Welcome to PHYS 351 at CCNY in FALL 2024

This is the course page for City College Course PHYS 351, Mechanics, in the Fall 2024 semester

The course syllabus is here: Syllabus

About Projects: Project Guide

The book

  • Classical Mechanics, John R. Taylor

  • Software/Coding
    1. First steps for Python/Colab
    2. Basic Function Plotting with Python:
    3. Solving 1d kinematics numerically: Colab Notebook
    4. Simple Drag Solver: Colab Notebook
    5. Solving some 2d kinematics numerically: Colab notebook
    6. 2d Quadratic Drag numerically: Colab notebook
    7. [NEW] 3D/contour plotting: Colab Notebook

      8. For Homework submissions, please make one single pdf with your work and submit via Blackboard. Please use the naming convention: PHYS35100-HWx-LASTNAME-FIRSTNAME.pdf (replace x with the HW #.) Make sure any code is shared so it can be run and looked at. Here is an example. Homework submitted after the due date will not receive credit.


      Course Schedule and Materials

      The exam and homework schedule is subject to change, but this represents the most likely dates for those items.

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      Other information

      Physics page for Current Students

      Communication

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