PHYSICS 3006 - Advanced Dynamics and Relativity III
Career: | Undergraduate |
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Units: | 3 |
Term: | 4220 |
Campus: | North Terrace |
Contact: | Up to 4 hours per week |
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: | Yes |
Available for Non-Award Study: | Yes |
Pre-Requisite: | PHYSICS 2532, PHYSICS 2534, MATHS 2101 or MATHS 2202, MATHS 2102 or MATHS 2201 |
Assessment: | Tests, assignments, written exam |
Syllabus: |
This course will give students a working knowledge of analytical mechanics and relativity to the standard required for further study in physics. Content will include: Mechanics: Lagrangian mechanics, variational techniques, conservation laws, Noether's theorem, small oscillations, Hamiltonian mechanics, Poisson brackets. Relativity: space-time vectors and tensors, relativistic mechanics, electrodynamics; field-strength tensor, Lienard-Wiechert potentials. |
Course Fees
Study Abroad student tuition fees are available here
Only some Postgraduate Coursework programs are available as Commonwealth Supported. Please check your program for specific fee information.
EFTSL | |||
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0.125 |
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Course Outline
A Course Outline which includes Learning Outcomes, Learning Resources, Learning & Teaching for this course may be accessed here
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Critical Dates
Term | Last Day to Add Online | Census Date | Last Day to WNF | Last Day to WF |
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4220 | Mon 08/08/2022 | Wed 17/08/2022 | Fri 16/09/2022 | Fri 28/10/2022 |
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Class Details
Enrolment Class: Lecture | |||||||
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Class Nbr | Section | Size | Available | Dates | Days | Time | Location |
24226 | LE01 | 40 | FULL | 25 Jul - 12 Sep | Monday | 12pm - 1pm | Engineering Sth, S111, Teaching Room |
27 Jul - 27 Jul | Wednesday | 9am - 10am | Darling West, G14, Darling West Lecture Theatre | ||||
27 Jul - 14 Sep | Wednesday | 11am - 12pm | Napier, G03, Lecture Theatre | ||||
29 Jul - 16 Sep | Friday | 9am - 10am | Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre | ||||
17 Aug - 17 Aug | Wednesday | 9am - 10am | Darling West, G14, Darling West Lecture Theatre | ||||
7 Sep - 7 Sep | Wednesday | 9am - 10am | Darling West, G14, Darling West Lecture Theatre | ||||
3 Oct - 24 Oct | Monday | 12pm - 1pm | Engineering Sth, S111, Teaching Room | ||||
5 Oct - 26 Oct | Wednesday | 11am - 12pm | Napier, G03, Lecture Theatre | ||||
7 Oct - 28 Oct | Friday | 9am - 10am | Physics, 103, Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre | ||||
12 Oct - 12 Oct | Wednesday | 9am - 10am | Darling West, G14, Darling West Lecture Theatre | Note: The Wednesday 9am lecture slot is used for Level III lecture tests and is shared with Quantum Mech. III, Adv Dyn. & Rel. and Optics & Photonics III. | |||
Related Class: Workshop | |||||||
Class Nbr | Section | Size | Available | Dates | Days | Time | Location |
20509 | WR02 | 25 | 9 | 5 Aug - 16 Sep | Friday | 1pm - 2pm | Mawson, G19, Mawson Lecture Theatre |
7 Oct - 28 Oct | Friday | 1pm - 2pm | Mawson, G19, Mawson Lecture Theatre | ||||
20510 | WR01 | 25 | FULL | 3 Aug - 14 Sep | Wednesday | 2pm - 3pm | Badger, G31, Macbeth Lecture Theatre |
5 Oct - 26 Oct | Wednesday | 2pm - 3pm | Badger, G31, Macbeth Lecture Theatre |
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