Phys 2110 Lectures, Fall 2011

(Section 4)


Dates, Topics and Related Textbook Material:


Date Subject Book Chapters Read Lecture Listen to Lecture (Ouch)
Aug. 29 Structure of the course. Chap. 1    
Aug. 31 Scientific numbers. 1-D motion. Chap. 1, 2 pdf No recording!
Sept. 2 Velocity, Acceleration. Constant acceleration. Chap. 2 pdf Listen
Sept. 7 Constant acceleration; free-fall problems. Chap. 2 pdf Listen
Sept. 9 More examples. Motion in 2-D Chap. 2, 3 pdf Listen
Sept. 12 Motion in 2-D; Constant acceleration Chap. 3 pdf Listen
Sept. 14 Motion in 2-D; Projectile problems Chap. 3 pdf Listen
Sept. 16 Motion in 2-D; Projectiles, Relative motion. Chap. 3 pdf Listen
Sept. 19

Motion in 2-D; Projectiles, Circular motion.

Chap. 3 pdf Listen
Sept. 21 The laws of motion: Newton's 1st and 2nd laws. Chap. 4 pdf Listen
Sept. 23 Newton's 3rd law; how to solve force problems Chap. 4 pdf Listen
Sept. 26 Solving force problems. Chap. 4 & 5 pdf Listen
Sept. 28 Solving force problems; friction forces. Chap. 4 & 5 pdf Listen
Sept. 30 Solving force problems Chap. 5 pdf Listen
Oct. 3 Solving force problems Chap. 5 pdf Listen
Oct. 5 Solving force problems. Work. Chap. 5 & 6. pdf Listen
Oct. 7 Work, Kinetic Energy and the Work-Energy Thm Chap. 6 pdf Listen
Oct. 10 Conservative forces. Chap. 6 & 7 pdf Listen
Oct. 12 Potential energy and conservation of energy Chap. 7 pdf Listen
Oct. 14 Potential energy and conservation of energy Chap. 7 pdf Listen
Oct. 19 Newtons's 2nd law for system of particles. Chap. 9 pdf Listen
Oct. 21 Momentum and the conservation of momentum. . Chap. 9 pdf Listen
Oct. 24 More on momentum: Impulse; Elastic collisions. Chap. 9 pdf Listen
Oct. 26 Conservation laws. Describing rotations. Chap. 9, 10 pdf Listen
Oct. 28 Rotations: Angular acceleration, torque. Chap. 10 pdf Listen
Oct. 31 Moments of Inertia. N's 2nd law for rotations. . Chap. 10 pdf Listen
Nov. 2 More on moments of inertia and torque. Chap. 10 pdf Listen
Nov. 4 Solving probs with rotns. Rot'l KE. Rolling motion. Chap. 10 pdf Listen
Nov. 7 More on rolling and rotaions. They're really vectors!. Chap. 10, 11 pdf Listen
Nov. 9 Cross products and torque. Angular momentum.. Chap. 11 pdf Listen
Nov. 11

More angular momentum. Oscillations: a simple DE

Chap. 11, 13 pdf Listen
Nov. 14

Oscillations: Mass & Spring, Simple Pendulum.

Chap. 13 pdf Listen
Nov. 16

"Physical" pendulum, torison oscillator. .

Chap. 13 pdf Listen
Nov. 18

More oscillator examples. Waves.

Chap. 13, 14 pdf Listen
Nov. 21

More on Oscillators. Waves; harmonic waves

Chap. 13, 14 pdf Listen
Nov. 23

Wave function; intensity, waves in space

Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Nov. 28

Sound waves; interference of waves; beats.

Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Nov. 30

Wave demos, review..

Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Dec. 2

Standing waves. The Doppler effect.

Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Dec. 5

Doppler effect examples. .

Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Dec. 7

Doppler effect examples. .

Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Dec. 9        

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