KOÇ UNIVERSITY

SPRING 2006 SEMESTER  

PHYS 311 – ADVANCED CLASSICAL MECHANICS

COURSE INFORMATION

 


Pre-requisites:         PHYS 201 or consent of the instructor


Instructor:                 Özgür E. Müstecaplıoğlu

                                   Office: SCI 155

                                   Phone: 338 1424

                                   E-Mail: omustecap@ku.edu.tr

                                   WWW: http://home.ku.edu.tr/~omustecap

 

Textbook:                  Marion - Thornton, Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems, (Brooks/Cole-Thomson Learning, 5th ed., 2004)

 

Days & Times:          (TUB4) Tuesday 14:00 -15:15 SCI B10

                                   (THB4) Thursday 14:00 -15:15 SCI B10

                                   (THA7) Thursday 15:30 – 16:45 (Office Hours)

 

Exams and Grading:       Midterm exam 1: (20%)

                                          Midterm exam 2: (20%)

                                          Final exam: (40%) Final exam will be scheduled by the registrar.

Homeworks: (10%)  There will be 5 HWs. Some questions will require use of mathematical software such as MatLab or Mathematica. No late HWs will be accepted.

Quizzes: (10%) There will be 5-10 pop-up quizzes.

 

Attendance will be taken and may affect the final letter grade.

 

Make Up exams can be given, but will be harder than the regular exam.

 

Week

Subject (Chapter in book)

Week

Subject (Chapter in Book)

1

Feb.13

Nonlinear Oscillations and Chaos (Ch.4)

8

Apr.10

Dynamics of Systems of Particles (Ch.9)

Motion in a Noninertial Frame (Ch.10)

2

Feb.20

Nonlinear Oscillations and Chaos (Ch.4)

9

Apr.17

Dynamics of Rigid Bodies (Ch. 11)

3

Feb.27

Calculus of Variations (Ch. 5)

 

Apr.24

Dynamics of Rigid Bodies (Ch. 11)

4

Mar.06

Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Dynamics (Ch. 7)

10

May01

Coupled Oscillations (Ch. 12)

 

Mar.13

Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Dynamics (Ch. 7)

11

May08

Coupled Oscillations (Ch. 12)

5

Mar.20

Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Dynamics (Ch. 7)

12

May11

Midterm II 14:00-15:15 SCI B10

(Chs. 10,11,12)

6

Mar.27

Dynamics of Systems of Particles (Ch.9)

13

May15

Waves (Ch. 13)

7

Mar.30

Midterm I 14:00-15:15 SCI B10

(Chs. 4,5,7,9)

14

May22

Special Relativity (Ch. 14)

 

Apr.03

Spring Vacation

 

TBA

Final Exam (Chs. 4,5,7,9-13)