Dr. Louis-Gregory Strolger, Fall 2008

 

 
  Date
Discussion Topics and Reading
PHYS256 Labs
1 8/25
Introduction [pp. x - xiii]
Introduction
2 8/27
About Physics, Solving Problems, Units, and Uncertainties [1.1 - 1.6]
3 8/28
Vectors, Vector Addition, and Components [1.7 - 1.8]
4 8/29
Unit Vectors [1.9], Position and Displacement [2.1]
5 9/3
Labor Day, no class; Average Velocity, and Instantaneous Velocity [2.1 - 2.2]

Graphical Analysis

6 9/4
Acceleration [2.3 - 2.4]
7 9/5
Freefall [2.5]
8 9/8
Position & Velocity Vectors [3.1]
Free Fall
9 9/10
Acceleration Vector [3.2]
10 9/11
Projectile Motion [3.3]
11 9/12
Circular Motion & Relative Motion [3.4 - 3.5]
12 9/15
Newton's Laws [4.1 - 4.3]
Calibration
13 9/17
Exam 1. Kinematics [Ch. 1, 2, & 3]
14 9/18
Free Body Diagrams [4.4 - 4.6]
15 9/19
Equilibrium & Dynamics [5.1 - 5.2]
16 9/22
Friction [5.3]
Newton's second law
17 9/24
Circular Motion Revisited [5.4]
18 9/25
Gravitation [12.1 - 12.2]
19 9/26
Scalar Products [1.1], Work [6.1]
20 9/29
Work and Energy [6.2]

Conservation of energy

21 10/1
Exam 2. Dynamics [Ch. 4, 5, & 12] ; Fall Break, no class
22 10/6
Varying Forces, Power [6.3 - 6.4]
23 10/8
Conservative and non-conservative forces, Gravitational potential energy [7.3 & 7.1]
Impulse/Momentum
24 10/9
Elastic Potential Energy [7.2]
25 10/10
Force & potential Energy, Energy Diagrams [7.4 & 7.5]
26 10/13
Momentum and Impulse [8.1]
27 10/15
Conservation of Momentum [8.2]
Collisions
28 10/16
Collisions [8.3 - 8.4]
29 10/17
Center of Mass [8.5]
30 10/20
Angular Motion Definitions & Rotational Kinematics [9.1 - 9.2] .
31 10/22
Exam 3. Energy and Momentum [Ch. 6, 7, & 8]
Conservation of Angular Momentum
32 10/23
Linear & Angular Relationship, rotational energy [9.3 - 9.4]
33 10/24
Parallel-Axis Theorem, Inertia Calculations [9.5 - 9.6]
34 10/27
Cross products [1.1] and Torque [10.1]
35 10/29
Newton's second law in rotational form [10.2]
Hooke's Law and Simple Harmonic Motion
36 10/30
Rolling Motion, Work and Power [10.3 - 10.4]
37 10/31
Angular Momentum [10.5], Conservation of Angular Momentum [10.6]
38 11/3
Precision [10.7],Conditions for Equilibrium [11.1], Center of gravity [11.2]
39 11/5
rigid body equilibrium [11.3]
Damped Harmonic Oscillation
40 11/6
Simple Harmonic Motion [13.1-13.4]
41 11/7
Exam 4. Rotational Dynamics [Ch. 9, 10, & 11]
42 11/10
The Simple Pendulum and the Physical Pendulum [13.5-13.6]
43 11/12
Damped and Forced oscillations, Resonance [13.7-13.8]
Speed of Sound
44 11/13
Waves[15.1-15.5]
45 11/14
Interference, Boundaries, & Superposition [15.6],Standing waves & modes [15.7-15.8]
46 11/17
Sound[16.1-16.8]
47 11/19
Thermal Equilibrium, temperature, and temperature scales [17.1-17.3]

TBA
48 11/20
Thermal Expansion, Quantity of Heat, Phase Change [17.4-17.6]
49 11/21
Equations of state and ideal gasses[18.1-18.2]
Heat of Fusion
50 11/24
Kinetic Model of an Ideal Gas[18.3]; Thanksgiving Break, no class.
51 12/1
Heat Capacities & Phases of Matter[18.4 & 18.6]
52 12/3
The 1st Law of Thermodynamics [19.1-19.4]
53 12/4
Thermodynamic Processes [19.5-19.8]
Lab Final Exam
54 12/5
The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics[20]; Review
  12/11
Final Exam, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm, rm. 201