PH251 – Classical Mechanics

Your Name and Batch:

Prakhar Bansal(2024, B.Tech)

Course Offered In:

Autumn 2021

Instructor:

Prof Sai Vinjanampathy

Prerequisites:

None

Difficulty:

Easy

Course Content:

Hamilton’s principle, variational method and Lagrange’s equations with and without constraints. Centralforce, Kepler’s laws. Hamilton’s equations, canonical transformation,Poisson brackets. Periodic motion, small oscillations, normal coordinates.Rigid body dynamics.

Feedback on Lectures:

Lecture content was easy to grasp. Professor Sai tends to have a lot of discussions in class which helps in understanding the material thoroughly.

Feedback on Evaluations:

2quizzes (10% each) + Midsem (30%) + Endsem (50%) Exam problems were very easy and solely based on class illustrations and tutorial problems

Study Material and References:

(i)Goldstein, Classical Mechanics (Theory), (ii) Landau and Lifshitz(Advanced Problems)

Grading Statistics:

Follow-up Courses:

Almost any other course from Physics Dept

Final Takeaways:

A decent course to start with if you’re planning to pursue the mino