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Welcome! This is the official course website for TAM 212 at UIUC in Spring 2025.

TAM 212 Course Organization

This is a living document providing the general structure of the course: All assessments subject to change.

Due dates and testing periods for assessments and evaluations can be found on the schedule page

Unit

Topics

Assessments

Evaluations

1: Coordinates & Vectors
  • Positions & Vectors
  • Polar Coordinate System & Basis Vectors
  • Vector Projections
Homework 1A and 1B Quiz 1
2: Vector Calculus & Rotations
  • Vector Derivatives
  • Velocity & Acceleration in Polar Basis
  • Vector Integration
  • Angular Velocity & Acceleration
  • Solving Vector Equations
Homework 2A and 2B Quiz 2
3: TN Basis & Particle Kinetics
  • Tangent Normal Basis
  • Particle Kinetics
  • Numerical Integration
Homework 3A and 3B Quiz 3
4: Rigid Body Kinematics
  • Rigid Body Velocity
  • Constrained Motion
  • Rigid Body Acceleration
Homework 4A and 4B Quiz 4
5: Gears & Rigid Body Kinetics
  • Gears
  • Center of Mass
  • Mass Moment of Inertia
  • Rigid Body Kinetics
Homework 5A and 5B Quiz 5
6: Rolling
  • Instantaneous Center
  • Rolling without Slip
Homework 6A and 6B Quiz 6
7: Energy
  • Work & Energy
  • Momentum
  • Friction
Homework 7 Final exam