Physics 325: Intermediate Mechanics I Course Schedule

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Physics 325: Intermediate Mechanics I Course Schedule

(N.B watch for changes and updates) Date Wed Jan 18 Monday Jan 23 Wed Jan 25 Lecture Lecture 1: Newton's Laws, Galilean Invariance One-dimensional particle dynamics: solutions of ODEs 1-d cont'd; drag,vdependent forces. Charge in B eld L#4 2-d bead on rod, 3-d bead on hoop. 1-d rocket motion L#5 Conservative forces in 3-d Readings Math Formulary; TM appendix, Ch. 1-2.3; Taylor Ch.1 TM Ch. 2.4-2.6; Taylor Ch.1.6 Homework (instructions) Math practice problems (not graded) solutions Problem Session

Problem Session 1 solutions HW1 (due Feb 1) on 1-d dynamics solution 1A solution 1B Problem Session 2 Solution HW2 (due Feb 8) conservativeforces 2stagerocket, bead on a rough rod solution 2A solution 2B Problem session 3 solution HW3 (due Feb 15) solutionA solutionB Problem session 4 solution HW4 (due Feb 24) solution

TM 1.14,1.15, Ex 2.4,2.5, 2.6; Taylor Ch.1.7; 2.1-2.7

Mon Jan 30 Wed Feb 1

Taylor 3.2

Taylor 4.1-4.6 T&M 2.5

Mon Feb 6 Wed Feb 8

L#6 central force motion, conserved L and E, gravity L#7. Gravitation

T&M 5.1,5.2 Taylor Chapter4.8 T&M Chapter 5

Mon Feb 13 Wed Feb 15 Mon Feb 20 Wed Feb 22 Mon Feb 27 Wed Feb 29

L#8Orbital motion Kepler's Laws. L#9 Orbital motion continued L#10 Tides

Taylor Chpt 8 T&M Chapter 8

T&M 5.5 Taylor 9.2 T&M 3.1.-3.4 Taylor 5.1-5.3 T&M 3.5 Taylor 5.4 Your old HWs Your discussion problems Your questions HW5 due Feb 29 solution5B 5A

Problem Session 5 solution

L#11 Begin Linear Oscillators L # 12 Damped oscillators. Review HW's 1-4 and Discussion pbs 1-5. Bring questions!

Problem session 6 solution

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Physics 325: Intermediate Mechanics I Course Schedule

http://online.physics.uiuc.edu/courses/phys325/spring12/325Sc...

Mon March 5

Review

Sample Exam solutions

Sample exam 1 solution

Ofce hours 5-9 139 Loomis

Tuesday midterm I. 7-9pm March 6 Room 150 Animal Sciences Lab Wed L#13 Forced March 7 vibration.resonance Mon March 12 Wed March 14 Week of 3/19 Monday March 26 Wed Mar 28 Mon April 2 L#14 Fourier Series

Taylor 5.5, 5.6 T&M 3.6 Taylor 5.7, TM3.8

HW6 due March14 solution6A 6B Disc07 solution HW 7 due 3/28 solution7A 7B

L#15 impulse response G(t), convolution spring break L#16 Laplace and Fourier Transforms L#17 Causality, Greens functions and Transforms. L#18 weakly nonlinear sdof vibrations. Begin non-inertial frames L#19 Dynamics in non-inertial frames L#20 Coriolis force continued, Foucault pendulum midterm II. 151 Loomis. 7-9 pm L#21 Analytical Mechanics, Virtual Work, Lagrangians L#22 Calculus of Variations L#23 Constraints, lagrangemultipliers Proof #1 of Euler Lagrange equations L#24 more EL proofs;GenrlizdForces Q, Constraint forces

T&M 3.9

go online? e.g. youtube.com/watch?v=OiNh2DswFt4 HW 8, due April 4 solution 8A solution 8B T&M 4.1, 4.2, 4.5; Taylor 12.1-12.3

Disc08 solution

Disc09 solution

Wed April 4 Mon April 9 Tuesday April 10 Wed April 11 Mon April 16 Wed April 18

Thornton and Marion Chapter 10 Taylor Chapter 9 Thornton and Marion Chapter 10 Taylor Chapter 9. Also, sample exam Lectures 11-18.5 Taylor Chapter 7 T&M Chapter 7 Taylor Chapter 6 T&M Chapter 6 Taylor Chapter 7 T&M Chapter 7

sample exam II Review; sample exam sample Exam II solution HW9A 9B due April 18 solution 9A 9B Discussion 10 HW10 due April 26 solution 10A 10B Discussion 11

Mon April 23

Taylor Chapter 7 T&M Chapter 7

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Wed L#25 Conserved April 25 quantities p, H, T0, T1, T2 Mon L#26 Canonical eqns April 30 Louiville Theorem

Taylor Chapter 7 T&M Chapter 7

HW11 (not)due May 2 HW11soluion sample nal exam Discussion 12

Taylor Chapter 13 T&M 7.10-7.12

Wed review sample nal exam May 2 sample nal solution Final Exam May 11, 7-10 pm, 116 Roger Adams Lab

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