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Course Schedule

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Week Date   Lectures Homework Problem Sessions
1
Monday
1/20/2020
  MLK Day  

 

Tuesday
1/21/2020
 

Newton's laws

Lecture 1(2018)  Week 1

   
Thursday
1/23/2020
 

One-dimensional particle dynamics

Lecture 2(2018) 

HW 1 out

 

 
2 Monday
1/27/2020
      Discussion 1 sols
Tuesday
1/28/2020
 

1D continued, drag, v-dep. forces

Lecture 3(2018) Week 2

   
Thursday
1/30/2020
 

2D particle dynamics

Lecture 4(2018) 

HW 1 in

HW 2 out

 
3
Monday
2/3/2020
     

Discussion 2 sols

Tuesday
2/4/2020
 

1D rocket motion, conservative forces in 3D

Lecture 5(2018)  Week 3

   
Thursday
2/6/2020
 

Central force motion, conserved angular momentum

Lecture 6(2018) 

HW 2 in

HW 3 out

 
4
Monday
2/10/2020
     

Discussion 3 sols

Tuesday
2/11/2020
 

Gravitation

Lecture 7(2018)  Week 4

   
Thursday
2/13/2020
 

Orbital motion, Kepler's Laws.

Lecture 8(2018)

HW 3 in

HW 4 out 

NOW DUE 6pm Mon (2/24)

 
5
Monday
2/17/2020
     

Discussion 4 sols

Tuesday
2/18/2020
 

Orbital motion continued 

Lecture 9(2018) Week 5

   
Thursday
2/20/2020
 

Tides  Orbit transfers

Lecture 10(2018)

 

 

 
6
Monday
2/24/2020
 

 

HW 4 in

Discussion 5 sols

Tuesday
2/25/2020
 

Tides -- continued Exam review

see lecture notes for lecture 10

   
Thursday
2/27/2020
 

Midterm #1 Formula sheet for exam one (old)

Formula sheet for exam one (updated!)

In lecture time/location

 

Sample Exam (unofficial solutions) 

2019 Exam #1 (solutions)

2020 Exam #1 (solutions)

 
7
Monday
3/2/2020
     

Discussion 6 sols

Tuesday
3/3/2020
 

Linear Oscillators: Simple harmonic oscillators

Lecture 12(2018) Week 7

   
Thursday
3/5/2020
 

Linear Oscillators: damping; initial conditions

Lecture 13(2018)
HW 5 out  
8
Monday
3/9/2020
     

Discussion 7 sols

Tuesday
3/10/2020
 

Forced vibrations

Lecture 14(2018) Week 8

   
Thursday
3/12/2020
 

Resonance, Fourier series

Lecture 15(2018)

HW 5 in

HW 6 out

 
9     Spring Break    
10
Monday
3/23/2020
     

Discussion 8 sols

Tuesday
3/24/2020
 

Fourier series continued, solutions for periodic driving

Lecture 16(2018) Week 9  Video

  Discussion 8 in on Gradescope
Thursday
3/26/2020
 

Impulse response function, Greens function and fourier transform

Lecture 17(2018) Video

Exam Resubmission on Gradescope March 27 5pm

HW 6 in on Gradescope

HW 7 out

 
11
Monday
3/30/2020
      Discussion 9 sols
Tuesday
3/31/2020
 

Begin non-inerital reference frames

Lecture 18(2018) Week 10

 

Discussion 9 in by noon

on Gradescope

Thursday
4/2/2020
 

Dynamics in non-inertial reference frames

Lecture 19(2018)

HW 7 in

HW 8 out

 
12
Monday
4/6/2020
      Discussion 10 sols
Tuesday
4/7/2020
 

Coriolis force

Lecture 20(2018) Week 11a

 

Discussion 10 in by noon

on Gradescope

Thursday
4/9/2020
 

Begin planar rigid body rotation

Lecture 21(2018) Week 11b

HW 8 in

HW 9 out

 

 
13
Monday
4/13/2020
      Discussion 11 sols
Tuesday
4/14/2020
 

Planar rgid body motion, continued

Lecture 22(2018) (continued from Week 11b)

 

Discussion 11 in by noon

on Gradescope

Thursday
4/16/2020
 

Midterm 2 Formula Sheet

Exam Info    Midterm 2 Exam  Exam Solutions

Sample Exam sols

2019 Exam #2 (sol, or sol)

 
14
Monday
4/20/2020
      Discussion 12 sols
Tuesday
4/21/2020
 

Begin: Calculus of variations Notes for Weeks 13/15

Lecture 23(2018)

 

Discussion 12 in by noon

on Gradescope

Thursday
4/23/2020
 

Calculus of variations continued

Lecture 24(2018)

HW 9 in

HW 10 out 

 

 
15
Monday
4/27/2020
      Discussion 13 sols
Tuesday
4/28/2020
 

Lagrangian mechanics

Lecture 25(2018) Notes for Weeks 13/15

 

Discussion 13 in by noon

on Gradescope

Thursday
4/30/2020
 

Lagrangian mechanics continued

Lecture 26(2018)

 

 
16
Monday
5/4/2020
      Discussion 14 sols
Tuesday
5/5/2020
 

Noether's theorem

Lecture 27(2018) Week 16 

Exam #2 Resubmission Due Wed May 6 by 3pm

(late submissions with no penalty until Thu May 7 at 3pm)

HW 10 in (3pm)

Discussion 14 in by noon

on Gradescope

Thursday
12/12/2020
 

Reading Day Final exam formula sheet Solution to final (2019)

Final exam will be posted May 14 1pm/Due on gradescope May 16 1:30pm    Exam Info   Final Exam    SOLUTIONS

 

 

The exam is closed book, but you are allowed a page of notes.  See the sample exam for a list of the equations that will be given to you.  You are permitted one two-sided 8 1/2 x 11" set of notes with which to supplement the eqns given to you.