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This document provides the course handout for the Mechanics, Oscillations and Waves (MOW) course offered in the first semester of 2023-2024 at BITS Pilani, Goa campus. It outlines the course structure, objectives, evaluation scheme, lecture plan and instructor details. The course is divided into mechanics and waves/oscillations sections, and aims to provide foundational understanding of rotational dynamics, vibrations and wave mechanics. Students will be evaluated via quizzes, midterm exam, attendance and a comprehensive final exam. Lectures will cover topics such as central force motion, angular momentum, oscillations and Fourier analysis.

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MOW Handout

This document provides the course handout for the Mechanics, Oscillations and Waves (MOW) course offered in the first semester of 2023-2024 at BITS Pilani, Goa campus. It outlines the course structure, objectives, evaluation scheme, lecture plan and instructor details. The course is divided into mechanics and waves/oscillations sections, and aims to provide foundational understanding of rotational dynamics, vibrations and wave mechanics. Students will be evaluated via quizzes, midterm exam, attendance and a comprehensive final exam. Lectures will cover topics such as central force motion, angular momentum, oscillations and Fourier analysis.

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BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI

K. K. Birla Goa Campus


Course Handout for Mechanics Oscillations and Waves (MOW)
FIRST SEMESTER 2023-2024
Course Handout

Date: 10/08/2023

Course Number: PHY F111


Course Title: Mechanics, Oscillations and Waves (MOW)
Instructors:
Instructor E-mail id Section Tutorial Tutorial Office
classroom Hours
Indrani [email protected] Instructor- - - D320/9
Chakraborty pilani.ac.in in- charge
Phone: 476
Toby Joseph [email protected] T1 DLT6 Thu 8 am, D320/22
pilani.ac.in Fri 9 am
Arnab Roy [email protected] T2 C403 Thu 8 am, D316
pilani.ac.in Fri 9 am
Sanjib Dey [email protected] T3 C404 Thu 8 am, D320/20
pilani.ac.in Fri 9 am
Chandradew [email protected] T4 C402 Fri 8 am, D320/14
Sharma pilani.ac.in Sat 9 am
P. Nandakumar [email protected] T5 C404 Fri 8 am, D315
pilani.ac.in Sat 9 am
Radhika Vathsan [email protected] T6 DLT5 Fri 8 am, D320/15
pilani.ac.in Sat 9 am

Text Book:
1. An introduction to Mechanics, Daniel Kleppner & Robert Kolenkow, second edition,
Cambridge University Press.
2. Vibrations and Waves, A.P. French, CBS Publishers.
Reference Books:
1. Berkeley Physics, Vol. I, Addison Wesley.
2. The Physics of waves and oscillations, N. K. Bajaj, Mcgraw-Hill education.

Course structure and Objective:


This course is basically divided into two segments. The first segment focusses on foundational
mechanics, primarily the physics of rotating bodies, central forces, orbits and vector nature of
angular momentum. The second segment deals with vibrations and waves. Here we will start with
free, damped and forced vibrations. Then we will move on to coupled oscillations and expanding
the case of N coupled oscillators where N is very large, we will introduce vibration of strings and
the Fourier series, and finally discuss the dynamics of wave motion. This course is designed for Ist

1
year undergraduate students with an aim to provide a strong foundation in wave mechanics and
rotational dynamics of rigid bodies.

Course delivery details:


There will be two 50 minutes lecture sessions at the LT4 classroom: either Monday/Wednesday
9.00-9.50 am for students of tutorial sections T1, T2 and T3 or Tuesday/Thursday 9.00-9.50 am for
students of tutorial sections T4, T5 and T6. Additionally, there will be two 50 minutes tutorial
sessions per week for each student. Therefore, in each week a student will do two lectures + two
tutorials. While lectures will discuss the theory of the subject matter, tutorials will emphasize on
problem solving and also cover certain concepts in detail. All course related materials and
announcements will be available at the MOW course webpage (PHY F111) in quanta.

Evaluation scheme:

No. Component Duration Weightage Date and time Type of test


1 Quiz 1 30 mins 12.5% (before midsem) Closed book
Will be announced
2 Midsemester 90 mins 30% 14.10.23 TBA
Exam (11.00-12.30 PM)
3 Quiz 2 30 mins 12.5% (after midsem) Closed book
Will be announced
4 Attendance 5% - -
5 Comprehensive 120 mins 40% 15.12.23 TBA
exam (whole (AN)
syllabus)

General Instructions:
⮚ Consultation Hours for lectures and tutorials, when required, will be announced in the class by
instructors.
⮚ All announcements and notices will be shared on the course webpage in quanta. Students are
requested to check their BITS email id and course webpage on a regular basis.
⮚ Make-up policy is very strict, will be available only for genuine reasons such as
hospitalization or family emergencies.

Lecture Plan (tentative list):

Lecture No Topic Reference


MECHANICS
M1A Introduction, second order differential KK 1.11, 2.10
equations, Plane polar coordinates-unit
vectors.
M1B Velocity and acceleration in polar KK 1.11, 2.10
coordinates, examples and applications.

2
M2A Angular momentum and torque about KK chapter 7
fixed origin, rotation about fixed axis,
moment of inertia of simple objects.
M2B Fixed axis rotation, motion with both KK chapter 7
translation and rotation.
M3A Vector nature of angular momentum: KK chapter 8
torque on a rotating skew rod.
M3B Moment of inertia tensor: principal KK chapter 8
axes and products of inertia.
M3C The gyroscope: stability and KK chapter 8
precession.
M3D Examples of gyroscopic motion: The KK chapter 8
gyrocompass effect.
M4A Central force motion: General KK chapter 10
properties and constants of motion.
M4B Central force motion: Energy equations KK chapter 10
and energy diagrams, small
oscillations.
M4C Central force: Orbits of planets and KK chapter 10
satellites and Kepler’s laws.
M5A Physics in a rotating coordinate system: KK chapter 9.5
(time permitting) velocity and acceleration
M5B Coriolis and centrifugal forces KK chapter 9.5
(time permitting)
M5C Examples of the Coriolis force: KK chapter 9.5
(time permitting) (Foucault’s pendulum).
Midsemester Examination
OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES
O1A Complex number representation of APF chapter 1
SHM, Euler’s formula, phasors, free
vibration.
O1B Superposition of SHMs: Beats and APF chapter 2
Lissajous figures
O2A Normal modes in a coupled pendulum APF chapter 5
system, eigenvalue problem and
calculation of eigenvectors.
O2B Transverse N coupled oscillators, N APF chapter 5
very large case.
O3A Vibration of strings: Wave equation for APF chapter 6
a vibrating string, harmonics, Melde’s
experiment.
O3B Introduction to Fourier analysis, APF chapter 6
examples plucked and struck string.
O3C The general Fourier series: applications APF chapter 6
and examples.
W1A Waves: Travelling waves and APF chapter 7
stationary waves, dispersion, group and
phase velocity
W2B Wave pulses, energy of a travelling APF chapter 7
wave.
O5A Damped vibrations: equations, types of APF chapter 3
damping, Q factor and energy.

3
O5B Forced damped oscillators: Amplitude APF chapter 4
resonance, transient and steady state.
O5C Forced damped oscillators: Energy and APF chapter 4
power, resonance.

Indrani Chakraborty,
Instructor-in-charge,
PHY F111

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