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Classical Mechanics Assignment and Work Sheet - Three

The document is a worksheet and assignment for a Classical Mechanics course at Wollo University, focusing on various physics problems related to dynamics, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics. It includes questions about the motion of particles, potential energy, and angular momentum in different scenarios. Each problem requires the application of classical mechanics principles to derive specific quantities or equations.

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Classical Mechanics Assignment and Work Sheet - Three

The document is a worksheet and assignment for a Classical Mechanics course at Wollo University, focusing on various physics problems related to dynamics, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics. It includes questions about the motion of particles, potential energy, and angular momentum in different scenarios. Each problem requires the application of classical mechanics principles to derive specific quantities or equations.

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Wollo University, Collage of Nastural Science, Department of physics

Classical Mechanics work sheet three and Assignment


1. A hoop of radius a rotates with constant angular velocity ω about the vertical axis as
shown in the figure. A bead of mass m can slide on the hoop without friction. If g <

ω2 a at what angle θ apart from 0 and π is the bead stationary (i.e. ?

2. A bike stuntman rides inside a well of frictionless surface given by ,


under the action of gravity acting in the negative z direction ( ⃗ ̂). What speed
should he maintain to be able to ride at a constant height zo without falling down?
3. A dynamical system with two generalized coordinates q1 and q2 has Lagrangian
̇ ̇ . If p1 and p2 are the corresponding generalized momenta, what is the
Hamiltonian?

4. A particle of unit mass moves in a potential where a and b are

positive constants. What is the angular frequency of small oscillations about the
minimum of the potential?
5. The potential of a diatomic molecule as a function of the distance r between the atoms

is given by . What is the value of the potential at equilibrium

separation between the atoms?


6. A particle of mass m moves inside a bowl. If the surface of the bowl is given by the
equation where a is a constant, determine the Lagrangian of the

particle.
7. A planet of mass m moves in the inverse square central force field of the Sun of mass
M . If the semi-major and semi-minor axes of the orbit are a and b , respectively, what
is the total energy of the planet ?

1
̇
8. If the Lagrangian of a particle moving in one dimensions is given by

Calculate the Hamiltonian of a particle .


9. A planet of mass m moves in the gravitational field of the Sun (mass M ). If the semi-
major and semi-minor axes of the orbit are a and b respectively, what is the angular
momentum of the planet?
10. The Hamiltonian of a simple pendulum consisting of a mass m attached to a massless

string of length l is . If L denotes the Lagrangian,

calculate the value of ?

11. The equation of motion of a system described by the time-dependent Lagrangian


̇ .

12. A particle of mass m is moving in the potential where a, b are

positive constants. What is the frequency of small oscillations about a point of stable
equilibrium?
13. The Lagrangian of a particle moving in a plane is given in Cartesian coordinates as
̇ ̇ . In polar coordinates, what is the expression for the canonical
momentum pr (conjugate to the radial coordinate r)?
14. The Hamiltonian of a system with generalized coordinate and momentum (q, p)is
Calculate the solution of the Hamiltonian equation of motion.

15. A particle of mass m moves in a central potential in an elliptic orbit


( )
, where a and denote the semi-major axis and eccentricity,

respectively. If its total energy is , what is the maximum kinetic energy?

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