MIT OpenCourseWare
Dynamics
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- Instructors
- Prof. Sheila Widnall, Prof. John Deyst, Prof. Edward Greitzer
- Term
- Fall 2009
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 12 problem sets · 3 exams · 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 34 other files · 4 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 16.07 Dynamics, Fall 2009, Prof. Sheila Widnall, Prof. John Deyst, Prof. Edward Greitzer — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: none is claimed; materials are grouped by MIT's own sections. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Materials by section
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Lecture Notes
32 files
- Lecture L1 – Introduction Download
- Lecture L2 – Degrees of Freedom and Constraints, Rectilinear Motion Download
- Lecture L3 – Vectors, Matrices and Coordinate Transformations Download
- Lecture L4 – Curvilinear Motion. Cartesian Coordinates Download
- Lecture L5 – Other Coordinate Systems Download
- Lecture L6 – Intrinsic Coordinates Download
- Lecture L7 – Relative Motion using Translating Axes Download
- Lecture L8 – Relative Motion using Rotating Axes Download
- Lecture L9 – Linear Impulse and Momentum. Collisions Download
- Lecture L10 – Angular Impulse and Momentum for a Particle Download
- Lecture L11 – Conservation Laws for Systems of Particles Download
- Lecture L12 – Work and Energy Download
- Lecture L13 – Conservative Internal Forces and Potential Energy Download
- Lecture L14 – Variable Mass Systems: The Rocket Equation Download
- Lecture L15 – Central Force Motion: Kepler's Laws Download
- Lecture L16 – Central Force Motion: Orbits Download
- Lecture L17 – Orbit Transfers and Interplanetary Trajectories Download
- Lecture L18 – Exploring the Neighborhood: the Restricted Three-Body Problem Download
- Lecture L19 – Vibration, Normal Modes, Natural Frequencies, Instability Download
- Lecture L20 – Energy Methods: Lagrange’s Equations Download
- Lecture L21 – 2D Rigid Body Dynamics Download
- Lecture L22 – 2D Rigid Body Dynamics: Work and Energy Download
- Lecture L23 – 2D Rigid Body Dynamics: Impulse and Momentum Download
- Lecture L24 – Pendulums Download
- Lecture L25 – 3D Rigid Body Kinematics Download
- Lecture L26 – 3D Rigid Body Dynamics: The Inertia Tensor Download
- Lecture L27 – 3D Rigid Body Dynamics: Kinetic Energy; Instability; Equations of Motion Download
- Lecture L28 – 3D Rigid Body Dynamics: Equations of Motion; Euler’s Equations Download
- Lecture L29 – 3D Rigid Body Dynamics Download
- Lecture L30 – 3D Rigid Body Dynamics: Tops and Gyroscopes Download
- Inertial Instruments and Inertial Navigation Download
- Some Dynamics and Control Challenges that occurred during the Apollo Project Download
Assignments
14 files
Exams
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Sheila Widnall, Prof. John Deyst, Prof. Edward Greitzer, 16.07 Dynamics, Fall 2009.
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