PHYS
381 Advanced Mechanics II
Dr. Johnny B. Holmes
Catalog description: A continuation of the study of mechanics including accelerated reference frames, generalized coordinates, and Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics.
Prerequisite
PHYS 380. One
semester; one credit
Equipotential lines for two mutually
orbiting masses
Have a question? Send me an e-mail to jholmes@cbu.edu . Here is a link to the CBU Library's physics information
Syllabus word document and on-line version
Study Guide (with homework and study questions) word document and on line version.
- Part 1: Moving Coordinate Systems
- Coordinate Systems - A Review word document
- Moving Coordinate Systems - The basics word document
- Rotating Coordinate Systems word document
- Effective Gravity word document
- Foucault Pendulum word document
- Larmor's Theorem word document
- Restricted Three-Body Problem word document plus excel worksheets for 3 body (x) and 3 body (y); plus a 2 body potential plot and a simulation for 3 body motions
- Part 2: Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Functions
- Generalized Coordinates word document
- Generalized Momentum, Force, and the Lagrangian word document plus excel worksheets for Spiral Coordinates and Parabolic Coordinates
- Constraints word document
- Ignorable Coordinates and Constants of the Motion word document
- Electro-Magnetic Forces and a Velocity-Dependent Potential word document
Extra
Topic: Study Guide for Distribution Functions word document - Distribution Functions word document plus excel worksheet