College of Arts and Sciences – Natural Sciences – University Physics – Dr. Scott Schneider
PHY3414AnalyticalMechanicsCourseSyllabus*
*Studentsmaywanttoprintthissyllabusinordertohaveallkeycourseinformationavailableoff‐line.Rev08/29/12
Course
CourseNumber:/CourseName:PHY3414 AnalyticalMechanics
Information:
Classroom:
S223CRN:1600
Instructor
Name: Dr.ScottSchneider Title: AssociateProfessorofPhysics
Contact
Telephone:x3545Cell:248‐880‐7177
E‐mail: sschneide@ltu.edu
Information:
OfficeLocation/Hours:S234‐OfficeHoursTBD
Meeting
Tuesday/Thursday10:00AM‐11:50AM – S223
Dates:
Finalexamday:ThursdayDec20th10:30am‐12:20pm
Course
Undergraduate level MCS 2423 Minimum Grade of D- and Undergraduate level PHY 2423
Prerequisites:
Minimum Grade of D-
CourseTextBooks RequiredText(s):ANALYTICALMECHANICS,GrantFowles(7thEd.)
andOther
You might want to do some clever searching for the text – there might be paperback
Materials
versionsoutthere–farcheaperthanhardback(checkwithformerstudents!).
Coursewebsite:
http://vnatsci.ltu.edu/s_schneider/analytical.shtml (InadditiontoBBcoursepage)
CourseDescription AstudyofNewton'slawsofmotionappliedtoparticlesandsystems,withanemphasison
velocity‐dependentforces,forced/free/dampedoscillations,accelerated/rotatingsystems,
gravitationalforces,andLagrangian.
CourseObjectives
*CourseObjectivesarepostedintheBbcoursepage
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StudentServices
OfficeofStudentAffairs Telephone:248‐204‐4100
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CoursePolicies
1.Assistance‐Studentsareencouragedtocontacttheinstructorduringofficehours,afterclassor
athomeiftheyarehavingdifficultiesinthecourse.
2.Conduct‐Studentsareexpectedtoconductthemselvesinaprofessionalmanneratalltimes
andtobecourteoustotheirclassmates.Theuseofobjectionablelanguageisstrictlyprohibited.
Additionally,cellphones,pagers,andotherpersonalelectronicsshouldbesettosilentmode.
AdditionalinformationcoveringtheStudentCodeofConductcanbeaccessedat
http://www.ltu.edu/student_affairs/student_conduct.asp
3.AcademicIntegrity‐Studentsareexpectedtodotheirownworkatalltimes.Whileitis
acceptabletodiscusshomeworkandcaseassignmentswithothers,studentsshouldfirstattempt
tosolveassignedworkthemselves.Innocasewillcopiedworkfromanotherbeconsidered
acceptable.Withrespecttopapers,studentsmustsubmitoriginalworkdonespecificallyforthis
coursebythestudent.Anycheatingonexamsorpaperswillresultinascoreofzeroand,
potentially,areferraltotheDean.FormoreinformationvisitAcademicHonorCodeat
http://www.ltu.edu/currentstudents/honor_code.asp
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StudentEvaluation
Assignments
Tests x3 – 100 pts each
(60% in-class 40% take-home)
Homework x7 – 10 pts each
Final exam – 100 pts
(60% in-class 40% take-home)
Total Points
CourseSchedule
Laptopusage
Dropdaywith“W”
DaylightSavings
Points
~300
~70
~100
Percentage
>=95
>=90 <95
>=87 <90
>=83 <87
>=80 <83
>=77 <80
>=73 <77
>=70 <73
>=61 <70
<61
Letter Grade
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD
F
~470
AdetailedcoursescheduleispostedontheBbcoursepage.
Wewillbeusingthelaptopsinclass,nearlyeveryperiod,forcollaborativeactivities.
WednesdayNovember28th,2012
November4th,2012(Clickhere ‐ checkoutthecool"nodes"!.)
http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/b.html
Week
Rough General Schedule (test due dates to be added):
Dates
Topics
1
2
3
08/30
09/04 + 09/06
09/11 + 09/13
Test 1
4
09/18 + 09/20
5
09/25 + 09/27
6
10/02 + 10/04
7
10/09 + 10/11
Test 2
8
10/16 + 10/18
9
10/23 + 11/25
10
10/30 + 11/01
11
11/06 + 11/08
12
11/13 + 11/15
13
11/20
Test 3
14
11/26 + 11/28
15
12/04 + 12/06
16
12/11 + 12/13
Chapter 1 – Fundamentals [vector derivatives, plane polar coordinates]
Chapter 2 – Newtonian Mechanics [1D forces … F(x) and F(v)] (Tutorials)
Chapter 3 – Oscillations [damped, forced, nonlinear/chaotic] (Tutorials)
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Finals Week
12/17-12/21
Chapter 4 – General Motion in 3D [air resistance, harm osc 2D/3D] (Tutorials)
Chapter 4 continued
Chapter 5 – Accelerated Coordinate systems [effect of Earth’s rotation] (Tutorials)
Chapter 5 continued
Chapter 6 – Gravitation and Central Forces [Kepler, orbits, stability] (Tutorials)
Chapter 6 continued
Chapter 7 – Dynamics of Systems of Particles [lin/ang mom, collisions]
Chapter 8 – Mechanics of Rigid Bodies - Planar motion
Chapter 10 – Lagrangian Mechanics [gen coords, ignorable coords] (Tutorials)
Chapter 10 continued
Chapter 11 – Oscillating systems [coupled harmonic oscillators]
Chapter 3 – Fourier analysis (nonsinusoidal driving force) (Tutorials)
Chapter 3 – Nonlinear Chaos Oscillations
We will occasionally be working in-class with some Lecture Tutorials in Analytical Mechanics – these will
be announced ahead of time – they are roughly indicated in the schedule above. There will also be “pretest” and “homework” parts to the tutorials – there will be a detailed schedule available where you find this
syllabus.
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DescriptionofAssignments/Responsibilities
Description of Assignments/Responsibilities
TextReading
Itisimportanttobepreparedfortheclasssessions(sincetherewillbesomeactivity‐basedsessions,asopposedto
lecture).
In‐classtutorials
Ihaveaseriesofin‐classanalyticalmechanicstutorialsthatwewillworkonduringsomeoftheclasssessions.
Take‐homeHomework
Alongwiththein‐classtutorials–therewillbeungraded“pre‐tests”–buttherewillbefollow‐upgradedhomework
assignments(connectedtothetutorials).Homeworkassignmentsareworth10pointsandmakeuproughly15%of
yourgrade.
HourExams
Therearethreeexamsduringtheterm–theyaresplit60%/40%forinclass/takehomeportionsoftheexams.Thein‐
classportionswillbeopenbook,butobviouslytimed.Testsareworth100pointsandmakeuproughly65%ofyour
grade.
Finalexam
Thefinalexamquestionsshouldroughlyalignwiththemajortopicsofthecourse,andtherelativetimespentonthe
topics–itwillalsohavea60/40split.Thefinalisworth100pointsandmakesuproughly20%ofyourgrade.
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