PHYSICS 401: INTERMEDIATE
MECHANICS
(Fall 2008)
When: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 09:10-10:00 am
Where: 120 Dennison
Instructor: Professor R. Thun
350 West Hall
Tel: 936-0792
Office hours: anytime, or by appointment
E-mail: rthun@umich.edu
Textbook: "Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems" (5th Edition)
by S. T. Thornton and J. B. Marion
(Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2004)
ISBN 0-534-40896-6
Grades:
Homework........20% (each problem = 10 points)
Exam #1.........20%
Exam #2.........20%
Final Exam......40%
Key dates:
EXAM #1 Monday, Oct. 6
EXAM #2 Friday, Nov. 7
FINAL EXAM Monday, Dec. 15, 1:30-3:30 pm
Homework due dates are noted on attached schedule.
Homework solutions will be handed out in class.
Late homework will not be accepted.
If you have questions about the grading of any
homework assignment, see R.Thun.
Conduct:
1) The University expects you to attend all classes
of the courses you are taking. I expect the same.
2) Arriving late for class is disruptive and rude
and may result in a course grading penalty.
You expect me to show up on time.
I expect you to show up on time.
3) Cell phones must be turned off during lecture.
Use of electronic devices, such as music players
and laptop computers,is not permitted during lectures.
4) You may collaborate with others on homework assignments.
However, you are not allowed to simply copy solutions obtained
from other students or from other sources.
SCHEDULE FOR PHYSICS 401, Fall 2008 (R.THUN)
W Sep 3 Ch.1 Math review
F 5 Ch.1 Math
review
M 8 Ch.1 Math review
W 10 Ch.2 Newtonian mechanics
submit HW#1
F 12 Ch.2 Newtonian
mechanics
M 15 Ch.2 Newtonian mechanics
W 17 Ch.2 Newtonian mechanics
F 19 Ch.3 Oscillations submit HW#2
M 22 Ch.3 Oscillations
W 24 Ch.3 Oscillations
F 26 Ch.3 Oscillations
M 29 Ch.4 Nonlinear oscillations
submit HW#3
W Oct 1 Ch.4 Nonlinear oscillations
F 3 Ch.5 Gravitation
submit HW#4
M 6 EXAM#1
(covering Chs.1-4)
W 8 Gravitation
F 10 Gravitation
M 13 Ch.6 Calculus of variations
submit HW#5
W 15 Ch.6 Calculus of variations
F 17 Ch.7 Lagrangian and
Hamiltonian dynamics
W 22 Ch.7 Lagrangian and Hamiltonian
dynamics Submit HW#6
F 24 Ch.7 Lagrangian and
Hamiltonian dynamics
M 27 Ch.7 Lagrangian and Hamiltonian
dynamics
W 29 Ch.8 Central-force motion
submit HW#7
F 31 Ch.8 Central-force motion
M Nov 3 Ch.8 Central-force motion
W 5 Ch.9 System dynamics
submit HW#8
F 7 EXAM#2 (covering Chs.
5-8)
M 10 System dynamics
W 12 System dynamics
F 14 System dynamics
M 17 Ch.10 Non-inertial frames
submit HW#9
W 19 Ch.10 Non-inertial frames
F 21 Ch.10 Non-inertial frames
M 24 Ch.11 Rigid bodies
submit HW#10
W 26 Ch.11 Rigid bodies
M Dec 1 Ch.11 Rigid bodies
W 3 Ch.12 Coupled oscillations
submit HW#11
F 5 Ch.12 Coupled
oscillations
M 8 Ch.12 Coupled oscillations submit HW#12
M 15 FINAL EXAM 1:30-3:30 pm
PHYSICS 401 (Fall 2008) HOMEWORK
ASSIGNMENTS
All assignments must be submitted on or before required date
and be written legibly on stapled pages to receive credit.
Please circle final results when appropriate.
HW #1 read Chapter 1.
Problems: 1-1, 1-6, 1-9, 1-10, 1-13, 1-15, 1-25, 1-31, 1-38, 1-40
HW #2 read Chapter 2.
Problems: 2-12, 2-14, 2-27, 2-32, 2-38, 2-40, 2-41, 2-43, 2-46, 2-53
HW #3 read Chapter 3.
Problems: 3-5, 3-6, 3-7, 3-8, 3-10, 3-13, 3-18, 3-19, 3-43
HW #4 read Chapter 4.
Problems: 4-6 (also sketch phase path), 4-7, 4-8
HW #5 read Chapter 5.
Problems: 5-2, 5-5, 5-14, 5-15, 5-16, 5-19
HW #6 read Chapter 6.
Problems: 6-2, 6-4, 6-6
HW #7 read Chapter 7.
Problems: 7-7, 7-12, 7-15, 7-16, 7-21 (skip phase diagram), 7-24, 7-25
HW #8 read Chapter 8.
Problems: 8-11, 8-17, 8-25, 8-30, 8-32, 8-43
HW #9 read Chapter 9.
Problems: 9-2, 9-10, 9-21, 9-23, 9-28, 9-34, 9-46, 9-54, 9-59, 9-61
HW #10 read Chapter 10.
Problems: 10-1, 10-2, 10-6, 10-8, 10-12
HW #11 read Chapter 11
Problems: 11-5(a), 11-11, 11-12, 11-15, 11-24(a)
HW #12 read Chapter 12
Problems: 12-6, 12-8, 12-23