2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

ENGR 211 Dynamics

Dynamics examines kinematic motion including rectilinear motion, curvilinear motion, and projectiles. A study of dynamics of particles and of rigid bodies, work and energy, impulse and momentum, and conservation laws. 

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENGR 210

Offered

Spring

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Learn essential laws of particle and rigid body dynamics
  2. Learn kinematics of particles: rectilinear and curvilinear motions
  3. Learn kinetics of particles: force, mass, acceleration work and energy, impulse and momentum
  4. Learn kinetics of rigid bodies: force, mass, acceleration, work and energy, impulse, and momentum
  5. Learn kinetics of rigid bodies: force, mass, acceleration, work and energy, impulse, and momentum
  6. Develop strategies to analyze dynamics of particles and rigid bodies
  7. Apply the laws of dynamics to analyze and interpret the dynamics of particles and rigid bodies