Phys 2110 Lectures, Spring 2013

(Section 4)


Dates, Topics and Related Textbook Material:


Date Subject Book Chapters Read Lecture Listen to Lecture (Ouch)
Jan. 17 Structure of the course. Chap. 1    
Jan. 18 Doing Physics. 1D motion. Chap. 1 pdf Listen
Jan. 23 1D motion: velocity, acceleration. Constant accel. Chap. 2 pdf Listen
Jan. 25 1D motion: Constant accel, free fall Chap. 2 pdf Listen
Jan. 28 1D motion: Constant accel, free fall. 2D motion. Chap. 2, 3 pdf Listen
Jan. 30 Vectors. Velocity and Acceleration in 2D Chap. 3 pdf Listen
Feb. 1 2D Motion: Constant Accel and projectiles. Chap. 3 pdf Listen
Feb. 4 More projectiles; relative motion. Chap. 3 pdf Listen
Feb. 6 Relative motion examples. Circular motion Chap. 3 pdf Listen
Feb. 8 Quiz #1 Newton's first two laws. Chap. 4 pdf Listen
Feb. 11 Using F=ma Chap. 4 pdf Listen
Feb. 13 Newton's 3rd Law. Force examples. Chap. 4, 5 pdf Listen
Feb. 15 Quiz #2 More force examples Chap. 5 pdf Listen
Feb. 18 Springs. Kinetic Friction. Chap. 5 pdf Listen
Feb. 20 Static Friction. Forces and circular motion. Chap. 5 pdf Listen
Feb. 22 More force problems. Chap. 5 pdf Listen
Feb. 25 Work, kinetic energy Chap. 6 pdf Listen
Feb. 27 Work-Energy Theorem, Power Chap. 6 pdf Listen
Mar. 1 Potential Energy; Conservation of Energy Chap. 7 pdf Listen
Mar. 4 Conservation of Energy. Potential Energy curves Chap. 7 pdf Listen
Mar. 6 Potential Energy curves. Motion of the Ctr of Mass Chap. 7, 9 pdf Listen
Mar. 8 Momentum. Conservation of mom for isol system. Chap. 9 pdf Listen
Mar. 18 Conservation of mom for isol system; collisions Chap. 9 pdf Listen
Mar. 20 More on collisions; rotations of a rigid body. Chaps. 9, 10 pdf Listen
Mar. 22 Quiz #3 Rotational kinematics. Chap. 10 pdf Listen
Mar. 25 Const Ang acceleration. How to open a door. Chap. 10 pdf Listen
Mar. 27 Torque and relation to ang accel. Moment of Inertia. Chap. 10 pdf Listen
Apr. 1 Moment of Inertia. N's 2nd law for rotations. Chap. 10 pdf Listen
Apr. 3 N's 2nd law for rotations. Rot'l KE. Rolling motion. Chap. 10 pdf Listen
Apr. 5 Rolling motion. Examples with rolling motion. Chap. 10 pdf Listen
Apr. 8 Ang vel and torque as vectors. Angular momentum. Chap. 11 pdf Listen
Apr. 10 Angular momentum & conservation of it. Chap. 11 pdf Listen
Apr. 12 Oscillations: Basic equations. Chap. 13 pdf Listen
Apr. 15 Energy and oscillations. Pendulae.. Chap. 13 pdf Listen
Apr. 17 More on Oscillators. Examples. Waves. Chap. 13, 14 pdf Listen
Apr. 19 Quiz #4 Types of waves; harmonic waves. Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Apr. 22 Harmonic waves. Waves on a string. Power. Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Apr. 24 Intensity. Sound waves. Beats. Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Apr. 26 Beats. Reflection. Standing waves. Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Apr. 29 Doppler Effect. Chap. 14 pdf Listen
May 1 Doppler Effect. Chap. 14 pdf Listen
May 3 Some review . Chap. 10-14 pdf Listen

 

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