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| Classical Mechanics | |||
| CLASSICAL MECH | |||
| CLASS CODE: | PH 332 | CREDITS: 4 | |
| COLLEGE: | PHYSICAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING | ||
| DEPARTMENT: | PHYSICS | ||
| GENERAL EDUCATION: | This course does not fulfill a General Education requirement. | ||
| DESCRIPTION: | This is a junior level course applying Newton's Laws of Motion in a wide variety of applications. | ||
| TAUGHT: | Fall | ||
| CONTENT AND TOPICS: | Apply Newtonian Mechanics to a wide range of problems involving: Dimensional Analysis and Vector Algebra; concepts of Velocity and Acceleration; Newton's Laws of Motion in one dimension; expansion of discussion of Inertial Frames of reference; Harmonic motion; Resonance; the Driven Oscillator; Motion of a particle in three dimensions; Potential Energy and Conservative Forces; analysis of motion in a non-inertial frame of reference and Fictitious Forces;Gravitation and expanded discussion of central forces; Conic sections and orbits; expanded discussion of orbital energy; criteria for stable orbits; Rutherford Scattering; Many particle systems; Conservation Laws and Collisions; rocket motion; Rotation of a body about a fixed axis; Moments of inertia; Rotation of a body, in three dimensions; motion of tops and gyroscopes; stability of a rotating bicycle wheel; Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Mechanics; Hamilton's and D'Alembert's principles and Conservation Laws; Coupled oscillators; Normal Coordinates and Normal Modes of oscillation; the Eigenvalue Problem; the loaded string and wave motion. Applying Mathematical Tools involving: Infinite and power series; complex numbers and functions; multiple integrals; vector analysis; Fourier Series; Ordinary Differntial Equations; Calculus of Variation; Partial Differentiation; Linear Algebra. |
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| GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: | 1.Understand the terminology used in Classical Mechanics. 2.Employ conceptual understanding to make predictions, and then approach the problem mathematically. 3.Understand the important connections between theory and experiment. 4. Connect concepts and mathematical rigor in order to enhance understanding. |
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| REQUIREMENTS: | Homework assignments, quizzes, exams, presentations. | ||
| PREREQUISITES: | PH 220, Math 214 or Math 316, & FDCOM 201 | ||
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: | August 2008 | ||