YESHIVA UNIVERSITY

YESHIVA COLLEGE

Semester: FALL 2018

Course: PHY 1221

Instructor: Dr. Gabriel Cwilich

Lecture hours: Monday

Telephone: 212-960-5342

e-mail: [email protected]

Office Hours: To be announced

by G. Fowles and G. Cassiday

7th Ed. (Thomson – Brooks/Cole )

Alternative:

Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems

By S. Thornton and J. Marion

7th Ed. (Thomson – Brooks/Cole )

Other books: (They are not needed, but if you want to consult more
sources, I mention some )

Douglas Davis:
Classical Mechanics (Academic Press).

Daniel Kleppner and Robert Kolenkow:

Keith Symon:
Mechanics
 LECTURES

Attendance is required, and it will be checked. You are responsible for any subject
discussed in them.

HOMEWORK

1. Analytic assignments will be given at the end of each subject. Problems will require
considerable elaboration; allow enough time to work on them. They will be due one
week after being assigned, and deadlines will be enforced strictly, by giving reduced
credit for late assignments. They will determine 40 % of your grade.

2. Computer projects will be assigned with each subject; you will be required to explore
them on your own. They will constitute 15 % of your grade.

EXAMS

There will be a final exam at the end of the semester, which together with the midterm test
will determine the remaining 40 %.
 CLASS SCHEDULE
SUBJECT COMPUTER PROJECT
Motion in one dimension: Numerical solution of the
Newton's laws. Time dependent forces. equations of motion.
2 classes Position dependent forces and first Introduction to Symbolic
integrals (Energy). Logic software.
Velocity dependent forces. Simulating drag forces.
Harmonic Oscillator:
Simple Harmonic Motion (H.M) Comparing linear and non-
Damped H.M. Forced H. M. linear oscillations.
Resonances. Applications. Analogies
3.5 classes with EM. Phase space view. Damped driven systems.
Fourier Series
Elements of Non-linearity. Chaotic maps
Notions of chaos, roads to chaos
and Lyapunov exponents.
Brief review of some elements of Vector packages
0.5 class
vector calculus.
MIDTERM
Three dimensional motion:
Conservative forces. Projectile motion with air
Separable forces. resistance.
2 classes
Realistic Projectile motion.
The 3-d harmonic oscillator. Particles in crossed
Motion in electromagnetic fields. E-B fields.
Non-inertial Reference Systems:
Accelerated and rotating Projectile trajectories in
coordinate systems. rotating frames.
2 classes
Motion relative to the earth.
The Coriolis force. Motion of planetoids as seen
Foucault's pendulum. from the Earth.
Central Forces:
Energy and Angular Momentum in a The perihelion of Mercury.
central field. Equation of the orbit.
Inverse square forces. Stability of orbits
3.5 classes
Planetary motion and Kepler's laws.
Stability. Orbital Dynamics. Gravitational potentials of
Rutherford scattering. different distributions of
Gravitational potential matter.
The three-body problem. Ocean tides. Rocket motion
Systems of particles. Collision theory Lagrangian points
Variable mass and rockets
 WHAT NEXT?

If there is a second semester of this course

• Collision theory
• Variable mass
• Planar rotations (Center of mass, radius of gyration)
• Exact pendulum equations
• Kinematics of 3-d rotations
• Euler’s equations. Tops
• Lagrangian Mechanics
• Lagrange Multipliers
• Hamiltonian Dynamics
• Theory of small oscillations
• Normal modes, vibrations in solids
• Fluid Mechanics
• Relativity mechanics
 ACADEMIC INTEGRITY ISSUES

All the stipulations in the Academic Integrity documents of the University apply, of course,
to this course as well. If you are not aware of them, we strongly suggest that you get a
hold of the relevant documents in the Dean's office and read them carefully.
In particular we will devote a special effort to detect the utilization of any sort of instructor's
manual or equivalent unauthorized help, in the solution of problems.

STUDENT DISABILITY ISSUES

Students with disabilities who are enrolled in this course and who will be requesting
documented disability-related accommodations should make an appointment with the
Office of Disability Services, (646) 592-4280, [email protected] during the first week of
class. Once you have been approved for accommodations, please submit your
accommodation letter to ensure the successful implementation of those accommodations.
I CANNNOT ACCEPT ANY REQUESTS LESS THAN A WEEK BEFORE THE FIRST
EXAM, because it takes time to set up the necessary arrangements.