Day
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Date
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Lecture Topic
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Reading
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HW due
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Mon
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Aug 31
|
Dimensional
Analysis; Motion in 1D; Newton's 2nd Law (Equation of Motion)
|
1-7; 3-5; 4-4; 5-5
|
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Thu
|
Sep 3
|
Vectors
in 2D; Trajectories
|
2-2; 4-3
|
2M:6;
3P:7; 5E:49
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Mon
|
Sep 7
|
No
classes (Labor Day)
|
|
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Thu
|
Sep 10
|
Kinetic
and potential energy;
Conservation of energy; Line integrals;
X1
|
11-5; 12-5
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2E:9;
2P:4; 4P:6
|
Mon
|
Sep 14
|
Circular
motion and the conical
pendulum
|
4-5; 5-4
|
|
Thu
|
Sep 17
|
Newton's
theory of gravity;
Circular orbits
|
14-5; 14-6; 14-7
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5M:5,8;
11E:25; 12E:31
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Mon
|
Sep 21
|
Kepler's
law and planetary motion
|
Article,
10-1; 14-7
|
|
Thu
|
Sep 24
|
The
plane pendulum; Einstein's
equivalence principle
|
17-5; 14-9
|
12P:11;
14E:11,16,28; 14P:8
|
Mon
|
Sep 28
|
Taylor
series &
applications; Simple harmonic motion;
X2
|
notes; 17-3
|
17E:30;
14M:10 |
Thu
|
Oct 1
|
Midterm
Exam #1
|
2006
exam1, 2007 exam1
|
|
Mon
|
Oct 5
|
Damped
harmonic motion; Resonance;
X3
|
17-7; 17-8
|
|
Thu
|
Oct 8
|
Momentum,
particles, and rigid
bodies
|
6-3; 6-4; 7-4
|
17M:3;
17E:52; 17P:12,26
|
Tue
|
Oct
13
|
Rotational
motion I: Kinematics and Dynamics
|
8-2; 8-3; 8-6; 9-2; 9-3
|
|
Thu
|
Oct 15
|
Rotational
motion II: Angular
momentum
|
10-1; 10-2; 10-3; 10-4
|
7P:6;
9E:29; 9P:16
|
Mon
|
Oct 19
|
Fluid
statics and dynamics;
X4
|
15-1,2,3,4; 16-1,2,3,4
|
|
Thu
|
Oct 22
|
Fluid
flow and vector fields
|
notes; 16-5
|
10P:5;
15M:8; 15P:12; 16E:12
|
Mon
|
Oct 26
|
Coupled
harmonic oscillators;
X5
|
notes;
|
16E:26
|
Thu
|
Oct 29
|
Midterm
Exam #2
|
2006
exam2, 2007 exam2
|
|
Mon
|
Nov 2
|
Wave
Motion; Wave Equation
|
18-1,2,3,4,5,6
|
|
Thu
|
Nov 5
|
Principle
of Superposition,
Standing Waves, Sound Waves
helpful slides from
regular Physics II
direct link to animations: http://paws.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos/superposition/superposition.html
|
18-7,8,9,10; 19-1,2,3
|
18M:1,6
|
Mon
|
Nov 9
|
What
is Wrong with Newtonian
Mechanics? (Maxwell's equations and E&M waves);
X6
|
20-2,3
|
|
Thu
|
Nov 12
|
Special
Relativity: the Lorentz
Transformation;
X7
additional resources: http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/classes/109N/lectures/lecturelist.html
movies:
http://www.anu.edu.au/Physics/Savage/TEE/site/tee/tour/desert/desert_big.html
|
20-4,5,6
|
18P:9,21;
19P:10
|
Mon
|
Nov 16
|
Temperature
and the Ideal Gas;
Basic Concepts of Kinetic Gas Theory
|
21-1,2,3,4,5; 22-1,2
|
|
Thu
|
Nov 19
|
Heat,
Work, and the First Law of
Thermodynamics; Heat Capacity; Thermodynamic Processes; X8
|
23-1,3,4,5,6,7,8
|
20M:5,6,7;
20P:3; 21E:14,38,43
|
Mon
|
Nov 23
|
Entropy; The Second Law of
Thermodynamics
|
24-1,2,3,4,5
|
|
Thu
|
Nov 26
|
No
classes (Thanksgiving)
|
|
|
Mon
|
Nov 30
|
Statistical Interpretation of
the Entropy; The
Boltzmann Factor and the Partition Function
|
notes; 24-9
|
|
Thu
|
Dec 3
|
Midterm
Exam #3
|
2006
exam3, 2007 exam3
|
|
Mon
|
Dec 7
|
Heat Capacity of Solids |
|
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Thu
|
Dec 10
|
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