PHYS 410 - Classical Mechanics

• Course Info:
• Syllabus
• Schedule and suggested reading.
• Grades are posted on elms.
• Animations and videos:
• Khan academy: developing intuition about Stokes theorem.
• Tennis Racket theorem (" Dzhanibekov effect" in Russia)
• with books and boxes (in Russian)
• with a ping pong paddle
• with a wing nut (starts at 0:17, in Russian)
• with a valve and strut (in Russian)
• Gyroscope precession and nutation
• Tippe top
  
• Centrifugal force
• Coriolis force
• Foucault pendulum
• Homework:
• Homework #1, and solutions.
  
• Homework #2, and solutions.
• Homework #3, and solutions.
• Homework #4, and solutions.
  
• Homework #5, and solutions.
• Homework #6, and solutions.
• Homework #7, and solutions.
  
• Homework #8, and solutions.
• Homework #9, and solutions.
• Homework #10, and solutions.
  
• Final Exam:
• will be held on Thursday May 14th from 8 am to 10 am in PHYS 0405.
• You will be given the formula sheet. No other study aids will be allowed.
• The final exam will be comprehensive.
  
• Hints for studying for the exam:
  
  • Review your lecture notes and the posted lecture notes.
  • Review the homework.
  • Review the textbook.
  • Review the formula sheet. Make sure you understand all of the relevant equations there.
    
• Lecture Notes:
  
• Week 1: Differential equations, Newton's laws, drag forces.
• Week 2: Linear and angular momentum, work, energy.
• Week 3: Oscillations.
• Week 4: Exam 1 review.
• Week 5: Lagrangian mechanics.
• Week 6: Hamilton's Principle and the calculus of variations.
• Week 7: Hamiltonian Mechanics and Rutherford Scatttering
• Week 8: Exam 2 review.
• Week 9: Central force motion.
• Week 10: Kinematics of rigid body rotations.
• Week 11: Dynamics of rigid body rotations and non-inertial frames.
• Week 11: Exam 3 review.
  
• Week 12: Special relativity.
• Week 13: Special relativity continued.