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Module MA2341: Advanced Classical 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

Prof. Sergey Frolov

Learning Outcomes

Module Content

• Lagrange's equations, Hamilton principle, Calculus of variations, Conservation laws;
• Motion in central potential;
• Oscillations: Equilibrium and motion near equilibrium;
• Rigid body motion, Euler equations;
• Newton's laws, Constrained dynamics, Generalized coordinates and forces, D'Alambert's principle;

Module Prerequisite

MA1241 - Mechanics I and MA1242 - Mechanics II

 

Required Reading

L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz, Mechanics, Butterworth-Heinemann 

Recommended Reading

Herbert Goldstein, Classical Mechanics, third edition, Addison Wesley

V.I. Arnold, Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechanics, Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K

Relativity

L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz, The Classical Theory of Fields: Volume 2 (Course of Theoretical Physics Series), Butterworth-Heinemann

 

Assessment Detail

This module will be examined jointly with MA2342 in a 3-hour examination in Trinity term, except that those taking just one of the two modules will have a 2 hour examination. Continuous assessment will contribute 10% to the final grade for the module at the annual examination session and at supplementals where applicable.