General Physics (I) (2026 Fall)
Classic Mechanics and Thermodynamics
Course Syllabus 【download】
Textbook: Feynman Lectures Vol. I【visit caltech.edu】
Lecture:
Tuesday 08:00~09:35; Thursday 10:40~12:15
Venue: E13-207
Instructor: Shengchao Li （lishengchao[at]westlake.edu.cn）
Group website: https://scli.lab.westlake.edu.cn
Office: E5-209, Yungu
TAs:
Lintao Yu email:yulintao[at]westlake.edu.cn office: E5-216 TA hour:Wednesday 19:00-21:30
Xiangnan Shen email:shenxiangnan[at]westlake.edu.cn office: E5-228 TA hour: Friday 14:00- 16:30
Zizheng Cheng email: chengzizheng[at]westlake.edu.cn office: E4-328 TA hour: Thursday 18:50-21:20 (in H4-104)
Lecture Notes:
Classical Mechanics
Lecture 1:【Introduction to Honorary General Physics】
Lecture 2:【Vectors】(Read: Feynman Ch.11)
Lecture 3:【Motion】(Read: Feynman Ch.8)
Lecture 4:【Newton's law of dynamic】(Read: Feynman Ch.9,12)
Lecture 5:【Harmonic oscillator】(Read: Feynman Ch.21,22,23,24,25,50)
【Supplementary Reading】 Dark matter: from orbital motion to resonance
Lecture 6:【Kepler's problem】(Read: Feynman Ch.7)
Lecture 7:【(Non-)inertial frame and tides】(Read: Feynman Ch.12，物理53卷 (2024年) 11 期)
Lecture 8:【Conservation law: Energy(1)】(Read: Feynman Ch.4)
Lecture 9:【Conservation law: Energy(2)】(Read: Feynman Ch.4)
Lecture 10:【Conservation law: Momentum】(Read: Feynman Ch.10)
Lecture 11:【Conservation law: Angular momentum】(Read: Feynman Ch.18)
Lecture 12:【Rigid body rotation】(Read: Feynman Ch.19)
Lecture 13:【Inertia Tensor】(Read: Feynman Ch.20)
Lecture 14:【Euler Equation】(Read: Feynman Ch.20) 【Interactive demo】
Midterm Nov.17
Thermal Dynamics
Lecture 15:【Intro to thermodynamics】(Read: Feynman Ch.39)
Lecture 16:【Temperature and the first law】(Read: Feynman Ch.39,40,44)
Final
Homework:
【Homework 1】 due Sep.15
【Homework 2】 due Sep.22
【Homework 3】 due Sep.29
【Homework 4】 due Oct.20
【Homework 5】 due Oct.27
【Homework 6】 due Nov.3
【Homework 7】 due Nov.10
Tutorial:
Time: Saturday 15:00-16:00
【Tutorial 1】 Sep.12 by Zizheng Chen
【Tutorial 2】 Sep.19 by Zizheng Chen
【Tutorial 3】 Sep.29 by Xiangnan Shen
【Tutorial 4】 Oct.10 by Zizheng Cheng
【Tutorial 5】 Nov.7 by Xiangnan Shen
