Classical Mechanics
Master the fundamental principles governing motion, forces, and energy in this comprehensive university-level course.
Master the fundamental principles governing motion, forces, and energy in this comprehensive university-level course.
Advanced undergraduate course suitable for physics and engineering majors with calculus background.
12-week program with 4-6 hours of study per week, including lectures, problem sets, and labs.
Earn a verified certificate upon successful completion with a passing grade of 70% or higher.
Understand and apply Newton's laws of motion to analyze systems of particles and rigid bodies.
Develop proficiency in using Lagrangian mechanics to solve complex dynamical problems.
Apply conservation of energy, momentum, and angular momentum to analyze physical systems.
Solve problems involving orbital mechanics and central force potentials.
Analyze simple harmonic motion, damped oscillations, and forced oscillations.
Understand the motion of rigid bodies, including rotation about fixed and moving axes.
Inertial frames, force, mass, and acceleration
Conservative forces, potential energy, energy conservation
Linear momentum, impulse, collisions
Torque, rotational dynamics, conservation
Differential equations, energy in SHM
Resonance, quality factor, transient solutions
Effective potential, Kepler's laws
Two-body problem, scattering
Euler-Lagrange equation
Generalized coordinates, constraints
Noether's theorem
Canonical equations, phase space
Moment of inertia, parallel axis theorem
Euler's equations, torque-free motion
Precession, nutation
Coriolis effect, centrifugal force
Normal modes, beat phenomenon
Waves in elastic media
Nonlinear dynamics, phase portraits
Galilean transformations, limits of classical mechanics
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Join hundreds of students who have transformed their understanding of physics through this comprehensive course.
Next session starts June 15, 2023
