Good morning, everyone,
The link at the bottom presents a new approach to rigid body dynamics. The notation for 2D, 3D, single-and multi-bodies is the same, and simplified.
I had always been a relatively average professor—acutely aware of my many shortcomings. But I had the privilege of learning from a brilliant mentor. When he retired, he left me with a profound responsibility: to carry forward a new approach to dynamics that modernized and simplified the undergraduate curriculum.
At first, my mentor advised me not to worry about understanding the full theory—just to use the notation as matrices. But I wanted to truly grasp it for myself, and over time, I learned enough to be satisfied (much of it from many of you).
Of course, these mathematical tools have been used before—there’s nothing new in that. But what made his work remarkable was that he reimagined the discipline of dynamics using this mathematics in a way that is accessible to undergraduates.
Coming from a background in Art History—long before I became a professor of mechanical engineering—I took his draft, expanded it to nearly 10,000 pages of working documents, and then simplified it. It is for undergraduates who wish to learn dynamics.
There are well-known challenges in teaching dynamics to both second-year and advanced students. But if you scroll down on the webpage, you’ll see something remarkable: undergraduate students writing papers, solving real problems using this method and notation.
http://movingframe.org
The webpage is now live. I do not profit from it. I will retire in four years. And I am giving it away.
Warm regards,
Thomas
The link at the bottom presents a new approach to rigid body dynamics. The notation for 2D, 3D, single-and multi-bodies is the same, and simplified.
I had always been a relatively average professor—acutely aware of my many shortcomings. But I had the privilege of learning from a brilliant mentor. When he retired, he left me with a profound responsibility: to carry forward a new approach to dynamics that modernized and simplified the undergraduate curriculum.
At first, my mentor advised me not to worry about understanding the full theory—just to use the notation as matrices. But I wanted to truly grasp it for myself, and over time, I learned enough to be satisfied (much of it from many of you).
Of course, these mathematical tools have been used before—there’s nothing new in that. But what made his work remarkable was that he reimagined the discipline of dynamics using this mathematics in a way that is accessible to undergraduates.
Coming from a background in Art History—long before I became a professor of mechanical engineering—I took his draft, expanded it to nearly 10,000 pages of working documents, and then simplified it. It is for undergraduates who wish to learn dynamics.
There are well-known challenges in teaching dynamics to both second-year and advanced students. But if you scroll down on the webpage, you’ll see something remarkable: undergraduate students writing papers, solving real problems using this method and notation.
http://movingframe.org
The webpage is now live. I do not profit from it. I will retire in four years. And I am giving it away.
Warm regards,
Thomas
