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MP236: Mechanics I
Semester 1 | Credits: 5
This is a mechanics course for students who have already been exposed to an elementary mechanics course. Topics covered include dimensional analysis, variational calculus, Lagrangian mechanics and rigid body motion.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- re-write a law expressed in dimensional quantities in an equivalent dimensionless form using the Buckingham pi theorem;
- analyse some simple systems using dimensional analysis and appropriate experimental data;
- use the concept of similarity in conjunction with dimensional analysis to aid in the design of scale models;
- solve some simple optimisation problems in the calculus of variations using the Euler Lagrange equations;
- obtain the equations of motion of mechanical systems using the Lagrangian formulation of mechanics;
- mathematically model the motion of a rigid body, and solve some simple problems involving rigid bodies.
Assessments
- Written Assessment (70%)
- Continuous Assessment (30%)
Teachers
- COLLETTE MCLOUGHLIN:
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- MARTIN MEERE:
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- GIUSEPPE ZURLO:
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Reading List
- "Classical Mechanics" by Tom W B Kibble, Frank H Berkshire
ISBN: 9781860944352.
Publisher: Imperial College Press - "Classical mechanics" by R. Douglas Gregory
ISBN: 9780521534093.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press - "Introduction to the foundations of applied mathematics" by Mark H. Holmes
ISBN: 9780387877655.
Publisher: Dordrecht ; Springer, c2009.
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.