| CODE | MAT3612 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Mechanics | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Mathematics | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | - Newton’s laws of motion: - Cartesian coordinates: - Motion in a straight line and a plane, - Projectiles, - Simple harmonic motion; - Intrinsic coordinates: - The catenary, - The cycloid, - The isochronous pendulum; - Plane polar coordinates: - Central forces, - Binary systems, - Disturbed orbits and pedal coordinates; - Principle of conservation of energy: - Conservative forces, - Equivalent conditions, - Examples: - Orbital motion, - Motion on a surface under gravity; - Many-particle systems: - Motion of centroid, - Angular momentum and moment of force; - Rotational motion: - Rotation of a rigid body about a fixed axis, - Bodies rolling in a straight line; - Impulsive motion. Main Text - Lunn M., A first course in Mechanics, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1991. Supplementary Reading: - Chorlton F., Textbook of Dynamics, van Nostrand Company Ltd., London, 1969. • Camilleri C.J., Classical Mechanics, Malta 2004. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Onur Baysal |
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