Zeljka Fuchs, Ph.D. --- TEDx Talk

Class #
 Date Topic Homework HW Due
1-2 8/23-25 Ch.1 – Newton’s
Laws, Vectors		 HW#1--Read Ch. 1 - Do
Supplement A		 8/25
3-4-5 8/28-9/1 Ch. 2 – Velocity dependent
forces, diff. Eqn’s.		 Read Ch. 2

HW#2 –Taylor 1.4, 1.10, 1.18,
1.30, 1.36		 9/1
6-7 9/6-9/8 Ch.3 – Momentum conservation
and impulse, Rockets and CM		 Read Ch. 3

HW#3 Taylor 2.6, 2.8, 2.10, 20,
26, 36		 9/8
8-9-10 9/11-9/15 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		 9/15
11-12 9/18-9/20 Ch. 4 – Energy problems Read Ch. 4.7-end. HW#5

Taylor 3.21, 3.33, 4.4, 4.8, 4.15		 9/22
13 9/22 Test #1

Energy and momentum cons /
impulse / drag forces		 HW#6

Taylor 4.2, 4.3, 4.10, 4.20, 4.23,
4.30, 4.35, 4.37		 9/29
14 9/25 Test Review -
15 9/27-9/29 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		 10/6
16-17-18 10/2-10/6 Ch. 5 Driven and Free
oscillations		 Read Ch. 6

AND Derive homogeneous
solutions for SHO for 3
impt. cases for Beta.
Also derive A and delta for
driven harmonic oscillator.		 10/13
19-20-21 10/9-13 Ch. 7 Lagrangian Method Read Ch. 7.1-7.5
HW #9

Taylor: 7.3, 7.22, 7.23, 7.29		 10/20
22-23 10/16-18 Ch. 7 Lagrangian Method Read Taylor Ch. 7.6-7.8 –
HW #10

Taylor: 7.16, 27, 31, 34		 10/27
24 10/20 Ch. 7 Lagrangian Method
25 10/23 Bonus lecture on Hamiltonian
Method
26-27 10/25-27 Begin Central forces Read Ch. 8
Central Forces – HW#1

8.1, 8.7		 11/6
28 11/1 Test #2: Lagrangian
formulation, Energy,
Oscillations		 starts at 7:50 a.m.
29 11/3 NO CLASS
30-31 11/6-8 Ch. 8 – Central
Forces		 Read Ch. 8 Central Forces
HW#12
8.2, 8.12, 8.18
32 11/10 Ch. 8 – Central Forces /
Orbital Mechanics		 Read Ch. 9 – Accelerated
Ref. Frames

HW #13

8.3, 8.15, 8.16, 8.19, 8.28, 8.29		 11/17
33-34 11/13-15 Ch. 9 – Accelerated reference
frames
35 11/17 Ch. 9 – Accelerated reference
frames
36-37 11/20-22 Ch. 12 Nonlinear Dynamics 11/22
11/24 THANKSGIVING
38-39 11/27-29 Ch. 10 Rigid body motion,
Inertia tensors, principal axes		 Read Ch. 9
HW#14

9.2, 9.3, 9.8, 9.9, 9.14, 9.19, 9.25,
9.27		 12/01
40-41 12/1-4 Ch. 10 Rigid body motion,
Inertia tensors, principal axes		 Read Ch. 10.1-10.9 – HW #15

Rigid Body motion 10.2, 14, 22, 23,
25, 34, 35		 12/8
42 12/6
43 12/8 Test #3: 8:00 a. m.

Ch 8, 9, 10

 Last Class
FINAL
EXAM		 12/11 9:00 a. m. FINAL EXAM WORKMAN 310 12/11