Class #

Date

Topic

Homework

HW Due

1-2

8/23-25

Ch.1 – Newton’s Laws, Vectors

HW#1--Read Ch. 1, Get “Getting Started w/ Matlab” (by R. Pratap) - Do Supplement A

8/25

3-4

8/30-9/1

Ch. 2 – Velocity dependent forces, diff. Eqn’s.

Read Ch. 2(Taylor) and Ch.1-2 (Pratap)

HW#2 –Taylor 1.4, 1.10, 1.18, 1.30, 1.36 and Supplement B

9/1

5-6

9/6-9/8

Ch.3 – Momentum conservation and impulse, Rockets and CM

Read Ch. 3 (Taylor) and Ch. 4 (Pratap)

HW#3 Taylor 2.6, 2.8, 2.10, 20, 26, 36 & Supplement C

9/8

7-8

9/13-9/15

Ch. 4 – Energy, Conservative forces & Multiparticle systems

Read Ch. 4.1-4.6

HW#4 --Taylor 3.4, 3.7,

3.11, 3.12, 3.17 & Supplement D.

9/15

9

9/20

Ch. 4 – Energy problems

Read Ch. 4.7-end. HW#5

Taylor 3.21, 3.33, 4.4, 4.8, 4.15. Lecture notes 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

9/22

10

9/22

Test #1

Energy and momentum cons / impulse / drag forces

HW#6

Read Ch. 5 & 6 in Pratap.

Taylor 4.2, 4.3, 4.10, 4.20, 4.23, 4.30, 4.35, 4.37

9/29

11

9/27

Test Review

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12

9/29

Ch 4. Energy, Springs, Rolling Motion

Read Ch. 5

HW#7 – 5.2, 5.5, 5,8, 5.9, 5.23, 5. 29, 5.37

Lecture notes: 12-1,12-3, 12-4

'10/6

13-14

10/4-10/6

Ch. 5 Driven and Free oscillations

Read Ch. 6

HW#8 Lecture notes: 13-2, 13-3, 14-1,14-2, 14-3

AND Derive homogeneous solutions for SHO for 3 impt. cases for Beta. Also derive A and delta for driven harmonic oscillator.

10/13

15-16

10/11-13

Ch. 7 Lagrangian Method

Read Ch. 7.1-7.5

HW #9

Lecture notes: 16-1, 16-2, 16-3 Taylor: 7.3, 7.22, 7.23, 7.29

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10/20

17

10/18

Ch. 7 Lagrangian Method

Read Taylor Ch. 7.6-7.8 – HW #10
Taylor: 7.16, 27, 31, 34
Matlab Supplement E

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10/27

18

10/20

Ch. 7 Lagrangian Method

19

10/25

Begin Central forces

Bonus lecture on Hamiltonian Method

20

10/27

Lagrangian Simulations (Computer Lab)

Read Ch. 8

Central Forces – HW#11

8.1, 8.7, 8.12, 8.18

11/3

21

11/1

Test Review

22

11/3

Test #2

Lagrangian formulation, Energy, Oscillations

23

11/8

Ch. 8 – Central Forces

Read Ch. 8 Central Forces

HW#11

8.2, 8.7, L23-1, L23-2, L23-3

11/10

24

11/10

Ch. 8 – Central Forces / Orbital Mechanics.

Read Ch. 9 – Accelerated Ref. Frames

HW #12

8.3, 8.12, 8.15, 8.16, 8.18, 8.19, 8.28, 8.29

11/17

25

11/15

Ch. 9 – Accelerated reference frames

26

11/17

Ch. 9 – Accelerated reference frames

27

11/22

Ch. 12 Nonlinear Dynamics.

Period doubling route to chaos

Project due

11/22

11/24

THANKSGIVING

28

11/29

Ch. 10 Rigid body motion, Inertia tensors, principal axes

Read Ch. 9

HW#13

9.2, 9.3, 9.8, 9.9, 9.13,9.19, 9.25, 9.27

L25-1

'

12/02

29

12/1

Ch. 10 Rigid body motion, Inertia tensors, principal axes

Read Ch. 10.1-10.9 – HW #14

Rigid Body motion 10.2, 14, 22, 23, 25 , 34, 35, Supplement H

'12/8

30

12/6

31

12/8

Test #3

Accelerated frames, Central Forces [Defer till final?]

Last Class

FINAL EXAM

TBA

WORKMAN 310