MECH&AE 255B
Mathematical Methods in Dynamics
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Concepts of stability; state-space interpretation; stability determination by simulation, linearization, and Lyapunov direct method; the Hamiltonian as a Lyapunov function; nonautonomous systems; averaging and perturbation methods of nonlinear analysis; parametric excitation and nonlinear resonance. Application to mechanical systems.
Letter grading.
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Requisite: course 255A.
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MECH&AE 255B
- MECH&AE 255AAdvanced Dynamics
- MECH&AE 155Intermediate Dynamics
- MECH&AE 169AIntroduction to Mechanical Vibrations
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