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01/07 L#1
Newton's laws of motion. Equation of motion in polar
coordinates.
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01/09 L#2
Center of mass. The law of gravitation. |
01/11 L#3
The principle of equivalence. Uniform gravity. Rectilinear
motion in a force field
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01/14 L#4
Constrained rectilinear motion. |
01/16 L#5
Friction between solid bodies |
01/18 L#6
Friction in viscous medium. Projectile motion with linear air
resistance.
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01/21
Official school holiday |
01/23 L#7
Simple harmonic motion
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01/25 L#8
Damped simple harmonic motion |
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01/28 L#9
Forced harmonic oscillator: sinusoidal driving force. Resonance |
01/30 L#10
Fourier series |
02/01 L#11
Forced harmonic oscillator: periodic non-harmonic driving force. |
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02/04 L#12
Coupled oscillations |
02/06 Quiz #1
No homework this week |
02/08 L#13
Energy conservation in rectilinear motion |
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02/11 L#14
General features of rectilinear motion |
02/13 L#15
Energy conservation in a conservative field
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02/15 L#16
Energy conservation in constrained motion |
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02/18 L#17
Cycloid pendulum. Orbits in a central fields. One-body problem - Newton's
equations. General nature of orbital motion |
02/20 L#18
Path equation.
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02/22 L#19
Attractive inverse square field |
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02/25 L#20
Kepler's laws of planetary motion. |
02/27 L#21
Orbital
mechanics: Hohmann transfer orbit
and
gravity assist.
Repulsive inverse square field.
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02/29 L#22
Rutherford scattering. Scattering cross-section |
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03/03 L#23
Multi-particle systems. Energy principle and energy conservation |
03/05 L#24
Constrained systems
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03/07 L#25
Kinetic energy of a rigid body |
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03/10 L#26
Linear momentum |
03/12 Quiz #2
No homework this week
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03/14 L#27
Conservation of linear momentum. Rocket motion |
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03/17
Spring Break |
03/19
Spring Break |
03/21
Spring Break |
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03/24 L#28
Collision theory |
03/26 L#29
Collision processes in zero-momentum frame
No homework this week |
03/28 L#30
Elastic collisions: velocity diagrams. Inelastic collisions:
coefficient of restitution |
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03/31 L#31
Two-body problem |
04/02 L#32
Two-body scattering
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04/04 L#33
Angular momentum |
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04/07 L#34
Angular momentum principle |
04/09 L#35
Conservation of angular momentum
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04/11 L#36
Planar rigid body motion |
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04/14 L#37
Rigid body statics in 3D |
04/16
Quiz #3
No homework this week
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04/18 L#38
In-depth review: Newton's laws of motion and problems in
particle dynamics |
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04/21 L#39
In-depth review: Linear oscillations and energy conservation for
a single particle
Demo #1,
Demo #2,
Demo #3
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04/23 L#40
In-depth review: Orbits in central field and energy principle
for multi-particle systems
Demo #1,
Demo #2,
Demo #3 |
04/25 L#41
In-depth review: Linear momentum and angular momentum principles
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Course
Survey |
