Syllabus

Course Code: B-MAT 506    Course Name: Mechanics -II

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Equilibrium of Particle and rigid body acted on by forces in plane. Virtual work.
2 Forces in three dimensions. Poinsot’s central axis. Wrenches. Null lines and planes.
3 Concepts of Conservative forces and Impulsive forces. Motion on smooth and rough plane curves.
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.
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