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 | No recording! | |
Sept. 2 | Velocity, Acceleration. Constant acceleration. | Chap. 2 | Listen | |
Sept. 7 | Constant acceleration; free-fall problems. | Chap. 2 | Listen | |
Sept. 9 | More examples. Motion in 2-D | Chap. 2, 3 | Listen | |
Sept. 12 | Motion in 2-D; Constant acceleration | Chap. 3 | Listen | |
Sept. 14 | Motion in 2-D; Projectile problems | Chap. 3 | Listen | |
Sept. 16 | Motion in 2-D; Projectiles, Relative motion. | Chap. 3 | Listen | |
Sept. 19 | Motion in 2-D; Projectiles, Circular motion. |
Chap. 3 | Listen | |
Sept. 21 | The laws of motion: Newton's 1st and 2nd laws. | Chap. 4 | Listen | |
Sept. 23 | Newton's 3rd law; how to solve force problems | Chap. 4 | Listen | |
Sept. 26 | Solving force problems. | Chap. 4 & 5 | Listen | |
Sept. 28 | Solving force problems; friction forces. | Chap. 4 & 5 | Listen | |
Sept. 30 | Solving force problems | Chap. 5 | Listen | |
Oct. 3 | Solving force problems | Chap. 5 | Listen | |
Oct. 5 | Solving force problems. Work. | Chap. 5 & 6. | Listen | |
Oct. 7 | Work, Kinetic Energy and the Work-Energy Thm | Chap. 6 | Listen | |
Oct. 10 | Conservative forces. | Chap. 6 & 7 | Listen | |
Oct. 12 | Potential energy and conservation of energy | Chap. 7 | Listen | |
Oct. 14 | Potential energy and conservation of energy | Chap. 7 | Listen | |
Oct. 19 | Newtons's 2nd law for system of particles. | Chap. 9 | Listen | |
Oct. 21 | Momentum and the conservation of momentum. . | Chap. 9 | Listen | |
Oct. 24 | More on momentum: Impulse; Elastic collisions. | Chap. 9 | Listen | |
Oct. 26 | Conservation laws. Describing rotations. | Chap. 9, 10 | Listen | |
Oct. 28 | Rotations: Angular acceleration, torque. | Chap. 10 | Listen | |
Oct. 31 | Moments of Inertia. N's 2nd law for rotations. . | Chap. 10 | Listen | |
Nov. 2 | More on moments of inertia and torque. | Chap. 10 | Listen | |
Nov. 4 | Solving probs with rotns. Rot'l KE. Rolling motion. | Chap. 10 | Listen | |
Nov. 7 | More on rolling and rotaions. They're really vectors!. | Chap. 10, 11 | Listen | |
Nov. 9 | Cross products and torque. Angular momentum.. | Chap. 11 | Listen | |
Nov. 11 | More angular momentum. Oscillations: a simple DE |
Chap. 11, 13 | Listen | |
Nov. 14 | Oscillations: Mass & Spring, Simple Pendulum. |
Chap. 13 | Listen | |
Nov. 16 | "Physical" pendulum, torison oscillator. . |
Chap. 13 | Listen | |
Nov. 18 | More oscillator examples. Waves. |
Chap. 13, 14 | Listen | |
Nov. 21 | More on Oscillators. Waves; harmonic waves |
Chap. 13, 14 | Listen | |
Nov. 23 | Wave function; intensity, waves in space |
Chap. 14 | Listen | |
Nov. 28 | Sound waves; interference of waves; beats. |
Chap. 14 | Listen | |
Nov. 30 | Wave demos, review.. |
Chap. 14 | Listen | |
Dec. 2 | Standing waves. The Doppler effect. |
Chap. 14 | Listen | |
Dec. 5 | Doppler effect examples. . |
Chap. 14 | Listen | |
Dec. 7 | Doppler effect examples. . |
Chap. 14 | Listen | |
Dec. 9 |