PHY 201- Practical

MODULE 1: MOTION IN CENTRAL FORCE FIELDS

Vector Analysis

Central – Conservative Forces

Kinematics in Polar coordinates

Energy Conservation in Central – Conservative Force Fields

Central – Conservative Force and Planetary Motion

Solutions to TMA

MODULE 2: OSCILLATORY MOTION

Linear Simple Harmonic Oscillator

Conservation of Energy in SHM

Damped Oscillatory Motion

Forced Oscillatory Motion

Coupled Oscillation

MODULE 3: LAGRANGE AND HAMILTONIAN MECHANICS

The Frame of Reference and Constraints of Motion

Generalized Coordinates

Lagrange’s Mechanics

Hamilton’s Mechanics

Between Newtonian, Lagrangian, and Hamiltonian Mechanics