Newtonian Mechanics-Home [ME-HOME]

Notes for Lectures

• LEC/ME-02-01 Einstein Summation Convention
• LEC/ME-02-02 Rotation of Coordinate Axes
• LEC/ME-02-03 Active and Passive Transformations
• LEC/ME-02-04 The SO(3) Group
• LEC/MM-02-05 Euler Angle Parametrization
• LEC/ME-02-06 Structure of Rotation Matrices
• LEC/ME-02-07 Finite Rotations about Arbitrary Axis
• LEC/ME-02-08 Change of Coordinate Axes
• LEC/ME-02-09 Vectors as Geometrical Objects
• LEC/ME-02-10  Rotation of a Vector About an Arbitrary Axis

Problem Solving

Note For Lectures

• LEC/ME-08-01 Motion in Linearly Accelerated Frames
• LEC/MP-08-02 Acceleration in a rotating frame
• LEC/ME-08-03 Pseudo forces in a Rotating Frame
• LEC/ME-08-04 Effect of  Earth's Rotation--Centrifugal Force
• LEC/ME-08-05 Sideways Deflection of a Freely Falling Body
• LEC/ME-08-06 Inertial Mass vs Gravitational Mass
• LEC/ME-09-01 Energy Conservation
• LEC/ME-09-02 Using Graph of \(V(x)\) to find motion

Mixed Lot of Problems

Notes for Lectures

• LEC/ME-11-01 Separation of EOM for centre of mass
• LEC/ME-11-02 Kinetic Energy and Angular Momentum of Two Bodies
• LEC/ME-12-01 Centre of Mass and Relative Coordinates for Two Body Problem
• Decomposition of Kinetic Energy and Angular Momentum
• Reduction of Two Body Problem to Quadratures

Mixed Lot of Problems

Notes for Lectures

• Conservation of Angular Momentum
• A Qualitative Discussion of Sun - Earth System
• Equation of Kepler Orbit
• Conservation of Runge Lenz Vector
• Kepler's Laws
• Unbounded Motion in a Hyperbolic Orbit--- Deflection of Alhpa Particle
• Orbit Parameters
• Conservation of Angular Momentum --- Another Calculation

Mixed Lot of Problems