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Introduction to Engineering Analysis:IEA. Instructor: Prof. Zvi Rusak Office Hours: Tuesday: 4:00-6:00 PM JEC Room 4009 Tel.276-3036 Email: rusakz@rpi.edu www.rpi.edu/~rusakz TA: Silvia Marpicati, marpis@rpi.edu Undergrad TA: Avetis Ioannisyan, ioanna@rpi.edu
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Introduction to Engineering Analysis:IEA Instructor: Prof. Zvi Rusak Office Hours: Tuesday: 4:00-6:00 PM JEC Room 4009 Tel.276-3036 Email: rusakz@rpi.edu www.rpi.edu/~rusakz TA: Silvia Marpicati, marpis@rpi.edu Undergrad TA: Avetis Ioannisyan, ioanna@rpi.edu Course web site: http://www.rpi.edu/WWW/IEA
Students Instructors:SI • Ben Smith: • M, W: 7:00-8:00pm • Email: smithb3@rpi.edu • Rooms to be announced
Course Objective Integrated treatment of • static mechanics • computer laptop for solving engineering problems
Lecture 1: Outline • IEA Web Site Preview • Modeling of Problem • Newtons’s Law • Units • Accuracy • Vectors
Format of Course • Mini-lectures • In-class activities (some graded) • Homeworks (hand-written and computer) • 3 Exams: 20% Each = 60% total • Time:110 minutes each: • 1 Final Exam: 20% • Quiz & Homework: 20% • A quiz will be given every two weeks.
Format of Course • Bring your laptop, pencil and paper, book. • Your laptop should have: • WORD • Netscape • MAPLE & Excel
Statics: Equilibrium: F=0 Mo=0 Dynamics: Motion F = ma Mechanics
MAPLE V • A powerful symbolic computation package • Only use computer tools when necessary.