Phys 2110 Lectures, Spring 2012

(Section 4)


Dates, Topics and Related Textbook Material:


Date Subject Book Chapters Read Lecture Listen to Lecture (Ouch)
Jan 12 Structure of the course. Chap. 1    
Jan 13 Scientific numbers. Motion in 1-D. Chap. 1 pdf Listen
Jan 18 Motion in 1-D: Acceleration. Constant acceleration Chap. 2 pdf Listen
Jan 20 Constant acceleration: Examples. Free-fall. Chap. 2 pdf Listen
Jan 23 More examples of 1-dim motion. Chap. 2 pdf Listen
Jan 25 The mathematics of 2 -dim motion. Chap. 3 pdf (bkwd!) Listen
Jan 27 2D motion with constant accel. Projectiles Chap. 3 pdf Listen
Jan 30 More examples. Relative motion. Chap. 3 pdf Listen
Feb. 1 Circular motion. Newton's 1st and 2nd laws.. Chap. 3, 4 pdf Listen
Feb. 3 Quiz #1. Newton's 1st and 2nd laws.. Chap. 4 pdf Listen
Feb. 6 Forces: Examples Chap. 4 pdf Listen
Feb. 8 Forces: Examples Chap. 4 pdf Listen
Feb. 10 Quiz #2. Forces: Examples Chap. 4, 5 pdf Listen
Feb. 13 Forces: Springs. Kinetic friction. Chap. 4, 5 pdf Listen
Feb. 15 Static friction. Circular motion. Chap. 5 pdf Listen
Feb. 17 More examples with friction and circular motion.. Chap. 5 pdf Listen
Feb. 20 Work. Kinetic energy. Chap. 6 pdf Listen
Feb. 22 The work-energy theorem. Chap. 6 pdf Listen
Feb. 24 Potential energy and Conservation of Energy. Chap. 7 pdf Listen
Feb. 27 Conservation of Energy: Examples Chap. 7 pdf Listen
Feb. 29 Potential energy curves. The center of mass. Chap. 7 , 9 pdf Listen
Mar. 2 Momentum; conservation of momentum Chap. 9 pdf Listen
Mar. 12 Collisions. Impulse. Momentum examples. Chap. 9 pdf Listen
Mar. 14 Misc momentum comments. Rotational kinematics.. Chap. 10 pdf Listen
Mar. 16 Quiz #3. Rotational kinematics.. Chap. 10 pdf Listen
Mar. 19 The importance of torque. The moment of inertia Chap. 10 pdf Listen
Mar. 21 No lecture.      
Mar. 23 Voice back; Mom of In and N's 2nd Law for Rot Chap. 10 pdf Listen
Mar. 26 Using torque. Rot'l KE. Rolling w/o slipping. Chap. 10 pdf Listen
Mar. 28 More rolling w/o slipping. Chap. 10 pdf Listen
Mar. 30 Angular quantities as vectors. Angular momentum. Chap. 11 pdf Listen
Apr. 2 More examples of angular momentum, "Statics" Chap. 11 pdf Listen
Apr. 4 Oscillations: The mass/spring system Chap. 13 pdf Listen
Apr. 9 Oscillations: Pendulum Chap. 13 pdf Listen
Apr. 11 Waves: Introduction Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Apr. 13 Waves: Math and waves on a string. Sound waves. Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Apr. 16 More on sound. Beats. Standing waves.. Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Apr. 18 Quiz #4. Standing waves.. Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Apr. 20 Standing waves. The Doppler effect Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Apr. 23 The Doppler effect, wave examples. Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Apr. 25 The Doppler effect, wave examples. Chap. 14 pdf Listen
Apr. 27 Examples. Chap. 10-14 pdf Listen


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