TENTATIVE CALENDAR SYLLABUS, SPRING 2003, PHYSICS 5930 (as of 2/5/03)

MECHANICS, 3rd Ed. by Keith R. Symon

MONDAY                                               TUESDAY                        WEDNESDAY                               THURSDAY              FRIDAY
 
2 NO CLASS NO CLASS 5 Feb 03 Intro., Text, Course Overview. Lect 1, Review.

Text: Chap. 1

6 7 Lect. 1conc'd; 

Text: Ch.2-1,2

Lect. 2 1D Motion

10 Text:

(Dr. Artz out of town today)

11 12 Lecture 3. 

Text: Ch.2-3,4,5

F = F(x) Conservative Forces

13 14 Lecture 4. Text: Ch.2-6,7,8

Diff. Eq'n Review(?)

17 Lect. 4/5. 

Text: Ch.2-9

Damped Harm. Oscillator

18 19

Text: Ch.2-10,

Driven Harmonic Oscillator (Dr. Artz meeting conflict)

20 21 Lect. 6/7

Text: Ch.2-11

Impulsive Forces, Fourier Series, Greens Fcns.

25 Lecture 8. 

Text: Ch.3-1,2,3

Motion of a Particle in 2 & 3D

25 26 Lectures 9. 

Text: Ch.3-4,5

3D Kinematics; Gradient.

27 28 Lectures 10. Text: Ch.3-6

Divergence & Curl.

3 Mar 03 Lecture 11. 

Text: Ch.3-7,8,9

3D Applications

5 Lectures 11& 12. Text: Ch.3-10

3D Conservative Forces

6 7 TEST 1 - Closed Book

(Test 1 Open Book handed out)

10 Lecture 12/13. Text: 3-11

Conservative Forces

9 10 Lecture 13. 

Text: 3-12

Conservative Forces Cont'd

11  12 Lecture 14: 

Text: Ch.3-13

Central Forces

17 Lecture 14/15.

Text: 3-14

Central Force Summary

18 19 Lecture 16. 

Text: 3-15

Inverse Square Force

20 21 Lect. 17.

Text: 3-16

Conic Sections

24 MID- 

(No Class Today)

25 26 TERM

(No Class Today)

27 28 BREAK 

(No Class Today)

31 Lecture 17/18. Text: 3-16

Rutherford Scat.

1 April 03 2 Lect. 18. 

Text: 3-16

Motion of a Charged Particle in E&M F'ld

4 Lecture 19

Text: 4-1,2

Motion of a System of Particles

7 Dr. Artz at Nat'l Meeting in Philadelphia 8 9 Lectures 20.

Text: 4-3,4

Energy Conservation for a System of Particles

10 11 TEST 2 - Closed.

(Test 2 Open Book handed out)

14 Lecture 21.

Text: 4-5,6

System of Particles, Kinematics

15 16 Lecture 22.

Text: 4-7

The Two-Body Problem

17 18 EASTER BREAK
21 Lecture 23 

Text: 4-8

Center of Mass Motion & 2-Body Scattering

22 23 Lectures 24

Text: 4-9

Rigid Bodies

24 25 Lecture 25.

Text: 4-10

Center of Mass and Moment of Inertia

28 Continued. 29 30 Lecture 26.

Text: Ch. 5 (Partial)

Statics of Rigid Bodies

28  29 Lecture 27

Text: Chap. 12 (Partial) Coupled Harmonic Osc.

2 Dec 02 Continued 3 4 Lecture 28.

Text: Chap. 9 (Partial),Generalized Coordinates.

1 May 2 Continued
5 Lecture 29

Text: Ch. 9 Lagrangians

6 7Continued 9 Continued 
12 Continued 13 14Further Review, Oral Final Exam Schedule, Hand out Test 3 Open Book, Course Evaluation 15  16 Test 3Closed Book

FINAL EXAM - 10:00 TO 12 NOON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 2003, RS 130