Dynamics of System of particles, angular momentum, lab and center of mass coordinate systems, mechanics of rigid bodies: center of mass of rigid bodies, rotation of a rigid body around a fixed axis, moment of inertia, calculation of moment of inertia, the physical pendulum, laminar motion, motion of rigid bodies in three dimensions, Lagrangian mechanics, generalized coordinates, Hamilton’s variational principle, Hamiltonian equation, dynamics of oscillating systems, normal coordinates, coupled harmonic motion, continuous system and the wave equation.
Main Textbook: • Analytical mechanics by G. R. Fowles and G. Cassiday, 7th edition (2004) Brooks Cole publishing. Subsidiary books: • Introduction to classical mechanics by A. P. Arya (1997) prentice Hall . • Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems, 5th edition (2003), by: • S. Thornton and J. Marion, Brooks Cole.