Module MA1241: Mechanics I
- Credit weighting (ECTS)
- 5 credits
- Semester/term taught
- Michaelmas term 2016-17
- Contact Hours
- 11 weeks, 3 lectures including tutorials per week
- Lecturer
- Prof Jan Manschot
- Learning Outcomes
- 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);
- Potential and kinetic energy (conservative and non-conservative forces, conservation of energy);
- Angular momentum (torque, conservation of angular momentum);
- Moment of inertia (motion involving translation and rotation).
- Module Prerequisite
- None
Module Content
Required Reading
D. Kleppner, R. J. Kolenkow, An Introduction to Mechanics, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press
Assessment Detail
This module will be examined in a 2-hour examination in Trinity term. The final grade will consist of 80% exam and 20% continuous assessment. The supplemental examination paper, if required, will determine 100% of the supplemental module mark.