Phys 2110 Lectures, Fall 2012

(Section 5)


Dates, Topics and Related Textbook Material:


Date Subject Book Chapters Read Lecture Listen to Lecture (Ouch)
Aug. 27 Structure of the course. Chap. 1    
Aug. 29 Doing Physics. 1D motion. Chap. 1 pdf Listen
Aug. 31 1D motion. Acceleration; constant acceleration Chap. 2 pdf Listen
Sept. 5

Constant acceleration; freefall

Chap. 2 pdf Listen
Sept. 7 More examples of 1D motion. Motion in 2D: Vectors Chap. 2, 3 pdf Listen
Sept. 10 Motion in 2D. r, v, a. Constant accel in 2D Chap. 3 pdf Listen
Sept. 12 Projectile problems Chap. 3 pdf Listen
Sept. 14 More examples. Relative motion. Circular motion. Chap. 3 TechProbs TechProbs
Sept. 17 Quiz #1. Newton's 1st and 2nd laws.. Chap. 4 TechProbs TechProbs
Sept. 19 Newton's 1st and 2nd laws. Chap. 4 pdf Listen
Sept. 21 Forces: Examples. Chap. 4 pdf Listen
Sept. 24 Quiz #2. Forces: Examples. Chap. 4, 5 pdf Listen
Sept. 26 Forces: Springs, friction. Chap. 4, 5 pdf Listen
Sept. 28 Forces: Circular motion, More examples. Chap. 5 pdf Listen
Oct. 1 Forces: Examples. Work. Chap. 5,6 pdf Listen
Oct. 3 Work. Kinetic energy and the work-energy theorem. Chap. 6 pdf Listen
Oct. 5 The work-energy theorem. Power. Potential Energy Chap. 6, 7 pdf Listen
Oct. 8 Conservation of Energy: Examples. Chap. 7 pdf Listen
Oct. 10

Conservation of Energy: More examples.

Chap. 7 pdf Listen
Oct. 12

Potential Energy functions. Systems of many particles

Chap. 7, 9 pdf Listen
Oct. 17

Newton's 2nd law for systems of particles

Chap. 9 pdf Listen
Oct. 19

Conservation of Momentum

Chap. 9 pdf Listen
Oct. 22

Impulse. Elastic collisions.

Chap. 9 pdf Listen
Oct. 24

More on collisions. Roations. Angular vel and acc

Chap. 9, 10 pdf Listen
Oct. 26

Quiz #3. Angular and linear. Case of const ang accel.

Chap. 10 pdf Listen
Oct. 29

Constant ang accel; Torque and N's 2nd law for rot

Chap. 10 pdf Listen
Oct. 31

Moment of Inertia. Torque/and accel examples.

Chap. 10 pdf Listen
Nov. 2 No electricity!!      
Nov. 5

Torque and angular accel. KE of rotation.

Chap. 10 pdf Listen
Nov. 7

Rolling motion.

Chap. 10 pdf Listen
Nov. 9

The cross product. Angular momentum.

Chap. 11 pdf Listen
Nov. 12

Conservation of angular momentum.

Chap. 11 pdf Listen
Nov. 14

Oscillations, Introduction..

Chap. 13 pdf Listen
Nov. 16

Oscillations: Energy, Simple Pendulum.

Chap. 13 pdf Listen
Nov. 19

General pendulum. Examples.

Chap. 13 pdf Listen
Nov. 21

Wave motion. Harmonic waves.

Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Nov. 26

Waves and energy. Sound waves.

Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Nov. 28

Quiz #4. Interference..

Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Nov. 30

Beats. Standing waves..

Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Dec. 3

Standing waves, the Doppler effect

Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Dec. 5

Doppler effect

Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Dec. 7

Wave examples.

Chap. 14 pdf Listen