PHYS 5306 Classical Dynamics Prof. Juyang Huang Department of Physics Texas Tech University Office: Science Building 35 Tel.: (806)742-4780 Email:juyang.huang@ttu.edu

Course Syllabus

Homework Assignments:

Review: ReviewProblems (Due: 9/11/09 Friday); Solutions

Chapter 1: Survey of the Elementary Principles
Problems: #1,7,9,11,14,18,20,22,24(a,b,c) (Due: 9/23/09 Wednesday); Partial Solutions

Chapter 2: Variational Principles and Lagrange's Equations
Problems: #2,5,10,12,13,20,23,26 (Due: 10/6/09 Tuesday); Partial solutions

Chapter 3: The Central Force Problem
Problems: 8,10,11,14,19,20,34 (Due: 10/19/09 Monday); Partial solutions

Chapter 4: The Kinematics of Rigid Body Motion
Problems: 5,12,15,20,22 Patial solutions(Due: at time of Exam 2);

Chapter 5: The Rigid Body Equations of Motion
Problems: 3,6,9,11,13,18,24,26 (Due: 11/23/09 Monday); Patial solutions

Chapter 6: Oscillations
Problems: 1,4,5,6,11,12,16 (Due: 12/11/09 Friday)

Lecture Notes:

Intro, Ch1A, Ch1B, Ch1C, Ch1D, Ch1E, Hamilton.

Ch2A, Ch2B, Ch2C, Ch2D, CH2E.

Ch3A, Ch3B, Ch3C, Ch3D, Ch3E, Ch3F, Ch3G.

Ch4A, Ch4B, Ch4C, Ch4D, Ch4E, Ch4F.

Ch5A, Ch5B, Ch5C, Ch5D, Ch5E

Ch6A, Ch6B