Physics
Classical Mechanics
Train on Classical Mechanics with 240 published problems. Preview a problem, explore the course outline, and work through one problem at a time.
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Course topics
Course topics
Newtonian mechanics and conservation laws
Constraints and Lagrangian mechanics
Central-force motion and scattering
Small oscillations and normal modes
Rigid bodies and rotating frames
Hamiltonian mechanics and canonical structure
Practice problems
Try a few Classical Mechanics problems, each with a hint.
- Angular momentum about a translating point carries a transport term Free with an accountNewtonian mechanics and conservation laws
- A discrete spatial symmetry does not create angular-momentum conservation Free with an accountNewtonian mechanics and conservation laws
- Rayleigh dissipation supplies the correct damping sign Constraints and Lagrangian mechanics
- The brachistochrone first integral generates a cycloid Constraints and Lagrangian mechanics
- Radial speed contributes no angular momentum Central-force motion and scattering
- The Kepler virial theorem fixes mean energies Central-force motion and scattering
- A coordinate-dependent mass freezes at linear order Small oscillations and normal modes
- A diatomic lattice opens an acoustic-optical gap Small oscillations and normal modes
- Principal axes of a coupled planar inertia tensor Rigid bodies and rotating frames
- Energy ellipse and enclosed action of an oscillator Hamiltonian mechanics and canonical structure