NEWTONIAN MECHANICS

Major

Physics

Quarter

Fall

Year

2018

Course Number

PHYSICS CS 31, Section 1

Enrollment Code

41392

Instructor(s)

Sathya Guruswamy

Date & Time

Tuesday & Thursday, 3:30 pm - 4:50 pm (Lecture); Wednesday, 1:00 pm - 2:50 pm (problem session 1); Wednesday, 3:00pm - 4:50pm (problem session 2)

Location

BUCH 1934 (LECTURE); BUCH 1934 (PROBLEM SESSIONS)

Course Description

Vectors. Kinematics. Newton's laws of motion. Work and energy. Conservative forces. Momentum. Conservation of momentum. Center of mass motion. Collisions. Systems of variable mass. Introduction to rotations.

Required Text

Kleppner, D. and Kolenkow, R. An Introduction to Mechanics, 2nd Ed. Cambridge University Press
Halliday, D., Resnick, R. and Krane, K.S. Physics, 5th Edition John Wiley & Sons
Feynman, R.P., Leighton, R.B. and Sands, M. The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. I, The New Millennium Edition: Mainly Mechanics, Radiation, and Heat Basic Books