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Schedule

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Week Date

2019 Lectures

(Adshead/Weaver)

Spring 2020 Lectures Readings Homework Problem Session
1
Monday
1/20/2020
MLK Jr. Holiday
Tuesday
1/21/2020
Lecture 1 Simple Harmonic Oscillator review
Lecture 1
Taylor Chapter 5    
Wednesday
1/22/2020
        Discussion 1 Solutions
Thursday
1/23/2020
Lecture 2 2 DOF vibrations
Lecture 2 
Taylor Chapter 11 T&M Chapter 12    
Friday
1/24/2020
         
2
Monday
1/27/2020
 
Tuesday
1/28/2020
Lecture 3 (Weakly) coupled pendula, beats
Lecture 3
Taylor 11.3, T&M 12.3 Homework 1 due Solutions A B  
Wednesday
1/29/2020
        Discussion 2 Solutions
Thursday
1/30/2020
Lecture 4 The general problem; many dof vibrations, the quadratic lagrangian
Lecture 4
Taylor 11.5, 11.6    
Friday
1/31/2020
         
3
Monday
2/3/2020
         
Tuesday
2/4/2020
Lecture 5 Linear algebra of the eigenmodes, normal coords
Lecture 5
T&M 12.5, 12.6 Taylor 11.7 Homework 2 due Solutions A B  
Wednesday
2/5/2020
        Discussion 3 Solutions
Thursday
2/6/2020
Lecture 6 Normal coords, symmetries
Lecture 6
     
Friday
2/7/2020
         
4
Monday
2/10/2020
         
Tuesday
2/11/2020
Lecture 7 Symmetries continued
Lecture 7
  Homework 3 due Solutions A B  
Wednesday
2/12/2020
       

Discussion 4

Solutions

Thursday
2/13/2020
Lecture 8 Forced motion of many DOF systems
Lecture 8
     
Friday
2/14/2020
         
5
Monday
2/17/2020
         
Tuesday
2/18/2020
Lecture 9 Begin non-linear dynamics and Chaos
Lecture 9         Example Mathematica notebook
T&M 4.7-4.8, Taylor 12.9 Homework 4 due Solutions A B  
Wednesday
2/19/2020
       

Discussion 5

 Solutions

Thursday
2/20/2020
Lecture 10 Lecture 10 (Notes from Lecture 9) Taylor 12.1-12.6    
Friday
2/21/2020
         
6
Monday
2/24/2020
         
Tuesday
2/25/2020
Lecture 11 Lecture 11 (Notes from Lecture 9)   Homework 5 A due Solution  
Wednesday
2/26/2020
        Discussion 6 Solutions
Thursday
2/27/2020
  Midterm I, in-class.
One sheet of notes permitted, writing on only one side.
Must be your own work, no photocopies.
     
Friday
2/28/2020
         
7
Monday
3/2/2020
         
Tuesday
3/3/2020
Lecture 12 Begin rigid body motion
Lecture 12
Taylor Chapter 10 Homework 5 B due Solution code  
Wednesday
3/4/2020
        Discussion 7 Solutions
Thursday
3/5/2020
Lecture 13 Planar rigid body motion, the inertia tensor
Lecture 13
Taylor 10.1-10.4    
Friday
3/6/2020
         
8
Monday
3/9/2020
         
Tuesday
3/10/2020
Lecture 14 Principle axes of inertial, Torque-free Euler equations
Lecture 14
Taylor 10.5-10.8 Homework 6 due Solutions A B  
Wednesday
3/11/2020
        Discussion 8-Εxam Review
Thursday
3/12/2020
Lecture 15 Euler eqns cont. Rotation and orientation matrices
Lecture 15
Taylor 10.8    
Friday
3/13/2020
         
9
Monday
3/16/2020
Spring Break
10
Monday
3/23/2020
         
Tuesday
3/24/2020
Lecture 16

Rotation and orientation matrices continued, Euler angles
Lecture 16

Zoom meeting (Password: 326; same for all lectures)

Video recording

 

Taylor 10.9 Homework 7 due Solutions A B  
Wednesday
3/25/2020
        Discussion 9 Solutions
Thursday
3/26/2020
Lecture 17

Analysis of the heavy top
Lecture 17

Video recording

Taylor 10.10    
Friday
3/27/2020
         
11
Monday
3/30/2020
       

Zoom Link

 Mondays Office hour only

Tuesday
3/31/2020
Lecture 18

Begin Hamiltonian mechanics
Lecture 18

Video recording

Taylor Chapter 13 Homework 8 due Solution A B  
Wednesday
4/1/2020
       

Discussion 10 

Solutions

Zoom Link 

(for disc only)

Thursday
4/2/2020
Lecture 19

Hamiltonian mechanics continued, Liouville theorem
Lecture 19

Video recording

Taylor Chapter 13    
Friday
4/3/2020
         
12
Monday
4/6/2020
         
Tuesday
4/7/2020
Lecture 20

Begin: Continuum mechanics, waves on a string
Lecture 20

Video recording

Taylor 16.1 16.2 Homework 9 due Solution A B  
Wednesday
4/8/2020
        Discussion 11 Solutions
Thursday
4/9/2020
Lecture 21

Effects of boundaries
Lecture 21

Video recording

     
Friday
4/10/2020
         
13
Monday
4/13/2020
         
Tuesday
4/14/2020
Lecture 22

Orthogonality of eignemodes, greens function
Lecture 22

Video recording

     
Wednesday
4/15/2020
        Discussion 12 Solutions
Thursday
4/16/2020
  midterm II, in-class
 
     
Friday
4/17/2020
         
14
Monday
4/20/2020
         
Tuesday
4/21/2020
Lecture 23

Wave in 2D
Lecture 23

Video recording

  Homework 10 due Solutions A B  
Wednesday
4/22/2020
       

Discussion 13

Solutions

Thursday
4/23/2020
Lecture 24

Stress and strain
Lecture 24

Video recording

Taylor 16.5-16.8    
Friday
4/24/2020
         
15
Monday
4/27/2020
       

Zoom Link

 Mondays Office hour only

Tuesday
4/28/2020
Lecture 25

Hooke's law and waves in solids
Lecture 25

Video recording

Taylor 16.9-16.11    
Wednesday
4/29/2020
       

Discussion 14 

Solutions

Thursday
4/30/2020
Lecture 26

Begin fluids
Lecture 26

Video recording

Taylor 16.12 Homework 11 due SolutionsA B  
Friday
5/1/2020
         
16
Monday
5/4/2020
       

Zoom Link

 Mondays Office hour only

Tuesday
5/5/2020
Lecture 27

Navier stokes equations and laminar flow
Lecture 27

Video recording

  Homework 12 Solutions   
Wednesday
5/6/2020
       

Discussion 15

Solutions

Thursday
5/7/2020
Reading Day
Thursday
5/14/2020
  Final Exam