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)

Midterm 

Thermal Dynamics 

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

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