PHYS 1425 Syllabus - Spring 2010
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Jan 20 |
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1 |
Introduction, measurement, estimation |
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2 |
Jan 22 |
F |
2(1-6) |
One-dimensional motion |
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3 |
Jan 25 |
M |
2(6-9) |
One-dimension motion |
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4 |
Jan 27 |
W |
3(1-6) |
Projectile motion, vectors |
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5 |
Jan 29 |
F |
3(7-9) |
Projectile motion, vectors |
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6 |
Feb 1 |
M |
4(1-5) |
Newton's laws of motion |
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7 |
Feb 3 |
W |
4(6-8) |
Weight, tension, free body diagrams |
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8 |
Feb 5 |
F |
No class - snow |
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9 |
Feb 8 |
M |
5(1) |
Friction |
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10 |
Feb 10 |
W |
5(2-6) |
Circular motion, more complicated motion |
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11 |
Feb 12 |
F |
6(1-5) |
Gravitation, applications, maybeKepler's law |
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12 |
Feb 15 |
M |
6(5-8) |
Kepler's law, gravitational fields, review, catchup |
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13 |
Feb 17 |
W |
Exam I, Chs. 1-5 |
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14 |
Feb 19 |
F |
7(1-3) |
Review exam, work |
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15 |
Feb 22 |
M |
7(3-4) |
Work, work-energy principle |
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16 |
Feb 24 |
W |
8(1-4) |
Conservative and non-conservative forces, potential and mechanical energy |
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17 |
Feb 26 |
F |
8(5-9) |
Conservation of energy |
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18 |
Mar 1 |
M |
9(1-5) |
Linear momentum, collisions |
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19 |
Mar 3 |
W |
9(6-10) |
Collisions, center of mass, rockets |
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20 |
Mar 5 |
F |
10(1-3) |
Rotational motion |
Mar 6-14 |
Spring Break, no class |
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Mar 15 |
M |
10(4-7) |
Torque, rotational dynamics |
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22 |
Mar 17 |
W |
10(8-10) |
Rotational kinetic energy |
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23 |
Mar 19 |
F |
11(1-3) |
Angular momentum |
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24 |
Mar 22 |
M |
11(3-6) |
Angular momentum and torque for rigid objects and system of particles |
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25 |
Mar 24 |
W |
11(6-9) |
Conservation of angular momentum, tops, gyroscopes, rotating frames |
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26 |
Mar 26 |
F |
12 |
Statics |
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27 |
Mar 29 |
M |
Catchup, revise syllabus, snow day, review?? |
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Mar 31 |
W |
Exam II, Chs. 5-12 |
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| 29 | Apr 2 |
F |
13(1-7) |
Fluids |
| 30 | Apr 5 |
M |
13(8-14) |
Bernoulli equation, applications |
| 31 | Apr 7 |
W |
14(1-4) |
Simple harmonic motion |
| 32 | Apr 9 |
F |
14(5-8) |
Pendulum, damped and forced harmonic motion |
| 33 | Apr 12 |
M |
17(1-5) |
Temperature |
| 34 | Apr 14 |
W |
17(6-10) |
Ideal gas law |
| 35 | Apr 16 |
F |
18(1-4) |
Kinetic theory of gases |
| 36 | Apr 19 |
M |
18(5-7), 19(1-2) |
Van der Waals, heat |
| 37 | Apr 21 |
W |
19(3-7) |
Specific and latent heat, first law of thermodynamics |
| 38 | Apr 23 |
F |
19(8-10) |
Heat transfer |
| 39 | Apr 26 |
M |
20(1-4) |
Second law of thermodynamics |
| 40 | Apr 28 |
W |
Exam III, Chs. 13, 14, 17-19 |
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| 41 | Apr 30 |
F |
20(5-8) |
Entropy |
| 42 | May 3 |
M |
20(9-11) |
Statistical interpretation, thermal pollution, course review |