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PHYS 3220

Classical Mechanics I

Undergraduate

covers vector operations, coordinate transformations, derivative of vectors, Newton’s laws, differential equations, kinematics and dynamics of a particle, linear and quadratic air resistance, terminal velocity, momentum of a time varying mass, center of mass systems, angular momentum, moment of inertia, energy, work-energy theorem, forces as the gradient of potential energy, time dependent potential energy, curvilinear one-dimensional systems, energy of a multiparticle system, calculus of variations, and Lagrangian Dynamics.

Prerequisites & course information

CO: PHYS 2820 , Mathematics 2260 , Mathematics 3202 PR: PHYS 2820 , Mathematics 2260 , Mathematics 3202

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