R.C. Hibbeler, Engineering Mechanics: Statistics and Dynamics, Sixth Edition, MacMillan Publishing Company, USA 1992.

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