Week 03-04

Learning Outcomes:

In these lessons of the course the student should be able to:

  • account for fundamental concepts of angular momentum.
  • describe and apply the theory for rigid body mechanics, built from relations between fundamental quantities starting from Eulers I and II laws.
  • describe and apply the theory of vibrations and mechanical waves.
  • analyse physical processes and discuss technical applications by constructing, using relevant approximations, a mechanical model and using mathematical methods to analyse models for planar motion
  • show analytical problem solving skills for mechanical and engineering applications and be able to account for relevant approximations.

Lesson Plan:

Lesson 1: Angular momentum and its conservation.

Lesson 2:Rotational dynamics

Lesson 3:Effect of torque on the angular momentum

Lesson 4:Principles of parallel and perpendicular axis theorem, Determination of moment of inertia of various shapes

Lesson 5:Rotational dynamics of rigid bodies and its effect on the application of torque, Measurement of gravitational constant

Lesson 6:Problems

 

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