Dynamics

Basic information

Semester: 2025/26/1
Neptun code: BMEGEMMBXM3
Credit points: 5
Classes per week: 2 lecture + 2 practice
Requirement type: exam

Data sheet Lecturers

Dr. Giuseppe HABIB (lecture, email: habib(at)mm.bme.hu),
Dr. Fanni KÁDÁR (practice, email: fanni.kadar(at)mm.bme.hu),
Márton SZABÓ (practice, email: marton.szabo(at)mm.bme.hu)

Important dates (Semester 2025/26/1)

First homework assignment deadline: October 21st, 10:15
Second homework assignment deadline: December 2nd, 10:15
First midterm: November 4th, 16:15 - 17:00
Second midterm: December 3rd, 16:15 - 17:00
First midterm retake: December 15th, 10:15 - 11:00
Second midterm retake: December 15th, 11:15 - 12:00

Classes

Attending theoretical and practical classes is compulsory (at least 70 % of classes). However, absences due to health issues will not be counted as missed classes.

Theory: Wednesday 10:15-12:00 (KF87)
Practice: Wednesday 16:15-18:00 (KF87 and D305)

Consultation

Please, inform the lecturers in advance if you plan to attend a consultation. Consultation times are as follows:

Dr. Giuseppe HABIB: Monday 11.00-11.45, building MM, ground floor, room 9 (consultation at other times is possible, write me if needed).
Dr. Fanni KÁDÁR: Flexible consultation time, write an email or a message on Teams to set a meeting.
Márton SZABÓ: Wednesday 15:00-15:45, building MM, ground floor, room 11.

Homework assignements

Homework assignements can be downloaded at this link: https://www.mm.bme.hu/hfgen/en .
You can check your results at the link: https://www.mm.bme.hu/hwchk/en.
Homework must be submitted through the Moodle system.
Homework assignments will receive a pass/fail mark. Difficult to read homeworks, unclear homeworks, or homeworks not presenting results in the assignment page will be automatically considered as failed.
Note on homework assignments: We are fully aware that homeworks can be easily completed using AI or by copying from your colleagues. Homeworks are provided to help the students prepare for the exam. By successfully completing a homework, a student acquires most of skills and knowledge (but not all) required to pass the midterms and the exams. The self-checking possibility further helps students verifying their understanding of the problems. Solving them through AI will take away from your the best active learning possibility in preparation for the exam.

Semester conditions

Conditions for obtaining the signature (required to be allowed to the exam):

Submission of two homework at a minimum acceptable level before the deadline
Writing of two midterm tests obtaining at least a mark of 2/5 for each of them

Makeup opportunities:

Missed, wrong, or not accepted HWs are to be submitted again as soon as possible but at the latest two weeks after the official deadline. Otherwise, the semester cannot be validated, signature will not be given. Homeworks submitted after the deadline are subject to an extra process fee. Late submission is NOT possible after two weeks after the origianl deadline. After two weeks of each homework deadline, whoever has not submitted yet the homework has an automatic fail mark and cannot get the signature.
Missed (only if the reason for missing can be justified), failed, or miscarried midterm tests can be repeated ONCE in the retake-week. There will be one retake test for each of the midterms. The miscarried retake test cannot be repeated again; in this case, the semester cannot be validated, signature will not be given.

Exam and final mark:

The final exam is in written and in oral form. Both written and oral exams are compulsory for every student. However, if the teacher assumes that the final mark is already well defined by the written exam and the midterm tests, he can propose the student skip the oral exam (the student may still decide to take the oral exam). To access the oral exam, it is required to obtain at least 40% of the points in the written exam.
A mark will be assigned based on the midterm tests and on the written exam. Two grading possibilities are possible: (i) mark based on the final exam only, or (ii) mark based on the final exam (60%) and on the midterms (40%) (valid only for midtems passed during the semester, not during the retake); the combination which provides the highest mark for each student will be used.
The oral exam allows the students to increase/decrease their mark by one (e.g. a two might become a three). However, if the oral exam is of excessively poor quality, the teacher reserves the right to give a fail to a student, even if his/her starting mark (after tests and written exam) was 3 or greater.

Textbooks

To pass the exam, your lecture notes are probably the best source for studying. No additional material is required. However, for those interested in looking at the subject from a different perspective, we suggest a list of textbooks. Please notice that each book might use a different nomenclature.

Csernak, G., Habib, G.: Lecture Notes on Dynamics
Beer, F.P., Johnston, E. R.: Vector Mechanics for Engineers. Dynamics. McGraw-Hill, 2004.
Tongue, B.H., Sheppard, S.D.: Dynamics. Analysis and Design of Systems in Motion. John Wiley ans Sons, 2005.
McLean, W.G., Nelson, E.W.: Engineering Mechanics. Statics and Dynamics. Schaum's Outline Series, McGraw-Hill, 1988.
Hibbeler, R.C.: Engineering Mechanics, Dynamics 11th ed, SI version. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007.
Meriam, J.L., Kraige, L.G.: Engineering Mechanics, Dynaimics, 5th edition, SI version. John Wiley and Sons, 2003

(updated on Sept. 7th, 2026)