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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

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