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Mechanics and Computational Physics - PHYS2120
Science students

 
Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Physics
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: PHYS1221 or PHYS1231 or PHYS1241, and, MATH1231 or MATH1241 Exclusion: PHYS2010, PHYS2020
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 5 (more info)
 
 
Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Damped and forced harmonic oscilltions and resonance phenomena. Central force problems and celestial orbits. Variational principles; the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of mechanics; coupled oscillators, normal modes, continuous systems and fields. Many-particle systems.

Use of computers to solve problems in Physics. Topics will be chosen from, but not limited to, random number generators, Monte Carlo techniques, sorting, numerical intergration, gravitational, cellular automata, classical mechanics, and data analysis.

Assumed Knowledge: First year physics and mathematics

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