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Syllabus

UNIT
1
Newton’s Laws and Particle Dynamics

Standards of length, mass and time –Dimensional analysis –Significant figures Motion in one dimension: Distance and displacement –Speed, velocity and acceleration: Average and instantaneous –Free falling body -Kinematic equations of motion – Problem solving Motion in two dimensions: Vectors –Representation in polar Coordinates –Motion diagram –Projectiles Motion – Uniform circular motion – Tangential and radial acceleration –Relative velocity and acceleration –Problem solving Newton’s law of motion: Newton’s First law and inertial frame of reference – Second law – Force and its S.I unit – Force of gravity and weight – Third Law of Motion – Application of Newton’s laws – Free body diagrams and its importance –Forces of friction –Uniform circular motion –Problem solving

UNIT
2
Conservation Laws and Collisions

Work and Energy: Work done by a constant force –Scalar product of vector –Work done by variable force, Example of spring -Kinetic energy and work-energy theorem - Problem Solving. Conservation of Energy: Potential energy: Gravitational and elastic – Conservative and non-conservative forces – Relation between conservative forces and potential energy - Conservation of Mechanical Energy - Work done by non-conservative forces –Problem solving Conservation of Momentum: Linear momentum and its conservation – Impulse and momentum – Elastic and inelastic collisions in one dimension – Two dimensional collisions Centre of mass – Motion of center of mass of system of particles -Problem solving.

UNIT
3
Rotational Kinematics

Angular variables– Kinematic equations for rotation with constant angular acceleration - Linear and angular quantities –Rotational energy –Calculation of moment of inertia -Torque –Relation between torque and angular acceleration –Work, power and energy in rotational motion -Rolling motion of a rigid object -Angular Momentum of a single particle, system of particles and rigid object –Conservation of angular momentum –Static equilibrium -Problem solving

UNIT
4
Gravity and Fluids

Newton’s law of universal gravitation - Universal gravitation constant ‘G’ and its measurement – Free fall acceleration and gravitational force – Variation in ‘g’ with altitude and depth – Kepler’s laws – The law of gravity and motion of planets -Gravitational field and potential energy –Energy considerations in planetary and satellite motion – Problem Solving. Fluid Dynamics: Pressure –Streamline and equation of continuity –Bernoulli’s equation Ex. Venturi tube and Toricelli’s law

UNIT
5
Unit V: Lagrangian Mechanics

Constraints and degrees of freedom – Generalized coordinates – Quantities of mechanics in generalized coordinates - D’Alembert’s principle – Conservative fields –Lagrangian and Lagrange’s equation of motion – Symmetries, conservation laws and cyclic coordinates- Examples of constructing Lagrangian, and the Equation of motion: Free falling body, projectile motion, simple pendulum, double pendulum, compound pendulum and Spring-mass systems

Reference Book:

1. N.C. Rana and P. S. Joag, Classical Mechanics, McGraw Hill Education,1st edition, 2001. 2. Herbert Goldstein, Charles Poole and John Safko, Classical Mechanics, Pearson education, 3rd edition (2011). 3. Daniel Kleppner and Robert Kolenkov, An Introduction to Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition(2014).

Text Book:

1. David Halliday, Robert Resnick and Jearl Walker, Fundamentals of Physics, John Wiley & Sons, New Delhi , 8th Edition , 2010 (Unit I - IV) 2. R. G. Takawale and P. S. Puranik, Classical Mechanics, McGraw Hill Education, New Delhi, 2011(Chapters 8 and 11 for Unit V)

 

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