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PC1672 Advanced dynamics

Examples

For a theoretical course like this, you can only really get to grips with the ideas and techniques by using them to solve problems. An examples sheet will be issued for each section of the course and further examples can be found in the recommended textbooks.

Examples classes will be held every other Tuesday at 4pm, starting on the 6th February. These will be in the ``workshop corner'' of the departmental library. They will be similar to the Maths and Dynamics Workshops last semester, except that you will get the examples sheets before the classes. You should start to work on the current sheet before each class, and should bring any questions you may have to the class. If you need further help, I shall be in my room (6.10) at 4pm on the alternating Tuesdays. I can also be contacted by email at mike.birse@man.ac.uk.

Links to HTML versions of the examples sheets for this course and the 1999 exam paper are provided below. These include links to hints or answers to selected questions; do not follow one of these links until you have attempted the question on your own.

Examples 1

Covers material on 1 Relativity, from lectures in weeks 1 to 3

Examples 2

Covers material on 2 Noninertial frames of reference, from lectures in week 4

Examples 3

Covers material on 3 Gravitation, from lectures in weeks 5 to 8

Examples 4

Covers material on 4 Rigid-body motion, from lectures in weeks 8 to 12

1999 exam paper

(University of Manchester users only: A pdf file of the actual exam paper can also be downloaded from the University past papers server.)

2000 exam paper

(University of Manchester users only: A pdf file of the actual exam paper can also be downloaded from the University past papers server.)

Research project

Use the ideas from 4.9 Gyroscopes to describe a coin spinning on a table

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Mike Birse
5th April 2001