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7907 (v.5) Particles and Waves 201
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Department of Applied Physics |
Credits: |
12.5 |
Contact Hours: |
3.0 |
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| ** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** |
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Other: |
2 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: |
1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): |
1737 (v.3) Particles and Waves 101 or any previous version
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7063 (v.6) Mathematics 102 or any previous version
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Syllabus: |
Wave and vibrations syllabus - review of simple harmonic motion, damped simple harmonic motion, non-linear systems, forced oscillations, transient and steady state terms, coupled oscillations, normal modes of vibration, transverse waves, reflection and transmission coefficients, longitudinal waves. Classical mechanics syllabus - formalism's in classical mechanics, introduction to lagrangian mechanics and applications to an oscillatory system, motion under central forces, applications, planetary and satellite orbits, Rutherford scattering, rigid body mechanics, the inertia tensor, linear, non-linear and chaotic oscillations, phase space representations. |
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| ** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** |
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Field of Education: |
10300 Physics and Astronomy (Narrow Grouping) |
HECS Band (if applicable): |
2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis
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Informational |
Result Type: |
Grade/Mark |
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Availability |
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Area External |
Central External |
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Bentley Campus |
Semester 1 |
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Area
External |
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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