This calendar incorporates the lecture schedule and the assignment schedule. Some lecture topics may have required more than one class session to cover. 
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  |  |  |  |  |   | 1 |  |  |  | Aerospace Dynamics |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   | 2 |  |  |  | Coriolis "Demystified" |  |  |  | HW1 Issued |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   | 3 |  |  |  | Dynamics |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   | 4 |  |  |  | Introduction to Multiple Intermediate Frames |  |  |  | HW1 Due HW2 Issued |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   | 5 |  |  |  | Momentum, Angular Momentum, and Dynamics of a System of Particles |  |  |  | HW2 Due HW3 Issued |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   | 6 |  |  |  | Numerical Solution of Nonlinear Differential Equations |  |  |  | HW3 Due |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  | Midterm Exam #1 |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   | 7 |  |  |  | Lagrange's Equations |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   | 8 |  |  |  | Examples Using Lagrange's Equations
  Handout: Examples (from Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics by M. G. Calkin. River Edge, NJ: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 1999.) |  |  |  | HW4 Issued |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   | 9 |  |  |  | Virtual Work and the Derivation of Lagrange's Equations |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  | Virtual Work and the Derivation of Lagrange's Equations (Continued) |  |  |  | HW4 Due HW5 Issued |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   | 10 |  |  |  | Friction in Lagrange's Equations |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  | Friction in Lagrange's Equations (Continued) |  |  |  | HW5 Due HW6 Issued |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   | 11 |  |  |  | Kinematics of Rigid Bodies |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   | 12 |  |  |  | Rigid Body Dynamics |  |  |  | HW6 Due HW7 Issued |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   | 13 |  |  |  | Axisymmetric Rotations |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   | 14 |  |  |  | Gyroscopes |  |  |  | HW7 Due HW8 Issued |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  | Gyroscopes (Continued) |  |  |  | HW8 Due |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  | Midterm Exam #2 |  |  |  | HW9 Issued |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   | 15 |  |  |  | Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  | Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics (Continued) |  |  |  | HW9 Due HW10 Issued |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   | 16 |  |  |  | Aircraft Dynamics |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   | 17 |  |  |  | Aircraft Longitudinal Dynamics |  |  |  | HW10 Due |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   | 18 |  |  |  | Aircraft Lateral Dynamics |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  | Final Exam |  |  |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |  
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