| Recommended semester: 1st - 4th semester |
| Scope and form: See "Remarks" |
| Evaluation: Oral exam
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| Examination: 13-scale |
| Prerequisites: 01005 (simultaneously) |
| No credit points with: 10010 / 10011 / 10032 |
| Aim: To make the student familiar with the fundamental concepts of mechanics and to enable him / her to solve simple mechanical and technical problems using analytical methods. By combining the use of analytical methods with computer simulation, the aim is to impart a more intuitive understanding of the laws of motion. At the same time, using computer simulation, it should be possible to solve more complex and technically relevant tasks and to demonstrate the importance of non-linear dynamics phenomena. Modelling as a process and a tool is stressed throughout the course. |
| Contents: Newtons laws and the angular momentum relation applied in part to particles in part to rigid bodies. Law of conservation of energy, conservative and non-conservative forces. Collisions. Introduction of fictive forces. Gravitation and the concept of potential. Oscillations. Including an introduction to simple continuous media (oscillating string, liquid flow). Three-body problem. Elements of analytical mechanics. Chaos in conservative and dissipative systems. Practical considerations concerning computersimulation. Study technique. Perspectives for physics-oriented engineering degrees. |
| Remarks: 1st semester: 3 lecture modules and 2 hours of problem solving per week. 2nd semester: 1 lecture module and 2 hours of problem solving per week. 3-weeks period between 1st and 2nd semester. |
| Contact: Gunnar Dan Christiansen, building 307, (+45) 4525 3147, gunnar.christiansen@fysik.dtu.dk |
| Department: 010 Department of Physics |
| Keywords: Newtons laws, Analytical Mechanics, Computersimulation, Measurement theory |
| Updated: 16-05-2001 |
