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ME 274 – Basic Mechanics II Spring 2009 Notes: Instructors:

Jeff Rhoads – Division 2 Office: ME 374 Office phone: 49-45630 Office hours: 1:30-2:30PM on MWF Email: [email protected]

a) Attendance is not required for this course; however, your attendance is expected for all class meetings. If you are unable to attend on any day, please contact your instructor prior to the meeting time. You are responsible for all course material on any dates that you are absent. b) Homework is due at the beginning of class. Homework is to be turned in on engineering paper with same format as was used in ME 270. Make an effort to be NEAT in your presentation.

Chuck Krousgrill – Divisions 1 & 3 Office: ME 367 Office phone: 49-45738 Office hours: 9:30-10:30AM on MWF Email: [email protected] Class Meetings:

c)

Division 1 - ME 261, 8:30-9:20AM MWF Division 2 - ME 161, 11:30AM-12:20PM MWF Division 3 - ME 261, 3:30-4:20PM MWF

Textbook:

J.L. Meriam and L.G. Kraige, Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 2 - Dynamics, Sixth Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2007.

Grading:

Homework Quizzes Blog participation Fundamentals exam 3 Midterm Exams Final Exam

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lowest: highest:

15% 5% 2% 3% 25% 50%

Course Blog:

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~krousgri/me274/

Lecture notes:

Lecture notes for Divisions 1 & 3 can be purchased at the Boiler Copy Maker in the PMU. Lecture notes for Division 2 can be found on the course blog.

A solution for one problem from the textbook will be posted for every lecture as a QuickTime video/audio on the course blog (use the “Example videos” link). These will be available prior to that lecture. Use this solution to help assess your ability to work the homework problems for that day.

d) We encourage you to work together in learning the material (including homework). However, your submitted homework solutions should be YOUR work and not copied from other sources. Copying solutions from other sources will be considered to be a serious offense in this course. Please see your instructor if you are uncertain about the difference between collaborating and copying. e) There will be regular, unannounced quizzes. Makeup quizzes will not be given during the semester. f)

The three midterm exams will be given in the evening. See syllabus for dates and times.

g) An in-class exam will be given on Wednesday, January 21 covering fundamentals of mechanics material (that you learned in ME 270). You will be provided more information on this during the first week of class. h) Help will be available to you in the Mechanics Tutorial Room in ME 242 approximately 40 hours/week. A schedule will be provided to you during the first week of class. i)

For Divisions 1&3, there will be “assigned seating” in ME 261 for this class. By Wednesday, January 14, you will be asked to choose your seat for the semester.

j)

Many of us carry mobile phones. If you do, please turn off your phone prior to arriving to class. This is a courtesy to everyone in room.