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Physics 351 — Monday, February 13, 2017
I For today, you read the rest of Ch7. Many of you also readFeynman’s “The Principle of Least Action” lecture.
I We’ll continue to work through Lagrangian problems,including examples of using Lagrange multipliers to solve forforces of constraint.
I I’ll hand back your graded quiz #2 today in class.
I I hear that there’s a Phys 250 midterm this Weds? Egads?!
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This problem will reappear in the text of Taylor’s Ch9 (“mechanicsin non-inertial frames”), so let’s work through it by writing theLagrangian w.r.t. an inertial frame.
(7.30) A pendulum is suspended inside a railroad car that is forcedto accelerate at constant acceleration a.
(a) Write down L and find EOM for φ.
(b) Let tanβ ≡ a/g, so g =√g2 + a2 cosβ, a =
√g2 + a2 sinβ.
Simplify using sin(φ+ β) = cosβ sinφ+ sinβ cosφ.
(c) Find equilibrium angle φ0. Use EOM to show φ = φ0 is stable.Find frequency of small oscillations about φ0.
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Next slide shows a handy trick that is helpful when you’re able towrite ~xm = ~xpoint + ~xrelative.Next-next slide shows how to use Mathematica to eliminate thedrudgery of calculating T .
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Next slide shows how to use Mathematica to eliminate thedrudgery of calculating T .
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Physics 351 — Monday, February 13, 2017
I For today, you read the rest of Ch7. Many of you also readFeynman’s “The Principle of Least Action” lecture.
I We’ll continue to work through Lagrangian problems,including examples of using Lagrange multipliers to solve forforces of constraint.
I I’ll hand back your graded quiz #2 today in class.
I I hear that there’s a Phys 250 midterm this Weds? Egads?!