Module MA1241: Mechanics I
- Credit weighting (ECTS)
- 5 credits
- Semester/term taught
- Michaelmas term 2012-13
- Contact Hours
- 11 weeks, 3 lectures including tutorials per week
- Lecturer
- Dr. Stefano Kovacs
- Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
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- Introduction (Mechanics as the basis of Physics);
- Mathematical preliminaries (Vectors and their role in Mechanics, elements of vector algebra.); Kinematics;
- Newton's Laws: the foundations of Classical Mechanics;
- Linear momentum (Dynamics of multi-particle systems, centre of mass, conservation of momentum, impulse);
- Work and Energy. (Definition of work and the work-energy theorem,
- Potential and kinetic energy, conservative and non-conservative forces, conservation of energy);
- Angular momentum (Angular momentum of a point-like mass, motion with angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum).
Further information at http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~kovacs/Teaching/Mechanics/Classical_Mechanics.html
- Module Prerequisite
- None
- Assessment Detail
- This module will be examined jointly with MA1242 in a 3-hour examination in Trinity term, except that those taking just one of the two modules will have a 2 hour examination.