Mike Moloney  CL-109  877-8302  (home) (812) 466 1328  moloney@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu

Course Philosophy and Format

• Homework Problems
• Homework Assignments
• MidTermLaundryList
• Maple for October 27
• Final Exam Laundry List

Class Materials

• Topics to review at the beginning of PH 314
• Notes on Force and gradient
• Notes on Lagrange's equations
• Notes on Oscillations with damping
• Notes on Q value of an underdamped oscillator
• Solution to black hole oscillation problem
• Notes on coupled oscillators
• Marion/Thornton problem on projectile with damping ['molasses limit' and 'vacuum limit']
• Frequency of motion near the minimum of a potential U(x)
• Lagrange equations solve the problem of slab and spring and cylinder rolling on the slab
• Gravitational potential of a spherical shell
• Calculation of Tides
• Orbit equation of kepler motion derived
• Ellipse and ellipsoid calculations
• Stability of circular orbits

Maple lab September 22 1999

Lagrange Point Calculation - Capstone Project for the Course.

Maple File Downloads

Foucault Pendulum 'shell'
Osage orange blown in a high wind
Driven oscillator phase response and amplitude response
Download file for coupled DE's on a tabletop
Download the problem of a mass and spring dropped from rest, and bouncing off a solid floor.
Download the rotation matrix program.

Maple Readiness Form

Response Form to Indicate Your Degree of Confidence in Using Certain Maple Commands

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