PHYS2101                                                           Dr. Pedram Leilabady

SPRING 2008 Course Schedule

 

Section -002 meets in Burson 121 MW 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM.

 

Section -001 is an online course; ALL course related material available through Blackboard.

 

Section -003 is an online course; ALL course related material available through Blackboard.

 

 

Chapter / Topic                                 Lecture Date

 

             I.      Concepts of Motion                                            Jan 9

a.       Motion Diagrams

b.       The Particle Model

c.       Position and Time

d.       Velocity

e.       Acceleration

f.        Examples of Motion Diagrams

g.       Problem-Solving Strategy

h.       Units and Significant Figures

 

          II.      Kinematics                                                        Jan 14 & 16

a.       Motion in 1D

b.       Uniform Motion

c.       Instantaneous Velocity

d.       Finding Position from Velocity

e.       Motion with Constant Acceleration

f.        Free Fall

g.       Motion on an Inclined Plane

h.       Instantaneous Acceleration

 

       III.      Vectors and Coordinate Systems                        Jan 23

a.       Scalars and Vectors

b.       Properties of Vectors

c.       Coordinate Systems and Vector Components

d.       Vector Algebra

 

       IV.      Force and Motion                                               Jan 28

a.       Force

b.       Catalog of Forces

c.       Identifying Forces

d.       What Do Forces Do?

e.       Newton’s 2nd Law

f.        Newton’s 1st Law

g.       Free-Body Diagrams

  

          V.      Dynamics I: 1D Motion                                      Jan 30 & Feb 4

a.       Using Newton’s 2nd Law

b.       Mass and Weight

a.       Friction

b.       Drag

c.       Examples of Newton’s 2nd Law

 

       VI.      Dynamics II: 2D Motion                                     Feb 6 & 11

a.       Kinematics in 2D

b.       Dynamics in 2D

c.       Projectile Motion

d.       Relative Motion

 

    VII.      Dynamics III: Circular Motion                             Feb 13, 18 & 20

a.       Uniform Circular Motion

b.       Velocity and Acceleration in Uniform Circular Motion

c.       Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion

d.       Non-uniform Circular Motion

  

Exam I      (Chapters 2 - 7)            Feb 22

 

 VIII.      Newton’s Third Law                                           Feb 25 & 27     Mar 10 & 12

a.       Interacting Systems

b.       Identifying Action/Reaction Pairs

c.       Newton’s 3rd Law

d.       Ropes and Pulleys

e.       Examples of Interacting System Problems

  

       IX.      Impulse and Momentum                                     Mar 17 & 19

a.       Momentum and Impulse

b.       Solving Impulse and Momentum Problems

c.       Conservation of Momentum

d.       Explosions

e.       Inelastic Collisions

f.        Momentum in 2-D

g.       Angular Momentum

  

          X.      Energy                                                              Mar 24 & 26

a.       Kinetic Energy

b.       Gravitational Potential Energy

c.       Restoring Forces and Hooke’s Law

d.       Elastic Potential Energy

e.       Elastic Collisions

f.        Energy Diagrams

 

       XI.      Work                                                                 Mar 31 & Apr 2

a.       The Basic Energy Model

b.       Work and Kinetic Energy

c.       Calculating and Using Work

d.       Work Done by a Variable Force

e.       Force, Work, and Potential Energy

f.        Finding Force From Potential Energy

g.       Thermal Energy

h.       Conservation of Energy

i.         Power

  

Exam II      (Chapters 8 - 11)           Apr 4

 

 XIII.      Rotation of Rigid Body                                       Apr 7, 9, 14 & 16

a.       Rotational kinematics

b.       Rotation About the Center of Mass

c.       Torque

d.       Rotational Dynamics

e.       Rotation About a Fixed Axis

f.        Rigid-Body Equilibrium

g.       Rotational Energy

h.       Rolling Motion

i.         Vector Description of Rotational Motion

j.         Angular Momentum of a Rigid Body

  

 XIV.      Oscillations                                                      Apr 21, 23 & 28

a.       Simple Harmonic Motion

b.       Analogy to Circular Motion

c.       Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion

d.       Dynamics of Simple Harmonic Motion

e.       Vertical Oscillations

f.        The Pendulum

g.       Damped Oscillations

  

Reading Day                                                                Apr 30

 

 All Sections: Final Exam (Comprehensive) –         May 3