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Classical Mechanics 420
  • J. D. Gunton
  • Lewis Lab 418
  • jdg4@lehigh.edu


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D’Alembert’s Principle and Lagrange Equations
  • Use principle of virtual work to derive
  • Lagrange equations for systems with holonomic constraints
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Don’t ever give up!
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Homework Set 1 Number 2
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Double Pendulum: General Coordinates
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Constrained motion
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Vertical Disk Rolling On Plane
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Velocity dependent potentials: if forces derived from U via
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Charged particle in electromagnetic field


  • Lorentz force F=q[E+(v x B)]


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Polar Coordinates
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Atwood’s Machine
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Bead sliding on rotating straight wire, g=0
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Constrained motion
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Problem to think about