PHYS 386.
CLASSICLA MECHANICS
 Dr. Eduardo Sánchez Velasco


catalog 3 hours (offered fall)
Kinematics, dynamics of a particle, central forces, energy, and momentum. Lagrange and Hamilton’s Equations, dynamics of a rigid body. Prerequisites: grade of "C" or better in PHYS 275 and PHYS 382. Pre-- or Co--requisite: MATH 365. NOTE: General Honors Course.

FALL 2005

Time: 1:30 pm.-2:20 pm.
Location: Monday, Wednesday, Friday: Magruder Hall 2024
Thursday: Barnett Hall 225.

Syllabus (pdf format)


Some VPython Demonstrations

The following are some VPython mechanics demonstration programs. VPython is nothing more than regular Python with an extra module called visual. You need to have VPython (Python+visual) installed in your system to run these demos; if you don't, you can get it free of charge at http://www.vpython.org/.

To download a demo, right click the item and select the option "Save Target As...". If you are using Windows you may want to change the extension of the file from .py to .pyw; this will allow you to click in the file without triggering the opening a DOS window.

gyro
  • Spring model of a molecule
  • Spherical pendulum
  • Inverse-r force orbit
  • Binary stars orbits
  • Double pendulum
  • Multiple pendulum with elastic strings
  • Brownian motion in 2D
  • Gas of hard spheres (Tonk's gas)
  • Motion of a symmetric free top
  • Motion of a gyroscope


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