- Docente: Barbara Lazzari
- Credits: 6
- SSD: MAT/07
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Mechanical Engineering (cod. 0927)
Learning outcomes
Notions of kinematics, statics and dynamics of material systems. Motions of rigid bodies.
Course contents
Localized vectors
Resultant force and resultant moment, equivalent system of
localized vectors, plane and parallel systems of vectors.
Kinematics of material points and rigid bodies
Constrain and holonymic systems.
Kinematics of a point
Plane motions, circular and uniform motions, harmonic
motions.
Kinematics of rigid systems
Particular rigid motions, the Eulerian angles, state of motion,
Poisson¹s formulae, and Mozzi¹s theorem.
Kinematics of relative motions
Special transport motions, plane rigid motions, polar paths.
Dynamics of the systems
Mass, force, Newton laws, weight force, theorem of work for a free
material system, conservation of mechanical energy.
Statics and dynamics of a free material point
The differential equations of the motion of a free material
point, first integral. Statics of a free material point. Motion of
a heavy point in vacuum, harmonic oscillator, damped harmonic
oscillator, resonance phenomena.
Statics and dynamics of a constrained material point
Principe of virtual work on the constrains, statics of a
constrained material point, dynamics of a point constrained on a
surface, motion of a point constrained on a curve, simple pendulum,
nonlinear oscillations, Weierstrass method, phase diagrams,
stability of equilibrium.
Geometry of masses for material systems
Definition and properties of center of mass, inertia matrix, principal axes of inertia, the Huyghens theorem.
General theorem for material systems
Linear and angular momentum, momentum of momentum, kinetic energy, cardinal equations, theorem of work and kinetic energy for a constrained material system, first integrals.
Material rigid systems
Cardinal equations of statics and dynamics and applications, systems of rigid bodies, motion of a rigid wit a fixed axis and kinetic constrains, motion of a rigid body with a fixed point and Poinsot¹s motion, motion of a free rigid body.Readings/Bibliography
M. FABRIZIO, Elementi di Meccanica Classica, Zanichelli. Bologna
A.MURACCHINI, T.RUGGERI, L.SECCIA, Laboratorio di Meccanica Razionale, Esculapio, Bologna
Teaching methods
The basic theory is explained in standard lessons and illustrated with several examples and exercises.
Assessment methods
Achievements will be assessed by the means of a final exam. This is based on an analytical assessment of the "expected learning outcomes" described above. In order to properly assess such achievement the examination is composed of two different sections: written session and theoretical (written or oral) exam. The written session consists of a simple problem with multiple questions, and its possible scores are "sufficiente", "quasi sufficiente" or "insufficiente". To be eligible to take the theoretical exam the student must score in the written test "sufficiente" or "quasi sufficiente".
The oral session, consists of two or three theoretical questions.
Higher grades will be awarded to students who demonstrate an organic understanding of the subject, a high ability for critical application, and a clear and concise presentation of the contents.
To obtain a passing grade, students are required to at least demonstrate a knowledge of the key concepts of the subject, some ability for critical application, and a comprehensible use of technical language.
Teaching tools
Blackboard, transparencies and projector.
Office hours
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