PHYS 331. Topics in Classical Mechanics.

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PHYS 331
Topics in Classical Mechanics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Forced and damped oscillators, Newtonian mechanics in three dimensions, rotational motion, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, small vibrations, normal modes. Nonlinear dynamics and chaos.
  • Winter
  • 3 hours lectures
  • Prerequisite: PHYS 230
  • Corequisite: MATH 315
  • Restriction: Not open to students having passed PHYS 451 or PHYS 351

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