Course Information

Semester	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	L+P	Credit	Number of ECTS Credits
3	PHYS203	CLASSICAL MECHANICS I	3+0	3	7

Course Details

Language of Instruction	English
Level of Course Unit	First Cycle
Department / Program	PHYSICS
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face
Type of Course Unit	Compulsory
Objectives of the Course	To teach the mathematical and conceptual tools such as coordinates and coordinate transformations, matrices, three dimensional vector calculus with an eye to apply these to classical mechanics problems and provide the necessary concepts and tools that will be needed in later courses. To teach the theoretical setting and limitations of Newton s laws and to apply Newton s laws at least to single particle systems. To teach energy, momentum, angular momentum concepts in a sufficient depth and formulation. To teach the simple applications of Newton s laws to many particle systems.
Course Content	Kinematics, particle dynamics, one particle dynamics, Newton’s principles and vector mechanics, energy methods and vector-energy mixed methods, two Particle dynamics and center of mass frames, planetary motion, a short introduction to many particle dynamics.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities	None
Course Coordinator	None
Name of Lecturers	Associate Prof.Dr. CEM ÇELEBİ
Assistants	None
Work Placement(s)	No

Recommended or Required Reading

Resources	J.B. Marion, S.T. Thornton, "Classical Dynamics of particles and systems", Saunders College Pub., 1995 Classical Mechanics, T.W.B. Kibble, F.H. Berkshire Prentice-Hall, 1996 Theoretical Mechanics, T.C. Bradbury, John Willey & Sons, 1968.

Course Category

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

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Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

No	Learning Outcomes
1	To be able to do all three dimensional vectorial calculations and manipulations.
2	To be able to interprete position, velocity, acceleration concepts in Cartesian, plane polar, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates; at least, to be able to do coordinate transformations between Cartesian and polar coordinates.
3	To be able to discuss the Newton s laws and to be able to describe its limitations. To be able to use the Newton s laws to write the equations of motion for a single particle and for some simple systems of many particle systems and rigid bodies, to be able to solve them for relatively simple problems. Moreover, whenever necessary, to be able to use conservations laws in the solution of a mechanical problem.
4	To be able to write Newton s law of gravitation both for discrete and continuous systems, to be able to express gravitational field and potential.
5	To be able to apply Newton s laws to relatively simple systems with rotation and translation, to be able to write kinetic and potential energies in these cases.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics	Study Materials	Materials
1	Cartesian coordinates, rotations
2	Vectors, unit vectors, matrices, vector operations.
3	Position, velocity, acceleration in Cartesian, polar, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates
4	Differentiation and integration of vectors, gradient, curl, Gauss and Stoke s theorems
5	Newton s laws, frames of reference, equation of motion for a particle,
6	Effects of retarding force, and other examples of dynamics
7	Conservation theorems
8	Simple harmonic oscillator, harmonic oscillation in two dimensions, phase diagrams
9	Damped oscillations
10	Sinusoidal driving forces, electric oscillations, Fourier series
11	Newton law of gravitation, gravitational potential, lines of force and equipotential surfaces
12	Ocean tides
13	Concept of variational calculus, Euler s equation
14	Euler equations with constraints, extension of Euler s equation to mechanics, Lagrange equations

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

Contribution: 0: Null 1:Slight 2:Moderate 3:Significant 4:Very Significant

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