Mechanics

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Mechanics

Contents 1 Newton's Laws: First principles 2 Rotational Dynamics 3 Newton's Laws: A second look 4 Harmonic Oscillators

[edit] Newton's Laws: First principles

1. Fundamental Principles of Kinematics
2. Fundamental Principles of Dynamics
3. Work and Power
4. Partial Derivatives
5. Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
6. Momentum
7. Statics

Classical Dynamics/Problems

[edit] Rotational Dynamics

1. Cross Product
2. Torque and Angular Momentum
3. The Uneven Dumbbell
4. Index notation
5. Many Particles
6. Rigid Bodies

Rotational Dynamics/Problems

[edit] Newton's Laws: A second look

1. Motion under constraint
2. Alternate formulations of Newtons laws
3. Velocity dependent forces
4. Mach's principle

[edit] Harmonic Oscillators

1. Energy Analysis
2. Analysis using Newton's Laws
3. Forced Oscillator
4. Coupled Oscillators
5. The Continuum limit

Harmonic Oscillator/Problems