NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Course: Dynamics 1

Course Code: TIE 2106

Lecturers: Mr. Tumbudzuku 0772215659 & Mr. Sengai 0773208527

Emails:lovemoresng@gmail.com,wellietumbudzuku@gmail.com

Course Synopsis: kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies. Analysis of planar mechanisms.
Displacement, velocity and acceleration analysis methods. Motion with respect to a rotating reference frame. Work,
energy and momentum principles

Objective: To be able to comprehend, analyse, dynamic mechanical systems to a level sufficient to support the
practice of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Course Content

1. Introduction What is Mechanics

Fundamentals concepts and principles
Method of problem solution
2. Dynamics-Kinematics of particles Introduction to Dynamics
Rectilinear motion of particles
Position, velocity and acceleration
Uniform Rectilinear motion
Motion of several particles

3. Curvilinear motion Position vector, velocity and acceleration

Derivatives of vector functions
Rectangular components of velocity and acceleration

4. Kinetics of Particles Introduction

Newton's 2nd Law of Motion
Linear momentum of a particle
Rate of change of Linear momentum
Equation of motion
Dynamic equilibrium

5. Energy and Momentum Methods Work of a force

Kinetic Energy of a particle
Principle of work and energy
Power and efficiency
Potential and conservation of Energy
Impulse and momentum