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Course Schedule

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Week Date   Lectures Homework Problem Sessions Text suggestions
1
Monday
8/24/2020
   FIRST DISCUSSION!!!!  

Discussion 1 sols

  
Tuesday
8/25/2020
  

Newton's laws

Lecture 1(2018)  Week 1

    

K&K Chapter 1

(Taylor Ch 1)
Thursday
8/27/2020
  

One-dimensional particle dynamics

Lecture 2(2018) 

HW 1 out

 

  

K&K Chapter 2/3

(Taylor Ch 1)
2 Monday
8/31/2020		       Discussion 2 sols  
Tuesday
9/1/2020
  

1D continued, drag, v-dep. forces

Lecture 3(2018) Week 2

    

K&K Chapter 3

(Taylor Ch 2)
Thursday
9/3/2020
  

2D particle dynamics

Lecture 4(2018) 

temporary home for dry run video

HW 1 in

HW 2 out

   Taylor Ch 2
3
Monday
9/7/2020
   Labor Day  

 

  
Tuesday
9/8/2020
  

1D rocket motion, conservative forces in 3D

Lecture 5(2018)  Week 3

     K&K Chapter 4
Thursday
9/9/2020
  

Central force motion, conserved angular momentum

Lecture 6(2018) 

HW 2 in

HW 3 out

  

K&K Chapter 10

(Taylor Ch 8)
4
Monday
9/14/2020
      

Discussion 3 sols

  
Tuesday
9/15/2020
  

Gravitation

Lecture 7(2018)  Week 4

      
Thursday
9/17/2020
  

Orbital motion, Kepler's Laws.

Lecture 8(2018)

HW 3 in (due 3pm, no credit if late)

HW 4 out 

  

K&K Chapter 10

(Taylor Ch 8)
5
Monday
9/21/2020
      

Discussion 4 sols

  
Tuesday
9/22/2020
  

Orbital motion continued 

Lecture 9(2018) Week 5

      
Thursday
9/24/2020
  

 Orbit transfers

Lecture 10(2018)

HW 4 in (due 3pm, but late ok)

 

  

 
6
Monday
9/28/2020
  

 

 HW 4 for sure in (5pm, no credit if later)

Discussion 5 sols

  
Tuesday
9/29/2020
   NO LECTURE

Exam info (now live!!)

Due Thurs Oct 1 at 1:30 pm

    
Thursday
10/1/2020
  

Formula sheet for exam one (updated! Sept 29 2020!!)

NO LECTURE

 

Sample Exam (unofficial solutions) 

2019 Exam #1 (solutions)

2020 Exam #1 (solutions)

Fall 2020 EXAM 1

solutions and  solutions

    
7
Monday
10/5/2020
      

Discussion 6 sols

  
Tuesday
10/6/2020
  

Linear Oscillators: Simple harmonic oscillators

Lecture 12(2018) Week 7

    

Taylor Chapter 5

(K&K Chapter 11)
Thursday
10/8/2020
  

Linear Oscillators: damping; initial conditions

Lecture 13(2018)		 HW 5 out (due 3pm, no credit if late)  

Taylor Chapter 5

(K&K Chapter 11)
8
Monday
10/12/2020
      

Discussion 7 sols

  
Tuesday
10/13/2020
  

Forced vibrations

Lecture 14(2018) Week 8

    

Taylor Chapter 5

(K&K Chapter 11)
Thursday
10/15/2020
  

Resonance, Fourier series

Lecture 15(2018)

HW 5 in (due 3pm, no credit if late)

HW 6 out

  

Taylor Chapter 5

(K&K Chapter 11)
9
Monday
10/19/2020
      

Discussion 8 sols

  
Tuesday
10/20/2020
  

Fourier series continued, solutions for periodic driving

Lecture 16(2018) Week 9  

      
Thursday
10/22/2020
  

Impulse response function, Greens function and fourier transform

Lecture 17(2018)

HW 6 in (due 3pm, no credit if late)

HW 7 out

    
11
Monday
10/26/2020
       Discussion 9 sols  
Tuesday
10/27/2020
  

Begin non-inertial reference frames

Lecture 18(2018) Week 10

  

Discussion 9 in by noon

Taylor Chapter 9

(K&K Ch 9)
Thursday
10/29/2020
  

Dynamics in non-inertial reference frames

Lecture 19(2018)

HW 7 in (due 3pm, no credit if late)

HW 8 out

  

Taylor Chapter 9

(K&K Ch 9)
12
Monday
11/2/2020
       Discussion 10 sols  
Tuesday
11/3/2020
  

Election Day !!!

  

Discussion 10 in by noon

 
Thursday
11/5/2020
  

Coriolis force

Lecture 20(2018) Week 11a

 

HW 8 in (due 3pm, no credit if late)

HW 9 out

 

  

Taylor Chapter 9

(K&K Ch 9)
13
Monday
11/9/2020
       Discussion 11 sols  
Tuesday
11/10/2020
  

NO REGULAR LECTURE:

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL

Review of Planar rgid body motion 

Lecture 22(2018)  Lecture 21(2018) Week 11b (2019)

 

FALL 2020 EXAM (released around noon Nov 10)

  

Discussion 11 in by noon

Taylor Chapter 10

(K&K Ch 7)
Thursday
11/12/2020
  

Midterm 2 Formula Sheet

Exam Info    Midterm 2 Sample Exam  Exam Solutions

solutions and solutions for Fall 2020

Sample Exam sols

2019 Exam #2 (sol, or sol)

Spring 2020  Exam Solutions

    
14
Monday
11/16/2020
       Discussion 12  sols  
Tuesday
11/17/2020
  

Begin: Calculus of variations Notes for Weeks 13/15

Lecture 23(2018)

 

Discussion 12 in by noon

 Taylor Chapter 6
Thursday
11/19/2020
  

Calculus of variations continued

Lecture 24(2018)

HW 9 in (due 3pm, full credit until Dec 1)

HW 10 out

   Taylor Chapter 6
      All remote after this      
15
Monday
11/30/2020
       Discussion 13 sols  
Tuesday
12/1/2020
  

Lagrangian mechanics

Lecture 25(2018) Notes for Weeks 13/15

  

Discussion 13 in by noon

 Taylor Chapter 7
Thursday
12/3/2020
  

Lagrangian mechanics continued

Lecture 26(2018)

 

   Taylor Chapter 7
16
Monday
12/7/2020
       Discussion 14 sols  
Tuesday
12/8/2020
  

Optional material: Noether's theorem  [NO LECTURE!!!]

Lecture 27(2018) Week 16 

 HW 10 in

Discussion 14 in by noon

  
Thursday
12/12/2020
  

Reading Day Final exam formula sheet Solution to final (2019)   Final Exam(Spring 2020)SOLUTIONS ; 

Final Exam will go out  Friday Dec 11 (9am) and be due Tuesday Dec 15 (5pm)

FINAL EXAM INFO HERE                          FALL 2020 FINAL EXAM
     

 

 

The exam is open everything.  See the sample exam for a list of the equations that will be given to you.