Classical analytical dynamics from a modern mathematical viewpoint: Newton’s laws, dynamical variables, many particle systems; the Lagrangian formulation, constraints and configuration manifolds, tangent bundles, differential manifolds; variational principles, least action; non-potential forces; constrained problems; linear oscillations; Hamiltonian formulation: canonical equations, Rigid body motion.
Analytical Dynamics
Host University
University of Virginia
Semester
Fall 2023
Course Number
MAE 6210-600
Discipline
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Instructor
Qing Chang
Course Information
Prerequisites
Undergraduate physics, ordinary differential equations