| Individual course details | ||||||||||
| Study programme | Theoretical and experimental physics | |||||||||
| Chosen research area (module) | ||||||||||
| Nature and level of studies | Undergraduate studies | |||||||||
| Name of the course | Mechanics | |||||||||
| Professor (lectures) | Božidar Nikolić | |||||||||
| Professor/associate (examples/practical) | Biljana Nikolić | |||||||||
| Professor/associate (additional) | ||||||||||
| ECTS | 9 | Status (required/elective) | required | |||||||
| Access requirements | None | |||||||||
| Aims of the course | Understanding of the basic laws of mechanics: Newton laws and conservation laws. Attaining a skill of estimation based on the solid physical ground. | |||||||||
| Learning outcomes | Capability to solving standard problems, based on clear understanding of basic mechanical principles. | |||||||||
| Contents of the course | ||||||||||
| Lectures | Kinematics: Basic definitions: velocity and acceleration. Kinematics of the rigid body. Angular velocity and acceleration. Planar motion of the rigid body. Velocity and acceleration in different coordinate frames. Dynamics: Newton's laws. Force. Initial conditions. Noninertial systems and inertial forces. Conservation laws: Momentum. Momentum conservation law. Work, power and kinetic energy. Conservative and central forces. Mechanical energy. Energy conservation law. Angular momentum conservation law. Special problems in classical mechanics: Rotation of the rigid body. Newton's law of gravitation. Kepler's laws. Kepler's problem. Gravitational potential energy. Periodic motion. Pendulum. | |||||||||
| Examples/ practical classes | Practical exercises, follows course plan. | |||||||||
| Recommended books | ||||||||||
| 1 | D. Krpić, Mechanics, Faculty of Physics 2005. (in serbian) | |||||||||
| 2 | I. E. Irodov, Fundamental Laws of Mechanics, Mir Publishers (1980) | |||||||||
| 3 | Young & Freedman, University Physics vol. 1, 11th ed., Pearson Addison Wesley (2004) | |||||||||
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| 5 | ||||||||||
| Number of classes (weekly) | ||||||||||
| Lectures | Examples&practicals | Student project | Additional | |||||||
| 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| Teaching and learning methods | Lectures, exercises, group discussions, homework, essays. | |||||||||
| Assessment (maximal 100) | ||||||||||
| assesed coursework | mark | examination | mark | |||||||
| coursework | 10 | written examination | 40 | |||||||
| practicals | oral examination | 30 | ||||||||
| papers | 20 | |||||||||
| presentations | ||||||||||