TAM 412
Spring 2006 All Classes
Credit: 4 hours.
Lagrangian mechanics of dynamical systems with an emphasis on vibrations; constraints and generalized coordinates; motion in accelerating frames; conservation laws and invariance of the Lagrangian; particle motion in one dimension, the two-body problem, and central-force motion; free and forced vibration of linearized single-degree-of-freedom and multi-degree-of-freedom discrete systems; weakly nonlinear vibrations; parametric resonance; introduction to Hamiltonian dynamics; rigid-body motions.
Prerequisite: TAM 212; MATH 225 or MATH 415; MATH 385, MATH 386, or MATH 441.
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36269
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Lecture-Discussion
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C
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10:00AM
-11:50AM
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TR
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105 Talbot Laboratory
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Weaver, R
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