Tentative Schedule
|
Date |
|
|
Sec |
Topics |
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Aug |
23 |
R |
2.1-2.4 |
Newton's Laws |
|
28 |
T |
2.4 |
Retarding Forces:
horizontal, vertical, projectile motion |
|
30 |
R |
2.4 |
Other Examples/Numeric and Approximate |
|
Sep |
3 |
M |
|
Labor Day |
|
4 |
T |
2.5 |
Conservation Laws |
|
6 |
R |
2.6 |
Energy Methods |
|
11 |
T |
|
Exam I |
|
13 |
R |
3.1-3.4 |
Harmonic Oscillations |
|
18 |
T |
3.5 |
Damped Oscillations |
|
20 |
R |
3.6-3.7 |
Forced Motion |
|
25 |
T |
3.8 |
Fourier Series |
|
27 |
R |
4.1-4.3 |
Nonlinear Oscillations |
|
Oct |
2 |
T |
4.4 |
Plane Pendulum |
|
4 |
R |
4.5-4.6 |
Chaos |
| |
8 |
M |
|
Vacation |
| |
9 |
T |
|
Vacation |
| |
11 |
R |
|
Exam II |
|
16 |
T |
5.1-5.2 |
Gravitation |
|
18 |
R |
5.3-5.4 |
Equipotentials |
|
23 |
T |
5.5 |
Ocean Tides |
|
25 |
R |
6.1-6.3 |
Calculus of Variations |
|
30 |
T |
6.4-6.7 |
Euler's Equation |
|
Nov |
1 |
R |
7.1-7.2 |
Hamilton's Principle |
|
6 |
T |
7.3 |
Generalized Coordinates |
|
8 |
R |
7.4 |
Lagrange's Equations |
|
13 |
T |
|
Exam III |
|
15 |
R |
7.5 |
Lagrange's Equations and
Constraints |
|
20 |
T |
7.6-7.7 |
Newton's Equations |
| |
21 |
W |
|
Thanksgiving |
| |
22 |
R |
|
Thanksgiving |
| |
23 |
F |
|
Thanksgiving |
|
27 |
T |
7.8-7.9 |
Conservation Theorems |
|
29 |
R |
7.10 |
Hamiltonian's Equations |
|
4 |
T |
|
More Examples/Epilogue |
| |
11 |
T |
|
Final Exam 7:00 PM |
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