This free online engineering dynamics course teaches several methods to solve problems involving objects in motion. The course consists of 53 tutorials which cover material typically found in a typical dynamics (mechanics II) course at the university level or AP physics.

In order to gain a comprehensive understanding of the subject, you should start at the top and work your way down the list. That way you will start learning the most basic concepts first and build off of those as you progress through the course.

Linear Motion

1. Find position or velocity when given acceleration as a function of time
2. How to derive the kinematic equations (constant acceleration)
3. Acceleration as a function of time example (with constant acceleration)
4. Acceleration as a function of time example (with non-constant acceleration)
5. Acceleration as a function of velocity explained
6. Acceleration as a function of velocity example
7. Acceleration as a function of position explained
8. Acceleration as a function of position example
9. Relative position, relative velocity, and relative acceleration
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Projectile Motion

10. How to solve projectile motion problems
11. Projectile motion example problem #1: dropping an object
12. Projectile motion example problem #2: launching an object straight up
13: Projectile motion example problem #3: kicking a soccer ball
14. Projectile motion example problem #4: kicking a soccer ball off a ledge


​Circular Motion

15. Radians, revolutions, and degrees
16. How to calculate angular displacement
17. How to calculate angular speed/velocity
18. How to calculate angular acceleration
19. How to derive the equations of circular motion (constant angular acceleration)
20. How to calculate tangential velocity and acceleration
21. How to calculate normal acceleration and centripetal force


​Kinetics

22. How to solve basic kinetics problems
23. How to solve kinetic pulley problems (Atwood machines)
24. How to solve kinetic pulley problems when a pulley is moving/translating
25. A block is on a slope with friction, what happens?
26. Kinetics pulley example problem (Atwood machine)
27. Kinetics pulley example problem with a friction surface
28. Kinetics moving pulley example problem


Work and Energy

29. Work and energy formula sheet
30. Introduction to work
31. Conservative and non-conservative forces
32. Introduction to energy
33. Conservation of mechanical energy (no friction)
34. Conservation of mechanical energy (with friction)
35. The principle of work and energy
36. Mechanical power
37. Mechanical efficiency


​Impulse and Momentum

38. What is momentum
39. What is an impulse
40. Principle of impulse and momentum
41. Conservation of linear momentum
42. What is an impact
43. Coefficient of restitution
44. Central impact example #1
45. Central impact example #2
46. Central impact example #3
47. Oblique impact example​


Rigid Body Rotation

48. Translation vs rotation vs general motion
49. Relative motion analysis: vector analysis
50. Relative motion analysis scalar analysis
51. Instantaneous centre of zero velocity
52. Absolute motion analysis
​​53. How to animate a crankshaft​​

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