Module 5 - dynamics in your career#
The best way to apply your knowledge in a subject is to try to teach someone about it. In this module, you will create your own dynamics example and we can share it here.
This is your chance to teach me and your classmates something new. You have applied the Newton-Euler, work-energy, and impulse-momentum equations to a number of engineering systems and models, but now its your turn to choose an application and create a model.
Some tips:
start simple its often easier to add complexity rather than remove complexity if you’re considering a 6-DOF system, try a 1-DOF part, then add components incrementally
use what you have you have working models for four-bar linkages, pendulums, and a yoyo despinning mechanism can you take your system and model a piece of it as a pendulum? is angular momentum conserved?
communicate let us know what you’re working on simple sketches are great! don’t get hung up on a final result until you have some sketches and conversations
always draw a FBD this step is so often skipped, but its really where the bulk of your engineering work is decided. The FBD is your main contribution to any engineering project, everything else is a combination of puzzle-solving and applied mathematics
Objectives#
Upon Completion of this module you will be able to
Create an engineering project report
Explain your work to other people
Justify your assumptions in a model
Add your project to your engineering portfolio and resume