Analytical Mechanics - Fall 2012

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Hot Topics : Syllabus - Fall 2012 (pdf format)

Course Objectives : Analytical Mechanics Course Objectives

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Tests : TBA - initially planned as part take-home part in-class - rough schedule shown in the Syllabus

I will try to incorporate several different computer packages (Maple, physlets, as well as Visual Python) - here are some older links .. I hope to update/add to these.

Computer Programs from Class (for Maple, right click and save locally .. for physlets, just click)

• Three-Variable Slider Worksheet (Excel - zipped) (added 09/28/05)
  
• Physlet : Damped and Driven Harmonic Oscillators
• Maple : Fourier analysis - Triangle Wave
• Maple : Fourier analysis - Square Wave
• Maple : Fourier analysis - SawTooth Wave
• Maple : Fourier analysis - "Partial" Square Wave
• ZIP : All four of the above, zipped into one file (in case the "right-click" doesn't work)
  
• Maple/Excel: Earth Motion (Chapter 5) (maple shows graphs, excel makes calculations)
• Maple: Lagrange (Chapter 7) (maple file, plus text export, plus images related to Pluto Charon)
• Maple : Normal Modes of Coupled Oscillators (specific, limited motion)
• Maple : Coupled Oscillators (General motion)
• Physlet : Coupled Oscillators (General motion)

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