Physics 216 : Mechanics

Administrative Details:

Instructor: Moshe Rozali, e-mail: rozali@phas.ubc.ca.

TA: Byron Wilson, bwilson@phas.ubc.ca. Rui Yang yangr@phas.ubc.ca, Wei Zhao wzhao910@phas.ubc.ca.

Lectures: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 11-12 in Hugh Dempster pavilion, room 110.

Tutorials: Tuesdays, 10-11 (Hennings 304), 11-12 (Hebb 12) or 13-14 (Hebb 12). Participation in tutorials in mandatory, the exams will include material covered only in tutorials.

Office hours: Hennings 412, Wednesdays 12-13, or by appointment.

Textbook: Merriam and Kraige: Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics, eighth edition (required).

Announcements:

Course outline:

• Introduction and overview, problem solving strategies (1 lecture).

• Kinematics of particles (description of motion): vectors, coordinate
  systems, relative motion, constrained motion (3 weeks).

• Kinetics of particles: predicting motion (3 weeks)

  A. Forces and motion, Newton's second law (1 week).

  B . Work and energy, kinetic and potential energy, conservation law (1 week).

  C. Impulse and momentum. Angular momentum (1 week).

  D. Applications, central forces (1 week).

• Introduction to rigid bodies.

Learning Goals and Course Notes:

Summaries of the material covered in class will be posted, more details can be found in the textbook. Each summary covers roughly one week of class, they will be posted after the classes have taken place. They will include the learning goals in every specific week.

Marking:

Grading scheme:

• Problem sets: 25%.
• Midterm: 25%.
• Final exam: 50%.

Homework will be given on Fridays, and will be due on the following Friday in class. No late homework will be accepted. Solutions for the homework will be posted shortly after the due date.

You are welcome to discuss the problems with the other students, but the submitted assignments must be your own work.

Please try to resolve grading issues for assignments with the grader first. Contact me if there are still unresolved issues after that discussion.

Homework:

Problem numbers refer to the eighth edition of the textbook. If you own a previous edition, please make sure you are solving the correct problems.