Handouts and supplemental information from lecture:

Week 1:

• handouts from the first day of class (course home page, general information, syllabus, policies)
• forumla sheet
• Chapter 2 homework assignment copied from the book

Week 2:

• class locomotive example (MathCAD file, PDF file)
• Example 3-4:  damped projectile motion (MathCAD file, PDF file)

Week 3:

• Woodward Governor fly-weight speed controllers
  • SG fly-weight governor (PDF file)
  • Woodward Governor LCS digital speed controller (PDF file)
  • animations:
    • flyball governor (WMV file)
    • flyweight governor (WMV file)
    • flyweight governor instability (WMV file)
  • video demonstration of flyball governor replica (4.6 MB WMV file)
• flyball governor solution (MathCAD file, PDF file)
• how to solve differential equations (will be handed out in class)
• dynamics problem solving procedure (will be handed out in class)

Week 4:

• 3-24 solution

Week 5:

• 3-11 DE solution and results (MathCAD file, PDF file)

Week 6:

• from Dr. Dave's billiards website:
  • 90-degree rule
    • TP 3.1 - 90° rule
    • NV 3.4 - 90° rule with various cut angles
    • NV 3.7 - Using the 90° rule to check for and prevent a scratch
  • 30-degree rule
    • TP A.4 - Post-impact cue ball trajectory for any cut angle, speed, and spin
    • NV 3.8 - Using your hand to visualize the 30° rule
  • "90º and 30º rule review"  (Billiards Digest, July, 2004).

Week 7:

• dynamics problem solving procedure

Week 10:

• Lagrange's Equations problem solving procedure (will be handed out in class)

Week 13:

• from Dr. Dave's billiards website:
  • TP 2.1 - Minimum cue tip friction required for no-slip horizontal impact
  • TP 4.2 - Center of percussion of the cue ball
  • TP 4.1 - Distance required for normal roll to develop with a stun shot
• stability homework problem (will be handed out in class)

Week 15:

• Chapter 8 sample problems

Week 16:

• from Dr. Dave's billiards website:
  • TP A.4 - Post-impact cue ball trajectory for any cut angle, speed, and spin
  • TP B.2 - Rolling resistance, spin resistance, and "ball turn"
• group evaluation form (will be handed out in class)
• chaos handout

Supplemental resources and examples:

• dynamics-related video demonstrations
• Dr. Dave's Pool and Billiards website
• Tipse Top technical article
• football dynamics technical article
• rotational dynamics technical article
• introduction to fractals and the Mandelbrot Set
  • fractal scale independence