TAM 203 SPRING 2008 (Site updated on May 26, 2008)
Particle and Rigid Body Dynamics,Official Cornell course description(pretty close)
Professor: Andy Ruina
All course schedules/assignments/information will be on this www site. There are no handouts.

News (Most recent at top. Obsolete things may get removed.)

Happy Holidays !

5/26/08 : Final Solutions

Final grades are now posted online without names. Grade Sheet

5/08/08 : Correction to solutions to problem 14.33; The equation for the angular momentum balance lists
R_b/c x F = R_b/c x ma_g + I_gwdotk.
It should instead be R_b/c x F = R_g/c x ma_g + I_gwdotk.

5/02/08 : The TAM 203 Make-Up Prelim will be held Monday, May 5, 2-3:30+, in the dynamics lab (TH 101). The TAM 203 HW Exam will be held Tuesday, May 6, 12-4, in TH 202. 4/30/08 : Solutions uploaded for HW due Apr 29 and May 1
Last time to hand in homework regrades is during Jason Shapiro's office hours on Tuesday from 1-3pm

For problem 8 (pulley-system design) on the prelim3, people who "read" the problem wrongly, but did things correctly, can submit to Anoop (Th 110) for regrade , or come to his office hours, because in certain cases problem was graded too strictly

4/29/08 : Extra Office Hours
May 5 Mo (5 hrs) 12-2, Venkat, 7-10 David B.
May 6 Tu (7 hrs) 11-1 Joshua, 1-3 Jason, 3-6 David B.
May 7 We (6 hrs) 12-2 Venkat, 2-4 Andy, 4-6 David M.
May 8 Th (2 hrs) 12-2 Venkat
May 9 Fr (0 hrs)
May 10 Sat (3 hrs) 3:30 - 6:30 Anoop
May 11 Sun (6 hrs) 2-5 Andy, 5-8 Anoop
May 12 Mo (9 hrs) 11-2 Brian, 2:30-5:30 Kevin, 7-10 Kevin
May 13 Tu (6 hrs) 11-2 Brian, 2-5 Andy

* 4/24/08:- Grade Sheet

* 1/21/08: Welcome to TAM 203. Please read the academic integrity rules (see the homework page)

Old News

General course information

Homework assignments and solutions.
Staff and teaching Schedule: lecture, sections, labs, office hours, extra voluntary section.
Exams and grading: coverage of prelims, rooms, dates, final grade formula.
Texts: 
  1. Pratap and Ruina, available online only.
  2. Labs. There are four labs, starting on starting Monday January 28, structured like in TAM 202.
3. Lab Manuals: LabManual (Contains labs 1 to 4)
Matlab information

Old TAM 203 WWW pages:  
spring 97,    spring 2000,    fall 2000,     spring 02,   fall 04 ,   Spring 06,   Fall 06 ,   Spring 07
(exam collection)