Juan David Vasquez Jaramillo, Ph.D
--B.Sc Electronics Engineering (Universidad Tecnologica de Perira - UTP),
--M.Sc. Electrical Engineering (Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira - UTP),
--Research Intership: Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
--Lic. Phil. (M.Res) Physics (Uppsala Universitet),
--Ph.D in Atomic, Molecular and Condensed Matter Physics (Uppsala Universitet),
--Postdoctoral Scholar: Quantum Transport and Electronic Structure Theory Unit,
Okinawa Institute for Science and Technology (OIST).
--Postdoctoral Scholar - Theoretical Solid State Physics Group, Universidad del Valle.
--Lecturer in Theoretical Physics at the institute of Physics, Universidad de Antioquia.
--Lecturer in Dynamical Systems and Control Theory, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira.
--Senior Lecturer In Theoretical Physics, at the Department of Physics and Geology, Universidad de Pamplona.
--Lecturer in Applied Mathematics and Electromagnetic Theory, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira.
--Postdoctoral Researcher at the Instituto de Fisica Interdisciplinar y de Sistemas Complejos (IFISC - Palma de Mallorca)
--Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
Introduction to the Theory of Mechanics
Welcome to the Course on Introduction To The Theory of Mechanics. This introductory course to the theory of mechanics examines the foundations of the motion of particles and rigid bodies from the perspective of two main approaches: Forces and Conservation Laws. Through this journey, we will examine the systematic process to produce new knowledge and to asses critically the existent knowledge. New terminology such as space, time, mass, force, momentum, torque and angular momentum will be introduced, making mechanics, among other thing, not more not less than the very language of physics.
Back in the early days of science (making reference to the word science as we know it now), these conceptual constructions were the very foundations of the attempts to solve the most important physics problem of the early times, that is, the planetary motion. From these days up to now the language of mechanics has reach other relevant contexts in physics such as thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, electromagnetism, waves and vibrations and even the realm of modern physics such as quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics, and all physics is expressed now in terms of these terminology.
With Kind Regards,
Juan David V. Jaramillo, Ph.D
Uppsala Universitet (Uppsala, Sverige)
Contents
Presentation of the Course
Week 1: Introduction to Science Physics
1. Physics as a Philosophy - Epistemology.
2. Physics as a Science -
The Scientific Method.
3. Designing and Conducting Experiments.
4. Relationship Between Physics and Other
Sciences: Chemistry, Biology, Geology,
Economy, Sociology and Mathematics.
5. Complexity and Scales: Energy, Mass,
Length and Time.
Going From Atoms to Cosmos.
6. Geometrical Representations For Physics.
7. Algebraic Representations for Physics.
Week 2 : Newton's Laws
1. What is Science Physics?
2. What is Mechanics?
3. Coordinate Systems and Vectors.
4. Forces and Interactions:
Gravity and Electricity.
5. Newton's Laws and Their Geometrical
Representations.
6. Free Body Diagrams and Examples.
7. Dissipation and Friction
(Static and Dynamic) and Normal Forces.
8. Merging Mechanics and Electricity.
9. Equilibrium and Trascendental Equations
Bibliography:
Main:
1. Introduction to the Theory of Mechanics.
Daniel Kleppner and Robert Kolenkow. Second Edition.
Cambridge University Press
2. Physics Volume I: Mechanics. Marcelo Alonso and Edward Finn.
Fondo Educativo Latinoamericano.
Complementary:
3. Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume I: Millemium Edition.
4. Classical Mechanics: Point Particles and Relativity.
Walter Greiner. Springer.
5. Sears and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics -
Volume I. Hugh D. Young and Roger A. Freedman. 13th Edition.
Addison Wesley.
6. Fundamentals of Physics - Halliday and Resnick.
Jearl Walker. Cleaveland State University. 9th Edition.
John Wiley & Sons.
7. Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems.
Stephen T. Thornton and Jerry B. Marion. Fifth Edition.
Brooks/Cole - Cengage Learning