PHYSICS 2302

Mechanics I

Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS

Fall, 2022

The departmental curriculum page for PHYS 2302

 

Honour roll

 
Grade summary

 

announcements (as of dec. 20, 2022)

The final exam and last assignment have been graded, and are available for pick up in my office. I shall wait until Thursday, Dec. 22 before submitting grades to the registrar to give you a chance to review your exam if you wish. I shall leave the course web page open until then as well.

Have a great end-of-year break, everyone! I'll see many of you in PHYS 2303 next semester!

 

instructors

lecturer
Prof. David Clarke
AT 311
420-5830
grader
Nikhil Bhati
 
 

 

handouts

2022 syllabus lesson schedule lessons Newton's Laws Coulomb model for friction Solving ODEs
power series expansions harmonic motion simple harmonic & circular motion damped harmonic motion forced harmonic motion resonance
dimensional analysis conservative forces conics lissajous TLAP formula sheets

 

homework sets and tutorials

  assigned due    
assignment 1 T, sep. 20 Θ, sep. 29 tutorial solutions
assignment 2 Θ, sep. 29 Θ, oct. 6 tutorial solutions
assignment 3 Θ, oct. 6 Θ, oct. 13 tutorial solutions
assignment 4 Θ, oct. 13 Θ, oct. 27 tutorial solutions
assignment 5 Θ, oct. 27 Θ, nov. 3 tutorial solutions
assignment 6 Θ, nov. 3 Θ, nov. 17 tutorial solutions
assignment 7 Θ, nov. 17 Θ, dec. 1 tutorial solutions
assignment 8 Θ, dec. 1 Θ, dec. 8* tutorial solutions

*accepted for credit until the day of the final exam.

practise exams

midterm I solutions
midterm II solutions
final exam solutions
extra problems solutions

 

useful/interesting web sites

smu.ca main home page for Saint Mary's University
smu.ca/astronomy-physics Department of Astronomy and Physics main web site
demos.smu.ca the department's demonstration web site
zeus3d.ca/dclarke my home page
zeus3d.ca/zeus3d/version3.6 what I do when I'm not teaching!