PHY3603: Classical Mechanics

1st Semester, 2015/2016

CHAN KAR TIM, PhD

Room: 220, Faculty of Science
Phone: 03-89467932
Email: chankt@upm.edu.my

General Information
CREDIT HOUR

: 3 (3+0)

LECTURE VENUE

: BKSF207

PREREQUISITE : PHY 3103 dan PHY 3104

DAY / LECTURE TIME : WED (3-4 pm)
FRI (8-10 am)
ATTENDANCE : COMPULSARY

Course Assessment
1st Test: 15%
Week 5 (9 October 2015, Friday)

2nd Test: 15%

Week 9 (06 November 2015, Friday)

Final: 40%

Assignment/Quiz : 20%

SCL : 10%

Course Synopsis

This course covers the motion of a particle in one, two and

three dimensions, the motion of a system of particles, rigid
bodies, rotation about an axis, static, gravitation and moving
coordinates systems. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian
mechanics, special theory of relativity, the Lorentz
transformation and the relativistic conservation laws are
discussed

Kursus ini merangkumi pergerakan zarah dalam satu, dua dan

tiga dimensi, pergerakan sistem zarah jasad tegar, putaran
pada satu paksi, statik, kegravitian dan sistem koordinat
bergerak. Mekanik Lagrangian dan Hamiltonian, teori
kerelatifan khas, transformasi Lorentz dan hukum keabadian
kerelatifan turut dibincangkan.

Textbooks

Stephen T. Thornton and Jerry B. Marion (2004).

Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems 5th Edition.
Brooks Cole

Fowles, G.R. & Cassidy, G.L. (2004). New York:

Analytical Mechanics. 7th Edition. Brooks Cole

Taylor, J.R. (2004). Classical Mechanics. Sausalito:

University Science Books

Kibble, T.W. & Bershire, F.H. (2004). Classical

Mechanics. 4th Edition. London: Imperial College Press

Martin W. McCall (2011), Classical Mechanics From

Newton to Einstein. 2nd Edition. Wiley

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