BSc. Obj. Mechanics

SYLLABUS- B.Sc. OBJ. MECHANICS,
DYNAMICS
Unit 1
Velocity and acceleration along radial and transverse directions, and along tangential and normal directions,
Simple harmonic motion, Motion under other laws of forces, Earth attraction, Elastic strings.
Unit 2
Motion in resisting medium, Constrained motion (circular and cycloidal only).
Unit 3
Motion on smooth and rough plane curves, Rocket motion, Central orbits and Kepler's law. Motion of a particle in
three dimensions.
STATICS
Unit 4
Common catenary, Centre of gravity, Stable and unstable equilibrium, Virtual work.
Unit 5
Forces in three dimensions, Poinsot's central axis, Wrenches, Null line and null plane.