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CLASSICAL MECHANICS
Prof. M Brouard
Michaelmas Term - 4 lectures - First Year
Summary
1. Translation motion:
- Position, velocity and acceleration; Vectors and their
addition; Newton's 1st and 2nd laws of motion
2. Momentum and Energy Conservation:
- Newton's 3rd Law and conservation of linear momentum;
Work, kinetic, and potential energy; Conservation of energy.
3. Rotational motion:
- Systems of particles and centre-of-mass; Angular velocity:
Moments of inertia and angular momentum; Centripetal force
and acceleration; Conservation of angular momentum.
4. Vibrational motion:
- Simple harmonic oscillator; Energy conservation; Travelling
harmonic waves; Principle of linear superposition; standing
and resonant standing harmonic waves.
Recomended Texts
1. 'Foundations of Physics for Chemists', Oxford Chemistry
Primer 93, G.A.D. Ritchie and D.S. Sivia, 2000
2. 'The Feynman Lectures on Physics', Volume I, Addison-Wesley
Publishing Company, Reading, Massachesetts, 1963
3. 'University Physics', Harris Benson, John Wiley and Sons
Inc., USA, 1991
4. Numerous A'Level texts.....
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