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1
Monday
8/21/2023
FIRST DISCUSSION!!!!  

Discussion 1

solutions

 
Tuesday
8/22/2023

Newton's laws

Lecture 1

   

Taylor Ch 1

(K&K Ch 1)

Thursday
8/24/2023

One-dimensional particle dynamics

Lecture 2

HW 1 out

Solutions A B

 

Taylor Ch 1

(K&K Chapter 2/3)

2
Monday
8/28/2023
   

Discussion 2

solutions

 
Tuesday
8/29/2023

1D continued, drag, v-dep. forces

Lecture 3

   

Taylor Ch 2

(K&K Chapter 3)

Thursday
8/31/2023

2D particle dynamics

Lecture 4

HW 1 due

HW 2 out

Solution A B

  Taylor Ch 2
3
Monday
9/4/2023
Labor Day  

optional practice

solutions

 
Tuesday
9/5/2023

1D rocket motion, conservative forces in 3D

Lecture 5

   

K&K Chapter 4

(Taylor Chapt 4)

Thursday
9/7/2023

Central force motion, conserved angular momentum

Lecture 6

HW 3 out

Solution A B

 

K&K Chapter 10

(Taylor Ch 4&8)

4
Monday
9/11/2023
   

Discussion 3

solutions

 
Tuesday
9/12/2023

Gravitation

Lecture 7

     
Thursday
9/14/2023

Orbital motion, Kepler's Laws.

Lecture 8

HW 3 due

HW 4 out Solutions

 

K&K Chapter 10

(Taylor Ch 8)

5
Monday
9/18/2023
   

Discussion 4

solutions

 
Tuesday
9/19/2023

Orbital motion continued 

Lecture 9

     
Thursday
9/21/2023

 Orbital solutions and tides

Lecture 10

 

 

 

 

6
Monday
9/25/2023

 

 

Discussion 5

solutions

 
Tuesday
9/26/2023
No Lecture HW 4 due    
Thursday
9/28/2023

Midterm exam 1 (in-class)

Formula sheet for exam one  Sample Exam

Sample exam solutions Exam 1 solutions

 

   
7
Monday
10/2/2023
   

Discussion 6

solutions

 
Tuesday
10/3/2023

Linear Oscillators: Simple harmonic oscillators

Lecture 12

   

Taylor Chapter 5

(K&K Chapter 11)

Thursday
10/5/2023

Linear Oscillators: damping; initial conditions

Lecture 13

HW 5 out

Solutions A B

 

Taylor Chapter 5

(K&K Chapter 11)

8
Monday
10/09/2023
   

Discussion 7

solutions

 
Tuesday
10/10/2023

Forced vibrations

Lecture 14

   

Taylor Chapter 5

(K&K Chapter 11)

Thursday
10/12/2023

Resonance, Fourier series

Lecture 15

HW 6 out

Solution A B

 

Taylor Chapter 5

(K&K Chapter 11)

9
Monday
10/16/2023
   

Discussion 8

solutions

 
Tuesday
10/17/2023

Fourier series continued, solutions for periodic driving

Lecture 16

     
Thursday
10/19/2023

Impulse response function, Greens function and fourier transform

Lecture 17

 

HW 7 out

Solutions A B

   
11
Monday
10/23/2023
   

Discussion 9

solutions

 
Tuesday
10/24/2023

Begin non-inertial reference frames

Lecture 18

 

 

Taylor Chapter 9

(K&K Ch 9)

Thursday
10/26/2023

Dynamics in non-inertial reference frames

Lecture 19

 

HW 8 out

Solutions

 

Taylor Chapter 9

(K&K Ch 9)

12
Monday
10/30/2023
   

Discussion 10

solutions

 
Tuesday
10/31/2023

Coriolis force

Lecture 20

 

 

 

Thursday
11/2/2023

Begin: Calculus of variations

Lecture 21

Planar rigid body motion notes (optional)

 

 

 

Taylor Chapter 6

 

13
Monday
11/6/2023
   

Discussion 11

solutions

 
Tuesday
11/7/2023

No Lecture

HW 8 in

 

 

Taylor Chapter 10

(K&K Ch 7)

Thursday
11/09/2023

Midterm 2 (In class) Formula Sheet

Sample exam Solutions Exam 2 Solution

 

   
14
Monday
11/13/2023
   

Discussion 12

solutions

 
Tuesday
11/14/2023

Calculus of variations continued

Lecture 23

HW 9 out

Solution A B

 

Taylor Chapter 6
Thursday
11/16/2023

Begin: Lagrangian mechanics

Lecture 24

    Taylor Chapter 6
15
Monday
11/27/2023
   

Discussion 13

solutions

 
Tuesday
11/28/2023

Lagrangian mechanics continued

Lecture 25

HW 9 in

HW 10 out

Solutions

 

Taylor Chapter 7
Thursday
11/30/2023

Lagrangian mechanics continued

Lecture 26

 

  Taylor Chapter 7
16
Monday
12/04/2023
   

Discussion 14

solutions

 
Tuesday
12/05/2023

Noether's theorem 

Lecture 27

 

 

 
Thursday
12/07/2023

Reading Day

 

Tuesday

12/12/2023

Final Exam: 8-11 am       Location: TBD.

Sample exam Solution