Foucault pendulum in

the lobby of the United

Nations General Assembly

(A gift of the Netherlands in 1955)

Classical Mechanics I

PH461/561

Renato P. Camata

Fall 2005

Syllabus

Class Materials

Newton’s Law, F=const, Phase Space Trajectories – Lecture Aug. 18, 2005

Work-Energy Theorem, Effect of altitude on force of gravity – Lecture Aug. 23, 2005

Conservative forces in one dimension – Lecture Aug. 25, 2005

Solution of Newton’s equation for F=F(x) – Lecture Aug. 25, 2005

Particle motion under the Earth’s gravity I – Lectures Sept. 1-6, 2005

Drop from rest , Launch with v<v_e – Lecture Sept. 6, 2005

Solution of Newton’s equation for F=F(v) – Lecture Sept. 8, 13, 2005

Oscillations I , Oscillations II , Oscillations III – Lecture Sept. 20, 22, 27, 2005

Motion in three dimensions – Lectures Oct. & Nov. 2005

Assignments

Assignments: A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, A-6, A-7, A-8, A-9, A-10, A-11, A-12

Integrative Project (PH561 only)

Grades

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