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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

7907 (v.6) Particles and Waves 201

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Area: Department of Applied Physics
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
Workshop: 2 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):     7063 (v.6) Mathematics 102 or any previous version
    OR
    7492 (v.5) Mathematics 104 or any previous version
    OR
    307537 (v.3) Engineering Mathematics 130 or any previous version
    OR
    307538 (v.3) Engineering Mathematics 140 or any previous version
AND
    302804 (v.3) Physics 101 or any previous version
    OR
    307529 (v.4) Engineering Mechanics 100 or any previous version
Syllabus: Newtonian mechanics applied to oscillatory motion including: simple harmonic, damped, forced and coupled systems. Propagation of mechanical waves (transverse and longitudinal), leading to reflection and transmission coefficients, normal and anomalous dispersion. Laprangian and Hamiltonian approaches to classical mechanics applied to oscillatory systems, and central forces. Rigid body mechanics, and the introduction of the inertia tensor.
Field of Education: 010301 Physics
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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