M15B - Introductory Mechanics II | ![]() |
This course uses the following course codes:
- MATH 1170
- M15B
Number of credits: 6
This course has the following prerequisites:
This course has no corequisites.
The assessment for the course is as follows:
This course has coursework assessment.
In course assignments weight: 25%
Final exam: 75%
Course syllabus
- Central forces, conservation of energy
- Elementary hydrostatics
- Definitions, equality of pressure, transmission of pressure, density
- Condition of equilibrium, surface of equal pressure, heterogeneous liquid
- Resultant pressure, centre of pressure
- Introduction to hydrodynamics: kinematics, equations of motion. continuity equations, surface condition
- Derivation of Bernoulli's equation and applications
- Mathematical modelling
Dynamics linear and non-linear growth and decay




