Rigid Body Dynamics. Oscillations via Hamilton's Principle Waves, General Wave Equation Fluid Dynamics
The EPGY Intermediate Mechanics course covers much of what is generally covered in an upper division university mechanics course. The course is a sophisticated treatment of the mechanics of particles and systems. The course is designed to take about 16 weeks to complete on average. Corequisite: M53A Differential Equations or equivalent. (4 units)

Lectures and Exercises

The course is divided into several lessons, most of which begin with a lecture presented as digitized audio accompanied by formatted text. Many lessons contain interactive lectures to help demonstrate the material.

View a list of lessons in this course.

After most lectures, students are asked to try some sample questions about the new material. Once they have some practice, they receive graded online quizzes.

Textbook and Homework

Most every lesson has a suggested homework assignment from the textbook. At the end of each chapter an assigned homework set is to be submitted for grading. Students should expect to spend between 5-10 hours per week completing all the online and offline course assignments.

Textbook Information

Exams

There is a midterm and a final for this course. Exams are done on paper and then faxed or mailed in for grading.

Each week, students submit a report of their work electronically to their instructor, who reviews the student's work on the exercises and looks for potential trouble areas. The instructors are available for phone or email consultation should the student have any questions.