Friday Presentations
Homework Sets & Exams
 
Set Due Topic  
    Assignment Solutions
0 08/28/23 Remembering Math All
1 08/31/23 Constant Acceleration (Kinematics) (Cliff) 1, 2, 3 M1 , P2, 4
2 09/01/23 Projectiles 1, 2, 3
3 09/06/23 Fun with NSL 1, 2, 3, 4
4 09/11/23 More Fun with NSL 1, 2, 3
    Handout: Moments of Inertia  
5 09/15/23 Rotational Dynamics 1, 2, 3, 4
    Handout: Trig Cheat Sheet  
6 09/18/23 Static Equilibrium 1, 2, 3
7 09/22/23 Drag 1, 2
8 09/27/23 Conservation Laws 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
9 09/29/23 Equilibrium & Stability 1 M, 2 M, 3, 4

Exam 1: Kinematics, NSL and Conservation of Energy
    (Outline of Topics)  
10 10/6/23 SHM 1, 2, 3
11 10/11/23 Simple & Damped Harmonic Motion 1, 2, 3, 4
12 10/18/23 Damped Harmonic Motion 1, 2 M, 3
13 10/18/23 Driven Harmonic Motion 1
14 10/23/23 Mech-Elec Connection 1, 2 M E, 3
15 10/25/23 Plane Pendulum 1
Exam 2: Harmonic Oscillations
    (Outline of Topics)  
16 11/3/23 Euler's Equation 1, 2, EC
17 11/7/23 Fun with Lagrange, Constraint 1, 2, 3
18 11/17/23 The Hamiltonian 1, 2
19 11/27/23 Rocket Science 1, 2, 3
20 11/29/23 Orbital Transfers, Orbit of Mars 1, 2, Mars
21 12/4/23 Motion on Earth (Coriolis & Centrifugal Forces) 1, 2, 3, 4
Final Exam
    (Outline of Section Topics)  
    (Outline of Full Course)  
       
       
Mathematica is a very powerful programming language created and maintained by Wolfram that I've used for over a decade to perform math and create plots. SLU does have a Mathematica license and it's available to all students, faculty, and staff. However powerful, the fact that it is proprietary and expensive means it's not the most useful tool for students to use. For those of you who use it, I will post pdf's of my Mathematica files. However, my goal is to create all the plots I use in this course with Python.
Python is an open source programming language that I am learning to replace Mathematica because Mathematica is so expensive. I use Jupyter Notebooks available through the Anaconda distribution. I suggest you download and install Anaconda on your computer and start learning Python along with me if you don't already use it.
     

 

Friday Presentations
Date Student
September 1 Aileen: SLU Eclipses
September 8  
September 15 Ethan Rove: JWST
September 22 Nora Wagner
September 29 Dan George
October 6 Sarah Bellefleur
October 20 Aileen: Expansion of the Universe and Dark Energy
October 27  
November 3  
November 10  
December 1  

 

 

 

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