Essay and short notes type questions. All have been set in the past.

Bernoulli's theorem, and when it is applicable.

Formation and propagation of vortex rings.

Laminar and turbulent flows.

The significance of the Reynolds number for fluid flows.

The Magnus effect.

Fictitious forces in rotating frames.

Free precession of rigid bodies.

The motion of charged particles in electromagnetic fields.

Kepler's law of planetary motion.

The Euler strut.

Write and essay on normal modes of oscillation of dynamical systems.

The bending of thin beams.

The stability of circular orbits in central potentials.

The inertia tensor of a rigid body.

Selected Exam questions from the archives at  http://www-teach.phy.cam.ac.uk/teaching/examPapers.php

I have now added hyperlinks to copies.

Fluids Tripos questions (all too long, as they are from a full course on fluids in Part II)

1998 Part II, Paper 4, Paper 4. A3, B10, C13, C14. (not A4 or B9) (C questions too long).

1999 Part II, Paper 4. A6, B10, C13  (not A5, B9, C14) (C questions too long).

2000 Part II, Paper 4. A1, A2, C12 (too long).

2001 Part II, Paper 4. A6, B10, C13 ,C14 (too long).

2002 Part II, Paper 4. 2002 Part II, Paper 4. A3, A4, B9, C13, C14.

2003 Part II, Paper 4. 2003 Part II, Paper 4. A3, A4, C13, C14.

Selected other Dynamics questions from the more distant past when the course contained elasticity, but still available on the web.

1993 AdvPhys Paper 1. A3, A4

1993 AdvPhys Paper 1. A3, C11.

1994 AdvPhys Paper 1. C10, C11.

1994 AdvPhys Paper 3. C6 (Yes, I am guilty of this one.).

1995 AdvPhys Paper 3. B5.

1996 AdvPhys Paper 1. A3, C10, C11 (I hope they took some extra fuel --- there is no airport on St. Helena...).