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PHYS 323 - Classical Mechanics Lab (W)


1 Credit(s)

This laboratory course involves selected advanced experiments in the area of Newtonian mechanics. Experiments and projects involve such topics as Kepler’s laws of planetary motion, the frictional drag on falling bodies, resonance and damping in a harmonic oscillator, determination of the universal gravitational constant G using a Cavendish balance, numerical integration of galactic orbits, and Rutherford scattering of alpha particles.
3 hours laboratory.



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