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Lecture 1: 09/03/03
• Introduction
• Classical Mechanics
• Coordinate Systems
• Units of Measurement
• Changing Units
• Dimensional Analysis
• Y&F: pp 1-13

Lecture 2: 09/05/03
• Kinematics
• Speed and Velocity
• Constant Velocity Motion
• Y&F: pp 40-47

Lecture 3: 09/08/03
• Acceleration
• Constant Acceleration Problems
• Acceleration of Gravity
• Y&F: pp 47-62

Lecture 4: 09/10/03
• Vectors
• Vector Addition
• Vector Components
• Unit Vectors
• Vector Multiplication
• Scalar Product
• Y&F: pp 14-27

Lecture 5: 09/12/03
• Vector Product
• Kinematics in 3D
• 3D Velocity
• 3D Acceleration
• Acceleration: perpendicular
• Acceleration: parallel
• Y&F: pp 27-30; 78-87

Lecture 6: 09/15/03
• Projectile Motion
• Y&F: pp 87-97

Lecture 7: 09/17/03
• Uniform Circular Motion
• Non-uniform Circular Motion
• Galilean Relativity
• Coordinate Transformations
• Velocity Transformations
• Acceleration transformation
• Relative Velocity Problems
• Y&F: pp 98-106

Lecture 8: 09/19/03
• Newton’s Laws
• Forces
• Fundamental Forces in Nature
• Newton’s First Law
• Newton’s Second Law
• Mass
• Superposition of Forces
• Y&F: pp 119-138

Lecture 9: 09/24/03
• Newton’s Third Law
• Gravitational Force
• Satellite/Force
• Gravitational/Inertial Mass
• Hooke’s Law/Springs
• Motion with a Constant Force
• Y&F: pp 138-146

Lecture 10: 09/26/03
• Motion Examples
• Pulleys
• Y&F: pp 153-171

Exam 1: 09/29/03
• Lectures: 1-8
• Homework: 1-3

Lecture 11: 10/01/03
• Friction
• Kinetic Friction
• Static Friction
• Drag Force and Terminal Speed
• Resistive Force Proportional to Velocity
• Y&F: pp 171-181

Lecture 12: 10/03/03
• Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion
• Motion in a Vertical Circle
• Conical Pendulum
• Work and Energy
• Work/Variable Force
• Y&F: pp 181-189; 207-213

Lecture 13: 10/06/03
• Kinetic Energy
• Gravitational Potential Energy
• Gravity and Other Forces
• Power
• Y&F: pp 213-229; 241-253

Exam 1 Makeup: 10/07/03

Lecture 14: 10/08/03
• Conservation of Energy
• Conservative Forces
• Potential Energy of Conservative Forces

Lecture 15: 10/10/03
• Spring Potential Energy
• Gravitational Potential Energy
• Non-conservative Forces
• Force and Potential Energy
• Y&F: pp 253-268

Lecture 16: 10/15/03
• Potential Energy Curves
• Equilibrium and Stability
• Forms of Energy
• Y&F: pp 268-270

Lecture 17: 10/17/03
• Particle Momentum
• Conservation of Momentum
• Newton’s Laws and Momentum
• Momentum for a System
• Momentum and Forces
• Center-of-Mass
• Y&F: 282-292

Lecture 18: 10/20/03
• Center-of-Mass Motion
• Energy of a System of Particles
• Rocket Motion
• Y&F: 309-313

Lecture 19: 10/22/03
• Variable Mass Problems
• Impulse/Collisions
• Inelastic Collisions
• Elastic Collisions
• Y&F: 295-305

Exam 2: 10/24/03
• Lectures: 1-18
• Homework: 1-7

Lecture 20: 10/27/03
• 2D-Elastic Collisions
• Ballistic Pendulum
• Center-of-Mass Collisions
• Y&F: 305-308

Lecture 21: 10/29/03
• Rigid Body Kinematics
• Right Hand Rule
• Constant Angular Acceleration
• Relation between Angular and Linear Motion
• Rotational Kinetic Energy
• Moment of Inertia
• Y&F: 327-345

Lecture 22: 10/31/03
• Parallel Axis Theorem
• Perpendicular Axis Theorem
• Particle Angular Momentum
• Straight Line Angular Momentum
• Circular Motion Angular Momentum
• Angular Momentum and Forces
• Conservation of Angular Momentum
• Angular Momentum and Central Forces
• Y&F: 345-349

Lecture 23: 11/03/03
• Dynamics of a Rigid Body
• Torque
• Angular Momentum and Torque
• Conical Pendulum: Torque and Angular Momentum
• Torque and Angular Acceleration
• Torque and Gravity
• Rigid Body Angular Momentum
• Conservation of Angular Momentum
• Y&F: 361-370

Exam 2 Makeup: 11/04/03

Lecture 24: 11/05/03
• Work and Energy in Rotational Motion
• Angular Impulse
• Translation and Rotation
• Rolling Motion of a Rigid Body
• Y&F: 370-386

Lecture 25: 11/07/03
• Rolling Cylinders/Spheres
• Angular Momentum and Collisions
• Gyroscopes
• Y&F: 386-389

Lecture 26: 11/12/03
• Forces in Equilibrium
• Y&F: 406-421

Lecture 27: 11/14/03
• Law of Universal Gravitation
• Newton’s Law of Gravity
• Gravitational Potential Energy
• Potential Energy of a Spherical Shell
• Cavendish Experiment
• Y&F: 436-451

Lecture 28: 11/17/03
• Potential Energy of a Sphere and Particle
• Gravitational Forces and Extended Bodies
• Force between Two Spheres
• Tidal Forces
• Weight and Gravitational Force
• Planetary Motion
• Circular Orbits
• Y&F: 456-464

Lecture 29: 11/19/03
• General Planetary Motion
• Generalized Orbits
• Kepler’s Laws
• Y&F: 452-456

Exam-3: 11/21/03
• Lectures: 1-28
• Homework: 1-11

Lecture 30: 11/24/03
• Oscillations
• Simple Harmonic Motion
• Mass-Spring Systems
• Energy in SHM
• Y&F: 476-494

Lecture 31: 11/26/03
• Simple Pendulum
• Physical Pendulum
• Torsional Pendulum
• Percussion
• Damped Oscillations
• Y&F: 495-502

Lecture 32: 12/01/03
• Special Relativity
• Galilean Transformations
• Light/Theory of Waves
• Stellar Aberration
• Michelson-Morley

Exam 3 Makeup: 12/02/03

Lecture 33: 12/03/03
• Paradox; Light Spheres
• Einstein’s Special Relativity
• Postulates of Special Relativity
• Relativity and Measurements
• Space-Time Coordinates
• Relativity of Simultaneity
• Lorentz Transformations
• Simultaneity/Time
• Y&F: 1403-1411

Lecture 34: 12/05/03
• Time dilation
• Length Contraction
• Perpendicular Lengths
• Orientation; Moving Rod
• Paradox: Pole-Vaulter
• Headlight Effect
• Y&F: 1412-1419

Lecture 35: 12/08/03
• Relativistic Velocity Transformation
• Doppler Effect
• Transverse Doppler Effect
• Twin Paradox
• Shape of Moving Objects
• Relativity and Forces
• Y&F: 1420-1425

Lecture 36: 12/10/03
• Relativistic Momentum
• Relativistic Energy
• Energy-Momentum
• Massless Particles
• Space-Time Invariant
• General Relativity
• Y&F: 1426-1434

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