Spring 2018
| Date | Discussion Topics and Reading |
PHYS 256 Labs | |
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| M | 1/22 | motion, position/time [1.1 - 1.3, 1.7] |
intro to measurement, uncertainty, and error analysis |
| W | 1/24 | velocity, acceleration, estimation [1.4 - 1.6, 1.8] |
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| R | 1/25 | uniform motion; instantaneous velocity; derivatives [2.1, 2.2] |
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| F | 1/26 | position from velocity, motion with constant acceleration [2.3, 2.4] |
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| M | 1/29 | free fall [2.5] |
position/velocity diagrams; sonic ranger |
| W | 1/31 | motion on incline; instantaneous acceleration [2.6 - 2.7] |
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| R | 2/01 | properties of vectors; coordinate systems [3.1 - 3.4] |
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| F | 2/02 | acceleration; 2D kinematics [4.1 - 4.2] |
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| M | 2/05 | projectile motion [4.3] |
linking acceleration to x(t) and v(t) |
| W | 2/07 | reference frames [4.4] |
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| R | 2/08 | circular motion [4.5, 4.6] |
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| F | 2/09 | angular acceleration [4.7] |
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| M | 2/12 | forces [5.1 – 5.4] |
free fall dynamics |
| T | 2/13 | Test 1 [Ch. 1, 2, 3, & 4] |
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| W | 2/14 | Newton's Laws; free-body diagrams [5.5 - 5.7] |
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| R | 2/15 | equilibrium; Newton's 2nd Law; mass vs. weight [6.1 - 6.3] |
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| F | 2/16 | friction and drag [6.4, 6.5] |
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| M | 2/19 | applying Newton's 2nd Law [6.6] |
forces and acceleration |
| W | 2/21 | interacting objects; Newton's 3rd Law [7.1 - 7.3] |
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| R | 2/22 | ropes and pulleys [7.4, 7.5] |
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| F | 2/23 | two dimensional dynamics; uniform circular motion; orbits [8.1 - 8.4] |
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| M | 2/26 | nonuniform circular motion [8.5] |
Archimedes' principle |
| W | 2/28 | momentum and impulse; conservation of momentum [9.1 - 9.3] |
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| R | 3/01 | inelastic collisions [9.5 - 9.6] |
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| F | 3/02 | momentum in two dimensions [9.5 - 9.6] |
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| M | 3/05 | kinetic and potential energy [10.1 - 10.3] |
friction |
| T | 3/06 | Test 2 [Ch. 5, 6, 7, 8, & 9] |
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| W | 3/07 | elastic potential energy [10.4 - 10.5] |
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| R | 3/08 | Hooke's Law [10.5 - 10.6] |
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| F | 3/09 | elastic collisons [10.7] |
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| M | 3/19 | work [11.1 - 11.3] |
momentum and energy during collisions |
| W | 3/21 | work done by a variable force; thermal energy [11.4 - 11.7] |
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| R | 3/22 | conservation of energy; power |
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| F | 3/23 | rotational motion about the center of mass [12.1, 12.2] |
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| M | 3/26 | moment of inertia, torque and rotational dynamics [12.4 - 12.6] |
conservation of energy |
| W | 3/28 | rotation about a fixed axis; static equilibrium [12.7 - 12.8] |
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| R | 3/29 | rolling motion; angular momentum [12.9 - 12.11] |
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| F | 3/30 | Newton's law of gravity [13.1 - 13.4] |
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| M | 4/02 | gravitational potential energy; orbits [13.5, 13.6] |
rotational dynamics |
| W | 4/04 | oscillations [14.1, 14.2] |
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| R | 4/05 | energy and dynamics of simple harmonic motion [14.3, 14.4] |
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| F | 4/06 | applications of simple harmonic motion [14.5, 14.6] |
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| M | 4/09 | damped oscillations; driven oscillations [14.7, 14.8] |
simple harmonic motion |
| T | 4/10 | Test 3 [Ch. 10, 11, 12, 13, & 14] |
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| W | 4/11 | fluids; pressure [15.1 - 15.3] |
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| R | 4/12 | buoyancy [15.4] |
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| F | 4/13 | Bernoulli's equation [15.5] |
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| M | 4/16 | Stress; Strain [15.6] |
damped harmonic motion; consideration of air resistance |
| W | 4/18 | phases of matter; temperature; phase changes [16.1 - 16.4] |
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| R | 4/19 | ideal gas processes [16.5 - 16.6] |
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| F | 4/20 | choosing the constant |
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| M | 4/23 | thermodynamics; heat; work [17.1 - 17.3] |
thermal cycle: closed quasi-static processes |
| W | 4/25 | first law of thermodynamics [17.4] |
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| R | 4/26 | specific heat; heat transfer [17.5 - 17.8] |
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| F | 4/27 | statistical mechanics [18.1 - 18.5] |
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| M | 4/30 | order, disorder, and entropy [18.6] |
Lab Final |
| T | 5/01 | Test 4 [Ch. 15, 16, 17, & 18] |
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| W | 5/02 | ideal heat engines and refrigerators [19.1 - 19.4] |
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| R | 5/03 | irreversibility; efficiency; Carnot cycle [19.5, 19.6] |
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| F | 5/04 | Problem Solving: how to identify the concept to use |
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| R | 5/10 | Final Exam 10:30-12:30 |
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