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Exam 3 Solutions

Whiteboards, Tuesday, April 25, 2006
S and P waves
wave_speeds.mws

Blackboards, Thursday, April 20, 2006
Sound of brass bar: bb2.wav, 444_bar_standing_waves.mws, signal_8192.mws
Gravitationally loaded cantilever: mws, Attogram scale

HW#8 due at the beginning of class, Tues April 25. Solutions.
HW#7 due at the beginning of class, Tues April 18. Solutions.
HW#6 due at the beginning of class, Thurs, April 6. Solutions
Exam 2, Solutions.
HW#5 due at the beginning of class, Thurs, March 23. Solutions
Diary
HW#4 due at the beginning of class, Thurs, March 9. Solutions
HW#3 due at the beginning of class, Thurs, March 2. Solutions
Exam 1 Solutions
HW#2 due at the beginning of class, Thurs, Feb 9. Solutions
HW#1 due at the beginning of class, Tues, Jan 30. Solutions.

Blackboards, Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Blackboards, Thursday, April 13, 2006

Animation, classic Maple worksheet. Cross-section distortion (non-classic Maple worksheet).

Blackboards

Excerpt from Greenspan discussing why spin-down estimates based on azimuthal flow are way off.
Movie
mws

Photos and data

Q&A

maple worksheet

Animation, Animation, maple worksheet

Solution: particle paths, (ii) mws, gif
Solution: particle paths, (i) mws, gif
QUESTION: mercury-filled pool
Phase velocity vs. group velocity
Solution: velocity field animation
QUESTION: momentum balance in the interior

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Ah! That will be the interesting result of our calculation: that &omega depends on k in a specific way: so the speed depends on the wavenumber - with fascinating consequences.

Response to question: fuller notes on rate of change of circulation
p1, p2.

Day 5 question cards

Globally, velocity fields can be complicated,
Turbulence
but locally just translation + "deformation" + rigid rotation.

Day 3 blue question cards, part 1
Day 3 blue question cards, part 2

Snorkels
Magdeburg hemispheres

Vector differential calculus
Material derivative
Physics
Other

This is a mathematical introduction to the mechanics of fluids and elastic solids.

Prerequisites are MTH 306 and 309. We will cover as much as time allows of a "Coursepack" containing excerpts from several texts. The latest from Great Lakes on the coursepack is they're still clearing a copyright. Hopefully will be ready for sale by 1/17.

Class Handout

Detailed preliminary syllabus

Diary

The HTML files can be opened with any browser. You need Maple to open the mws files. Maple is available for Linux, Mac, and Windows for less than $2 at UBMicro in the UB Commons (open 9am-6pm, 1st week of classes).
Maple as calculator: HTML, mws.
Maple as analytical tool: HTML, mws.
Maple as programming language: HTML, mws.
Maple for pictures: HTML, mws.
Maple for 3D pictures: HTML, mws.