Engineering Dynamics
MIT OpenCourseWare's introduction to dynamics and vibrations in lumped-parameter mechanical systems. The course covers kinematics, force-momentum formulation for particles and rigid bodies in planar motion, work-energy methods, and virtual displacements and virtual work. It builds toward Lagrange's equations for systems of particles and rigid bodies, and linearization of equations of motion around equilibrium states. By the end, students can evaluate free and forced vibration in linear multi-degree-of-freedom models and solve the associated matrix eigenvalue problems. Materials include MIT's lecture notes, problem sets, and exams from the original course, published under a Creative Commons license with no cost to access. No certificate is offered, but the full curriculum is usable for self-study by anyone with a background in introductory mechanics and differential equations.