Syllabus
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Course Code: MT-502 Course Name: (B) Mechanics – II |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Virtual work. Forces in three dimensions. Poinsot’s central axis. | |
| 2 | Wrenches. Null lines and planes. Stable and unstable equilibrium. | |
| 3 | Concepts of Conservative forces and Impulsive forces. Motion on smooth and rough plane curves. Motion of a particle in three dimensions. Velocity and acceleration in terms of different co-ordinate systems. Moving axes. |
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| 4 | Equation of motion under a central force, Differential equation of the orbit, (p, r) equation of the orbit, Apses and apsidal distances, Areal velocity, Characteristics of central orbits, Kepler’s laws of planetary motion and their relation with Newton’s laws of motion. | |
