| MWF 11-11:50 AM | OPL 107 | http://www.wfu.edu/~natalie/f99phy711/ |
| Instructor: Natalie Holzwarth | Phone:758-5510 | Office:300 OPL | e-mail:natalie@wfu.edu |
This course is a one semester survey of Classical Mechanics at the graduate level, using the textbook: Theoretical Mechanics of Particles and Continua by Alexander L. Fetter and John Dirk Walecka (McGraw-Hill, 1980) -- F&W. In addition to this textbook the following books have been placed in the Physics Library for your use in the library (that is, please do not remove the books from the physics library):
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QA845 B33 1983 |
Ralph Baierlein, Newtonian Dynamics (McGraw Hill, 1987) |
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QA 805 G6 1980 |
Herbert Goldstein, Classical Mechanics (Addison-Wesley, 1980) |
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QA805 L283 1976 |
L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, Mechanics (Pergamon Press, 1976) |
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QA845 M38 1970 |
Jerry B. Marion, Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems (Academic, 1970) |
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QC125.2 S94 1971 |
Keith R. Symon, Mechanics (Addison-Wesley, 1971) |
It is likely that your grade for the course will depend upon the following factors:
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Problem sets* |
40% |
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Computational project |
20% |
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Exams |
40% |
*
In general, there will a new assignment after each lecture, so that for optimal learning, it would be best to complete each assignment before the the next scheduled lecture. According to the honor system, all work submitted for grading purposes should represent the student's own best efforts.| Date | F&W Reading | Topic | Assignment |
| Wed, 8/25/99 | Chap. 1 | Review of basic principles;Scattering theory | #1 |
| Fri, 8/27/99 | Chap. 1 | Scattering theory continued | #2 |
| Mon, 8/30/99 | Chap. 1 | Scattering theory continued | #3 | Wed, 9/1/99 | Chap. 2 | Accelerated coordinates | #4 |
| Fri, 9/3/99 | Chap. 3 | Accelerated coordinates | |
| Mon, 9/6/99 | Chap. 3 | Lagrangian Dyanmics | #5 |
| Wed, 9/8/99 | Chap. 3 | Lagrangian Dyanmics continued | #6 |
| Fri, 9/10/99 | Chap. 3 | Lagrangian Dyanmics continued | #7 |
| Mon, 9/13/99 | Chap. 3 | Lagrangians and Hamiltonians | |
| Wed, 9/15/99 | Chap. 6 | Hamiltonian Dynamics | #8 |
| Fri, 9/17/99 | Chap. 6 | Hamiltonian Dynamics | #9 |
| Mon, 9/20/99 | Chap. 6 | Hamilton Jacobi Theory | #10 |
| Wed, 9/22/99 | Chap. 6 | Hamilton Jacobi Theory | |
| Fri, 9/24/99 | Chap. 6 | Review | Summarizing Activity |
| Mon, 9/27/99 | Chap. 4 | Normal modes of oscillation | |
| Wed, 9/29/99 | Chap. 4 | Normal modes of oscillation | #11 |
| Fri, 10/1/99 | Chap. 4 | Normal modes of oscillation | #12 |
| Mon, 10/4/99 | Chap. 5 | Rigid body motion | |
| Wed, 10/6/99 | Chap. 5 | Rigid body motion | #13 |
| Fri, 10/8/99 | Chap. 5 | Rigid body motion | #14 |
| Mon, 10/11/99 | Chap. 5 | Rigid body motion | #15 |
| Mon, 10/18/99 | Chap. 7 | Physics of strings | #16 |
| Wed, 10/20/99 | Chap. 7 | Physics of strings | #17 |
| Fri, 10/21/99 | Chap. 7 | Physics of strings | Summarizing Activity |
| Mon, 10/25/99 | Chap. 7 | Physics of strings | |
| Wed, 10/27/99 | Chap. 8 | Physics of membranes | |
| Fri, 10/29/99 | Chap. 8 | Physics of membranes | #18 |
| Mon, 11/1/99 | Chap. 9 | Fluids | #19 |
| Wed, 11/3/99 | Chap. 9 | Fluids | #20 |
| Fri, 11/5/99 | Chap. 9 | Fluids | #21 |
| Mon, 11/8/99 | Chap. 9 | Fluids | #22 |
| Wed, 11/10/99 | Chap. 9 | Fluids | |
| Fri, 11/12/99 | Chap. 9 | SciWorks Trip | |
| Mon, 11/15/99 | Chap. 9 | Nonlinear effects in fluids | #23 |
| Wed, 11/17/99 | Chap. 9 | Nonlinear effects in fluids | #24 |
| Fri, 11/19/99 | Chap. 10 | Surface waves | #25 |
| Mon, 11/29/99 | Chap. 10 | Surface waves | #26 |
| Wed, 12/1/99 | Chap. 10 | Surface waves | #27 |
| Fri, 12/3/99 | Chap. 10 | Surface waves |