502 Dynamics of a Rigid Body. [Thornton.]
Lectures 10-11, Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
This course offers an ampler and more rigorous treatment of the
motions of rigid bodies. Moments of inertia are investigated by
more powerful methods and the motions of rigid bodies about fixed
axes, parallel to fixed planes, and about fixed points are submitted
to both kinematical and dynamical analysis. Numerous applications
are made to the dynamics of machines. The inertia forces developed
in the moving parts are studied and the problems arising in
the balancing of engines, and in gyroscopic movements are used to
illustrate the fundamental doctrines of theoretical mechanics.
[Required, Spring, in Courses I, II, III, V (3).]
