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

Final Exam: Tuesday, 12/9/2014, 7:30 - 10:00 AM

Last day of class: Wednesday 12/3/2014

Homework Assignments:

Review: ReviewProblems: All problems except 4,5,11,13 (Due: Wednesday 9/10/2014); Partial Solutions

Chapter 1: Survey of the Elementary Principles
Problems: #11,14,20,21,22,23 (Due: Friday 9/19/2014) Partial Solutions

Chapter 2: Variational Principles and Lagrange's Equations
Problems: #5,10,13,18,20,23,26 (Due: Wednesday 10/8/2014) Partial solutions

Chapter 3: The Central Force Problem
Problems: 10,11,14,18,19,20,31,33 (Due: Monday 10/27/2014) Partial solutions

Chapter 4: The Kinematics of Rigid Body Motion
Problems: 5,15,20,22,23,24 (Due: Wednesday 11/12/2014) Patial solutions

Chapter 5: The Rigid Body Equations of Motion
Problems: 11,13,16,17,18,26 Patial solutions

Chapter 6: Oscillations
Problems: 1,4,5,11,12,16 Patial solutions

Lecture Notes:

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

Ch2A, Ch2B, Ch2C, Ch2D, CH2E.

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

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

Ch5A, Ch5B, Ch5C, Ch5D, Ch5E

Ch6A, Ch6B