Structural Dynamics Through the Lens of 3-D Printing

This report explores the topics of dynamics with a focus on structures and 3-dimensional printing. With the first challenge, angular velocity and acceleration were the focus. The second challenge involved the ideas of converting rotational motion into linear motion. However, a target frequency and acceleration meant that an equation needed to be derived in order to gage the magnitude of the dimensions necessary to achieve this target. The final challenge required the employment of material properties and displayed the inaccuracies of the 3-D printer. Not only were topics important to dynamics highlighted through these challenges but diving further into the intricacies of 3-D printing was a large portion of experimentation and learning.