7907 (v.5) Particles and Waves 201
| Area: | Department of Applied Physics |
| Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
| Credits: | 12.5 |
| 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
AND
7063 (v.6) Mathematics 102 or any previous version
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| 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. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2003 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | |
Current as of: October 30, 2003 13:11:55
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