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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
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.

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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