Physics 435 Course Calendar

 

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

 

March 30

 

April 1

 

April 3

 

First Day of Class

 

Drag Forces

 

Drag Forces

 

Overview of CM

 

 

 

 

Week 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading: Ch. 1, p. 1-31

 

Reading: Ch. 2, p. 43-56

 

Reading:  Ch. 2, p. 57-64

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 6

 

April 8

 

April 10

 

Velocity Dependent Forces

 

Center of Mass

 

Rocket Motion

 

 

 

Conservation of Momentum

 

 

Week 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ch. 3, p. 65-71

 

Ch. 3, p. 83-89

 

Ch. 3, p. 93-99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HW #1 Due

 

 

 

 

 

Solutions

 

 

 

April 13

 

April 15

 

April 17

 

Angular Momentum,

 

Elastic Collisions

 

Scattering

 

Energy Conservation

 

 

 

Differential Cross-Section

Week 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ch. 4, p. 105-133

 

Ch. 14, p. 582-586

 

Ch. 14, p. 557-582

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HW #2 Due

 

 

 

 

 

Solutions

 

 

 

April 20

 

April 22

 

April 24

 

Calculus of Variations

 

Lagrangian

 

Holonomic Constraints

 

 

 

Generalized Coordinates

 

 

Week 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ch. 6, 215-229

 

Ch. 7, p. 237-245

 

Ch. 7,  p. 245-254

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HW #3 Due

 

 

 

 

 

Solutions

 

April 27

 

April 29

 

May 1

 

Lagrangian Examples

 

Midterm Review

 

Midterm Exam

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ch. 7,  p. 254-268

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HW #4 Due

 

 

 

 

 

Solutions

 

 

 

May 4

 

May 6

 

May 8

 

Undetermined Lagrange

 

Lagrange Multipliers

 

Conserved Quantities

 

Multipliers

 

 

 

Canonical Momentum

Week 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ch. 7, p. 275-280

 

 

 

Ch. 7, p. 268-272

 

 

 

 

 

Ch. 13, p. 521-523

 

 

 

HW #5 Due

 

 

 

 

 

Solutions

 

 Generalized Coordinates HW

 

May 11

 

May 13

 

May 15

 

Hamilton's Equations

 

H(t), Spring Pendulum

 

Phase Space

 

 

 

 

 

Liouville's Theorem

Week 7

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ch. 13, p. 524-538

 

 

 

Ch. 13, p. 538-549

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HW #6 Due

 

 

 

 

 

Solutions

 

 

 

May 18

 

May 20

 

May 22

 

Phase Space

 

Coupled Oscillations

 

2 SHO

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ch. 11, p. 417-430

 

Ch. 11, p. 430-440 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HW #7 Due

 

 

 

 

 

Solutions

 

 

 

May 25

 

May 27

 

May 29

 

 

 

Normal Model Analysis

 

Normal Coordinates

 

Memorial Day Holiday

 

 

 

 

Week 9

No class

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ch. 11, 444-447

 

 

 

HW #8 Due

 

 

 

 

 

Solutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 1

 

June 3

 

June 5

 

Coupled Pendulums

 

TBA

 

Last Day of Class

 

 

 

 

 

Review

Week 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ch. 11, p. 441-444

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HW #9 Due

 

 

 

 

 

Solutions

 

 

 

June 8

 

June 10

 

June 12

 

 Final Exam

 

 

 

 

 

 6-8pm

 

 

 

 

Finals

 Weniger 304