Course Information of PHYS 3032 - Intermediate Classical Mechanics

Current / Most Recent Semester:

Spring 2014/15

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Instructor(s): HAN Yilong
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Teaching Pattern:
  • duration of course: about 13 weeks
  • lecture hour(s) / tutorial hour(s) per week: 3 / 1
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    No. of Credit(s): 3
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    Content:
  • Fundamental (Math) concepts: Vectors
  • Newtonian mechanics: Rectilinear motion of a particle
  • Oscillations
  • General motions of a particle in three dimensions
  • Gravitation and central forces
  • Noninertial reference systems (Rotating coordinate systems)
  • Largrangian mechanics
  • Dynamics of systems of particles
  • Mechanics of rigid bodies: Planar motion
  • Motion of rigid bodies in three dimensions
  • Coupled oscillators and normal modes
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    Remarks: Prerequisite: PHYS 1111 or PHYS 1112 or PHYS 1151 or PHYS 1152 or PHYS 1312 or PHYS 2421

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