MAE 3260

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  • Schedule of Classes - March 17, 2025 8:55AM EDT

MAE 3260
System Dynamics

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Dynamic behavior of mechanical systems: modeling, analysis techniques, and applications; vibrations of single- and multidegree- of-freedom systems; feedback control systems. Computer simulation and experimental studies of vibration and control systems.


Prerequisites REF-FA25/Corequisites REF-FA25 MATH 2930, MATH 2940, and MAE 2030. Corequisites: None.

Enrollment Priority REF-FA25 Enrollment limited to: juniors.

Last 4 terms offered (None)

Outcomes REF-FA25

  • Student will be able to build an accurate dynamic model of a complex mechanical or electromechanical system by a divide-and-conquer approach that makes use of physics, constitutive laws, geometry, and whatever other information one may have about the system.
  • Students will be able to use linear and nonlinear system simulation and analysis tools to study transient and frequency response of systems.
  • Students will be able to use modern dynamics and control lab equipment to measure, record and analyze system response.
  • Students will be able to choose appropriate values for model parameters to meet passive or open-loop performance specifications on dynamic response.
  • Students will be able to design closed-loop feedback controllers to meet performance specifications on dynamic response.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6948 MAE 3260   LEC 001

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    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Campbell, M

    • WF
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Campbell, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: MATH 2930, MATH 2940, MAE 2030 or permission of department. Enrollment limited to: juniors and seniors. To request department permission, see https://www.mae.cornell.edu/mae/programs/undergraduate-programs/undergraduate-forms to submit a petition.

  •  7176 MAE 3260   LEC 002

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    • M
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Campbell, M

    • WF
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Campbell, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: MATH 2930, MATH 2940, MAE 2030 or permission of department. Enrollment limited to: juniors and seniors. To request department permission, see https://www.mae.cornell.edu/mae/programs/undergraduate-programs/undergraduate-forms to submit a petition.

  •  7177 MAE 3260   LAB 401

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    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Staff

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  •  7178 MAE 3260   LAB 402

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  •  7179 MAE 3260   LAB 403

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  •  7180 MAE 3260   LAB 404

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  •  7181 MAE 3260   LAB 405

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  •  7182 MAE 3260   LAB 406

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  •  7186 MAE 3260   LAB 407

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  •  7187 MAE 3260   LAB 408

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  •  7297 MAE 3260   LAB 409

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  •  7188 MAE 3260   LAB 410

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    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

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