Hi Kin 530,
As we mentioned in class yesterday, next week will see the end of Kinetics and the beginning of Energy, Work & Power. For Tuesday and the final installment of Kinetics, please read Schache & Baker (2007), and complete Assignment 6. Although this seems like a fast turnaround for Assignment 6, you will see that it is very similar to the last assignment, except that now your calculations will include inertial terms because the conditions are dynamic. Hence much of the residual brainpower still left from last week will carry over nicely this week. I have also posted the Answer Key for Assignment 5 so you can be sure you used the correct approach for the static problem from last week.
On Thursday we will start Energy, Work & Power, so please read Chapter 6 of the Robertson textbook, pages 125 to 144. I have also posted two readings on the website: Robertson & Winter (1980) and Caldwell & Forrester (1992). The first of these is a classic, a heavily cited paper that was the springboard for much heavy thought during the 1980’s and 1990’s. My suggestion would be to read the text chapter first, followed in order by R&W (1980) and then C&F (1992). I will post slides and notes for Energy, Work and Power next week.