Course Calendar#

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Class Week 1#

Week

Day

Topic

Readings to prepare

Important events

CW3

13 Jan

Introduction to the course; reminders about vectors; software setup (Slides)

MLB Ch 3.4

Homework 1 Assigned (Due 24 Jan )

15 Jan

Newton’s 1st and 2nd Law; Motion in 1 dimension (Slides)

JRT 1.1-1.4; AMS Ch 1-4

17 Jan

Discussion of Homework 1 (Slides)

Class Week 2#

Week

Day

Topic

Readings to prepare

Important events

CW4

20 Jan

MLK Holiday (No Class)

Homework 2 Assigned (Due 31 Jan)

22 Jan

Newton’s Laws; Motion in 2 and 3 dimensions (Slides)

JRT 1.4-1.6; AMS Ch 4.2 and 5

24 Jan

Problem session for homework (Slides)

Homework 1 Due

Class Week 3#

Week

Day

Topic

Readings to prepare

Important events

CW5

27 Jan

Modeling and equations of motion (Slides)

JRT 1.4-1.6

Homework 3 Assigned (Due 07 Feb)

29 Jan

Air Resistance (Slides]

31 Jan

Problem session for homework (Slides)

Homework 2 Due

Class Week 4#

Week

Day

Topic

Readings to prepare

Important events

CW6

03 Feb

Air Resistance; Central Forces (Slides) (Recording)

JRT 2.1-2.4

Homework 4 Assigned (Due 21 Feb)

05 Feb

Euler-Cromer Integration (Slides)

07 Feb

Problem session for homework (Slides)

Homework 3 Due

Class Week 5#

Week

Day

Topic

Readings to prepare

Important events

CW7

10 Feb

Work Energy Theorem (Slides)

JRT 4.1-4.3

12 Feb

Conservative Forces and Potential (Slides)

JRT 4.1-4.4, 4.6

14 Feb

Problem session for homework (Slides)

Class Week 6#

Week

Day

Topic

Readings to prepare

Important events

CW8

17 Feb

Examples and Stability Analysis (Slides)

JRT 4.1-4.4, 4.6; MLB 6.6-6.8

Homework 4 Due & Midterm Project 1 Assigned (Due 28 Feb)

19 Feb

Conservation of Momentum and Angular Momentum (Slides)

JRT 3.1, 3.3-3.4

21 Feb

Problem session for homework (Slides)

Class Week 7#

Week

Day

Topic

Readings to prepare

Important events

CW9

24 Feb

Nonlinear dynamics, phase portraits (Slides)

Strogatz 2.0-2.3; 5.0-5.2

Homework 5 Assigned (Due 14 Mar)

26 Feb

Phase portraits, numerical modeling (Slides)

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28 Feb

Problem session for homework (Slides)

Midterm Project 1 Due

Class Week 8#

Week

Day

Topic

Readings to prepare

Important events

CW10

03 Mar

SPRING BREAK

NO CLASS

05 Mar

SPRING BREAK

NO CLASS

07 Mar

SPRING BREAK

NO CLASS

Class Week 9#

Week

Day

Topic

Readings to prepare

Important events

CW11

10 Mar (Slides)

Oscillations; Damping

JRT 5.1-5.2, 5.4; MLB 7.1-7.2; 8.5

Homework 6 Assigned (Due 21 Mar)

12 Mar (Slides)

Oscillations; Damping

14 Mar (Slides)

Problem session for homework

Homework 5 Due

Class Week 10#

Week

Day

Topic

Readings to prepare

Important events

CW12

17 Mar (Slides)

Driven Oscillations; Resonance

JRT 5.5-5.6; MLB 8.6

Homework 7 Assigned (Due 28 Mar)

19 Mar (Slides)

Driven Oscillations; Resonance

21 Mar (Slides)

Problem session for homework

Homework 6 Due

Class Week 11#

Week

Day

Topic

Readings to prepare

Important events

CW13

24 Mar (Slides)

Introduction to Chaos

Chaotic Dynamics

26 Mar (Slides)

Hallmarks of Classical Chaos Series

28 Mar (Slides)

Problem session for homework

Homework 7 Due

Class Week 12#

Week

Day

Topic

Readings to prepare

Important events

CW14

31 Mar (Slides)

Calculus of Variations; Euler-Lagrange Equation

JRT 6.1-6.3; MLB 9.1-9.4

Midterm Project 2 Assigned (Due 11 Apr)

02 Apr (Slides)

Euler-Lagrange Equation Examples

04 Apr

Problem session for homework

Class Week 13#

Week

Day

Topic

Readings to prepare

Important events

CW15

07 Apr

Lagrange’s Equations; modeling motion

JRT 7.1-7.2, 7.5; MLB 9.5

Homework 8 Assigned (Due 18 Apr)

09 Apr

Lagrange’s Equations; modeling motion

11 Apr

Problem session for homework

Midterm Project 2 Due

Class Week 14#

Week

Day

Topic

Readings to prepare

Important events

CW16

14 Apr

Lagrange Equation Examples

JRT 7.3-7.7, 7.10

Final Project Assigned (Due 28 Apr)

16 Apr

Lagrange Equation Examples

18 Apr

Problem session for homework

Homework 8 Due

Class Week 15#

Week

Day

Topic

Readings to prepare

Important events

CW17

20 Apr

Final Project Prep

22 Apr

Final Project Prep

24 Apr

Final Project Prep

Class Week 16#

Week

Day

Topic

Readings to prepare

Important events

CW18

28 Apr

FINALS WEEK

Final Project Due

29 Apr

FINALS WEEK

01 May

FINALS WEEK