Transcription of Classical Mechanics
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Classical Mechanics An introductory course Richard Fitzpatrick Associate Professor of Physics The University of Texas at Austin Contents 1 Introduction 7. Major sources: .. 7. What is Classical Mechanics ? .. 7. mks units .. 9. Standard prefixes .. 10. Other units .. 11. Precision and significant figures .. 12. Dimensional analysis .. 12. 2 Motion in 1 dimension 18. Introduction .. 18. Displacement .. 18. Velocity .. 19. Acceleration .. 21. Motion with constant velocity .. 23. Motion with constant acceleration .. 24. Free-fall under gravity .. 26. 3 Motion in 3 dimensions 32. Introduction .. 32. Cartesian coordinates .. 32. Vector displacement .. 33. Vector addition .. 34. Vector magnitude .. 35. 2. Scalar multiplication .. 35. Diagonals of a parallelogram.
portant applications in other areas of science, such as Astronomy (e.g., celestial mechanics), Chemistry (e.g., the dynamics of molecular collisions), Geology (e.g., the propagation of seismic waves, generated by earthquakes, through the Earth’s crust), and Engineering (e.g., the equilibrium and stability of structures). Classi-
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