This note describes the
following topics: The Calculus of Variations, Fermat's Principle of Least
Time, Hamilton's Principle and Noether's Theorem, Mechanical Similarity,
Hamilton's Equations, Poisson Brackets, A New Expression for the Action,
Maupertuis' Principle, Canonical Transformations, Liouville's Theorem, The
Hamilton-Jacobi Equation, Adiabatic Invariants and Action-Angle Variables,
Mathematics for Orbits, Keplerian Orbits, Elastic Scattering, Small
Oscillations, Driven Oscillator, One-Dimensional Crystal Dynamics,
Parametric Resonance, The Ponderomotive Force, Resonant Nonlinear
Oscillations, Rigid Body Motion, Moments of Inertia, Rigid Body Moving
Freely, Euler Angles, Eulers Equations, Non Inertial Frame, Coriolis effect,
A Rolling Sphere on a Rotating Plane.
This note exlains the following topics: newtonian mechanics of point like objects,
Gravitating bodies, D Alembert principle and euler lagrange equations,
Hamiltons principle, Rotating frames, Rotating frames and rigid body, Small
oscillations, The hamiltonian formalism, Nonlinear dynamics and chaos.
The contents include: Newton’s Laws of Motion, The Lagrangian
Formalism, The Motion of Rigid Bodies , The Hamiltonian Formalism,
Introduction to Dynamics, Systems of Particles, Linear Oscillations,
Calculus of Variations, Lagrangian Mechanics, Constraints, Central Forces
and Orbital Mechanics, Small Oscillations, Elastic Collisions, Noninertial
Reference Frames, Rigid Body Motion and Rotational Dynamics, Continuum
Mechanics, Special Relativity, Hamiltonian Mechanics.
This is a “minimalist” textbook for a first semester of
university, calculus-based physics, covering classical mechanics, plus a
brief introduction to thermodynamics. Topics covered includes: Acceleration,
Momentum and Inertia, Kinetic Energy, Interactions and energy, Interactions,
Forces, Impulse, Work and Power, Motion in two dimensions, Rotational
dynamics, Gravity, Simple harmonic motion, Waves in one dimension,
Thermodynamics.
This lecture note explains the following topics:
Newtons laws of motion, Scalars and Vector, Units and Dimensions, Time rate
of change of vectors, Motion in one dimension, Motion under a constant
force, Force of friction, Kinematical relations, Simple Harmonic motion,
Motion in a plane, Central force, Rotating frame of reference.
This note is about the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian
formulations of classical mechanics. Topics covered includes: Newtonian
mechanics, Lagrangian mechanics, Small oscillations, Rigid body dynamics,
Hamiltonian mechanics and Levi-Civita alternating symbol.
This note explains the following topics: Newtonian and
Lagrangian mechanics of point particles, Hamiltonian formalism of mechanics,
Canonical transformations, Rigid body mechanics, Dynamics of continuous
media/deformable bodies: Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions, Vibrations of
a stretched string.