FU:ERFYB0003 Theoretical Mechanics

ERFYB0003 Theoretical Mechanics

Institute of physics in Opava
winter 2023

Extent and Intensity: 3/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s): Thomas Pappas, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Thomas Pappas, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by: Thomas Pappas, Ph.D.
Institute of physics in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech): (FAKULTA(FU)&&SOUHLAS)
Course Enrolment Limitations: The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives: 1. Review of Newtonian mechanics 2. Systems of mass points subjected to constraints 3. Variational principles 4. Lagrangian formalism 5. Celestial mechanics and scattering theory 6. Oscillations 7. Rigid body 8. Hamiltonian formalism 9. Canonical transformations and the Hamilton-Jacobi theory 10. Basic concepts of continuum mechanics
Language of instruction: English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech): The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Erasmus

The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2024.