Physics 325: Intermediate Mechanics I   Course Schedule   Sp2019

(N.B – watch for changes and updates !)

 

Date    

Lecture

Readings

Homework
(instructions)

Problem Session

Mon Jan 14

 

 

 

Discussion 1.   Solution

Tu Jan 15, 2019

Lecture 1: Newton's Laws, Galilean Invariance

Math Formulary;  Physics Formulary Taylor Ch.1.1-1.6;  T&M 2.1ff      HW (instructions)

ApproxLectureNotes pp 1-7

quizrecorder: CL

 

Th Jan 17

L#2 One-dimensional particle dynamics: solutions of ODE

Taylor Ch.1.6  T&M 2.4;  ALN 7-14

 quizrecorder:JW

 

Mon 1/21

 

 

 

No class.

MLK day

Tu Jan 22

L#3  1-d cont'd; drag,v-dependent forces.
Charge in B field

Taylor Ch.1.7; 2.1-2.7   ALN 14-21

 quizrecorder:KK

 

Th Jan 24

L#4   2-d bead on rod, 3-d bead on hoop. 1-d rocket motion

Taylor 3.2  ALN 21-28

HW1A &1B are due.
solution1A:JW
solution1B:CL
quizrecorder:KK

 

Mon Jan 28

 

 

 

Disc2
solution

Tu Jan 29

L#5 Conservative forces in 3-d

Taylor 4.1-4.6
T&M 2.5

 quizrecorder:CL

 

Th Jan 31

L#6 central force motion, conserved L and E, gravity

T&M 5.1,5.2
Taylor Chapter4.8

HW2A, 2B are due.
solution 2A:KK
solution 2B:JW
quizrecorder:CL

 

Mon Feb 4

 

 

 

Problem session 3 solution

Tu Feb 5

L#7.  Gravitation

ALN pp 39-46
T&M Chapter 5

 quizrecorder:JW

 

Th Feb 7

L#8Orbital motion Kepler's Laws.

Taylor Chpt 8   
ALN 47-53
T&M Chapter 8

HW3A, 3B due.
solution3A:CL solution3B:KK
quizrecorderJW

 

Mon Feb 11

 

 

 

Problem session 4

solution

Tu Feb 12

L#9 Orbital motion continued

Taylor Chpt 8; ALN 54-62

 quizrecorder:KK

 

Th Feb 14

L#10 Tides

ALN 54-62;   Taylor 9.2

No HW due today quizrecorderCL

 

Mon Feb 18

 

 

 

Problem Session 5 (= sample exam) solution

Tu Feb 19

L#11 Begin Linear Oscillators: S H O

T&M 3.1.-3.4   
ALN 70-77
Taylor 5.1-5.3

HW4A, 4B due,
solutionA:JW   solutionB:CL
quizrecorder:KK

 

Th Feb 21

Midterm I
Loomis 151

Sample Exam I
solution

Material covered:
HWs 1-4  Discs 1-5  Lectures 1-10

Midterm I. 

151 Loomis

1:00- 2:20

 

Mon Feb 25

 

 

 

Discussion class 6
solution

Tuesday Feb 26

L#12 Continue Linear Oscillators: damping; initial conditions

Taylor 5.4
T&M 3.5

 quizrecorderCL

 

Th Feb 28

L#13 Forced vibration, resonance

Taylor 5.5, 5.6
T&M 3.6

 HW 5A , 5B due solution 5A:KK  soluion 5B:JW
quizrecorderCL

 

Mon Mar 4

 

 

 

Problem session 7.
solution

Tuesday March 5

L#14 Resonance Continued; Fourier Series

Taylor 5.7, TM3.8

 quiz recorder:JW

 

Th March 7

Lecture15 Impulse response G(t),

convolution

T&M 3.9

HW6A,  HW6B due.
solution6A:CL  solution6B:KK
quizrecorder:JW

 

Mon Mar 11

 

 

 

Problem session 8.  solution

Tu March 12

L # 16 Laplace and Fourier transorms

read online?   e.g.
youtube.com/watch?v=OiNh2DswFt4
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQLH7qTeJRM

 quizrecorderr:KK

 

Th March 14

L#17  Causality, Greens functions and Transforms.

 

HW 7A7B due
7A&Bsoln

solution7A:JW solution7B:CL
quizrecorder:KK

 

Mar 16-24

SPRING BREAK

 

 

 

Mon 3/25

 

 

 

session 9
Solution

Tu Mar 26

L#18 weakly nonlinear sdof vibrations.  Begin non-inertial frames

T&M 4.1, 4.2, 4.5;
Taylor 12.1-12.3

 quizrecorder:KK

 

Th Mar 28

L#19 Dynamics in non-inertial frames

Taylor Chapter 9
T&M Chapter 10

HW8A8B  due
solution 8A:KK
solution 8B:JW
quizrecorder:CL

 

Mon Apr 1

 

 

 

Pb Sess 10
solution

Tu April 2

L#20 Coriolis force continued, Foucault pendulum

Taylor Chapter 9, T&M Chapter 10

 quizrecorder:JW

 

Th 4/4

L#21 Planar Rigid Body rotation I

 

HW9A & 9B due

Rough Solution
DetailedSoluion

9A:CL   9B:KK
Quizrecorderr:JW

 

Mon 4/8

 

 

 

Ex II review
=Disc 11

Tu 4/ 9

Midterm II  Loomis 151
Lectures 11-20

1:00-2:20

sample Exam II
solution

 

 

Th April 11

L22 Planar Rigid Body rotation II

 

no HW due today
quizrecorder:JW

 

Mon Apr 15

 

 

 

Disc  12
soln

Tu April 16

L#23 Analytical Mechanics, Virtual Work, Lagrangians

Thornton and Marion  Chapter 7

Taylor Chapter 7.

 quizrecorder:KK

 

Th April 18

 L24  Calculus of Variations

T&M Chapter 6,
Taylor Chpt 6

HW10 A   B  due
solution 10A:JW  10B:CL
Solution(JPC)
quizrecorder:KK

 

Mon Apr 22

 

 

 

Pbsession13   soln

Tu April 23

L#25
Lagrange multipliers,
Proofs #1, #2 of Euler Lagrange Equations;
Generalized Momentum;
GenrlizdForcesQ

Taylor Chapter 7

T&M Chapter 7

  quizrecorder:CL

 

Th Apr 25

L#26 more EL proofs;
GenrlizdForcesQ, Constraint forces

Taylor Chapter 6 &7

T&M Chapter 6 & 7

HW11 A  B  due
11A:KK 11B:JW
Solution: quizrecorder:CL

 

Mon Apr 29

 

 

 

Discussion14 =HW12A, B or sampleexam

Tu April 30

L#27 Conserved quantities.
p, H, T0, T1, T2

Taylor Chapter 7

T&M Chapter 7

HW 12A, B not to be handed in.   soln

quizrecorder:JW

 


 

Office hours Exam week to be arranged.

Final Exam  7:00-10:00 PM, Friday May 3, Loomis rooms 151 (and other???)

You will be permitted one 2-sided page of your own notes, no calculators, no phones

sample final (including formula sheet)

sample final solution