Course Description
This course covers three-dimensional kinematics and kinetics of dynamic systems, including rotating coordinate systems, direction cosine matrices, rotation matrices, Euler angles, Euler parameters, Quaternions, angular velocity and acceleration, the transport theorem, moment of inertia tensors, angular momentum, Newton-Euler methods, Euler's equations of motion, and an introduction to Lagrange's equations. The methods learned in this class are applicable to aircraft, spacecraft, autonomous vehicles and any engineering system with rotating components, e.g. wind turbines, biomechanical systems, machine tools and robotic systems.
DE Fee
Engineering Online GRAD
DE Program
MS E
Fall 2025
Instructors
Meeting Patterns
Classes Start:
August 18, 2025
Classes End:
December 2, 2025
Distance Education:
Yes
Class Days:
[TBA]
Course Information
Class Type:
Lecture
Credits:
3.00
Restrictions:
Prerequisite: (MAE 208 or PY 205) and MA 242 and (MA 301 or MA 341) Enrollment for this course is through the Engineering Online Registration System. Go to http://go.ncsu.edu/eol_registration
