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Introduction to Classical Mechanics by Salah Nasri

This note exlains the following topics: newtonian mechanics of point like objects, Gravitating bodies, D Alembert principle and euler lagrange equations, Hamiltons principle, Rotating frames, Rotating frames and rigid body, Small oscillations, The hamiltonian formalism, Nonlinear dynamics and chaos.

Author(s): Salah Nasri

185 Pages

The topics in this lecture notes are : Linear and Nonlinear Oscillators, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian equations of motion, Canonical transformations, Liouville�s theorem, Action-angle variables, Coordinate system and Hamiltonian in an accelerator, Equations of motion in accelerator, Action-angle variables for circular machines, Field errors and nonlinear resonances, Resonance overlapping and dynamic aperture, The kinetic equation, Radiation damping effects, Primer in Special Relativity, Selected electrostatic and magnetostatic problems, Self field of a relativistic beam, Effect of environment on electromagnetic field of a beam, Plane electromagnetic waves and Gaussian beams, Radiation and retarded potentials, Scattering of electromagnetic waves, Synchrotron radiation, Undulator radiation, Transition and diffraction radiation, Formation length of radiation and coherent effects, Synchrotron radiation reaction force, Waveguides and RF cavities, Laser acceleration in vacuum. Inverse FEL acceleration.

Author(s): G. Stupakov, The US Particle Accelerator School

214 Pages

Classical Dynamics by Dr David Tong

The contents include: Newton�s Laws of Motion, The Lagrangian Formalism, The Motion of Rigid Bodies , The Hamiltonian Formalism, Introduction to Dynamics, Systems of Particles, Linear Oscillations, Calculus of Variations, Lagrangian Mechanics, Constraints, Central Forces and Orbital Mechanics, Small Oscillations, Elastic Collisions, Noninertial Reference Frames, Rigid Body Motion and Rotational Dynamics, Continuum Mechanics, Special Relativity, Hamiltonian Mechanics.

Author(s): Dr David Tong, University of Cambridge

139 Pages

Classical Mechanics III by Prof. Iain Stewart

This lecture note covers Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, systems with constraints, rigid body dynamics, vibrations, central forces, Hamilton-Jacobi theory, action-angle variables, perturbation theory, and continuous systems. It provides an introduction to ideal and viscous fluid mechanics, including turbulence, as well as an introduction to nonlinear dynamics, including chaos.

Author(s): Prof. Iain W. Stewart

NA Pages

Classical Mechanics MIT Course Notes

This lecture note explains the following topics: History and Limitations of Classical Mechanics, Units, Dimensional Analysis, Problem Solving, and Estimation, Vectors, Dimensional Kinematics, Newton�s Laws of Motion, Circular Motion, Momentum, System of Particles, and Conservation of Momentum, Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy, Angular Momentum, Simple Harmonic Motion, Celestial Mechanics, Kinetic Theory.

Author(s): MIT

NA Pages

Lecture Notes on Classical Mechanics

The level of this note is appropriate for an advanced under graduate or a first year graduate course in classical mechanics. This note covers the following topics: introduction to Dynamics, Systems of Particles, one-Dimensional Conservative Systems, linear Oscillations, Calculus of Variations, Lagrangian Mechanics, Noether�s Theorem, Central Forces and Orbital Mechanics, Small Oscillations, Elastic Collisions, Noninertial Reference Frames, Rigid Body Motion and Rotational Dynamics, Continuum Mechanics, Special Relativity and Hamiltonian Mechanics.

Author(s): Daniel Arovas

453 Pages

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Introduction to Classical Mechanics by Salah Nasri

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