Classical Mechanics: An introductory course

[Greg Bernhardt]

A complete set of lecture notes for an lower-division classical mechanics course. Topics covered include one-dimensional motion, three-dimensional motion, Newton's laws of motion, energy and momentum conservation, circular and rotational motion, statics, planetary motion, oscillations, and wave motion.

by: Richard Fitzpatrick (University of Texas)

 

[vampire2008]

Greg

you did a great job

 

[adartsesirhc]

This book is great for me... I'm taking the AP Physics C Mechanics test, and it gives you a LOT of formulas that (if you can remember them) will allow you to sidestep long, complicated problem-solving strategies and just plug and chug. I'm using this along with The Princeton Review's book.

 

[leumas614]

Are these notes for a first semester course in mechanics or is it a sophomore level course?

 

[Howers]

Excellent. Short and sweet, just how I like my notes.

Thanks goes out to Richard Fitzpatrick.

 

[adartsesirhc]

It's a first semester course in mechanics. Great preparation for AP Physics C, or even for B if you want to know the material more in-depth than necessary to have a boost up.

 

[CGUE]

OMG Thanks, this material is actually covered in my current first-semester Physics course.

 

[LHC]

Thank you very much for this excellent resource.

 

[Ed Aboud]

Very nice introduction.

 

[mohammedkasab]

thanks alot

 

[beowulfbhz]

Good Material!
Thinks

 

[Dweirdo]

Awesome!
thanks!

 

[dwso]

I came across this while searching, this is a terrific resource.

 

[AlexChandler]

Hello,
I am here to post a similar compilation of information, but for an introductory calculus based physics course in Newtonian Mechanics. I wish that this could be posted on the main Introductory Physics Learning Materials page, and I hope that if an administrator reads this, they will consider that.
The following link contains a compilation of papers written by a former physics professor of mine. I post these now because I believe that he truly has an insightful way of presenting the topics of a introductory physics course. I think as a whole, the set of papers should be called "The Kapp Lectures on Physics", (of course playing on the very unique style of Richard Feynman in his "Feynman Lectures on Physics", which I find to be a similarly wonderful set of lectures... However I find the Kapp Lectures to be more accessible to the beginning student of physics.)
After taking Professor George Kapp's course in physics, I was able to go to MIT's website, download all of the Physics 8.01 tests, and do very well on each of them. I find these Lectures to be truly great, and I hope that you will take some time to have a look at them.

http://orchard.wccnet.org/~gkapp/

To find the papers, follow the link, and under where it says "Additional Discussion on Selected Topics" is a list of the papers in .doc and .pdf format.

By the way, I hope that I am not breaking any rules in this post. I read all of the sticky's and tried to put this post in the right place.
Thanks, and I hope this is helpful!
Alex