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PHYS310: Intermediate Mechanics (PAST/FUTURE SEMESTER)
Offering:
Fall, Class 4, cr. 4
Prerequisites:
PHYS 272H and MA 261
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Description:
For students familiar with calculus. Elements of vector algebra; Newtonian mechanics/rectilinear motion of a particle; oscillations; general motion of a particle in three dimensions; noninertial reference systems; gravitation and central forces; dynamics of systems of particles; mechanics of rigid bodies/planar motion; motion of rigid bodies in three dimensions.
Instructor(s):
Rokhinson, Leonid
Email:
leonid@purdue.edu
Textbook(s) for Fall 2016
Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher | Req/Opt | Notes |
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REQUIRED: Analytical Mechanics | Fowles & Cassiday | 7th | 978-0534494926 | Thomson-Brooks/Coles | Required |
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