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Reading Assignments
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February
Tuesday, 02/03/09
• Introduction
• Classical Mechanics
• Coordinate Systems
• Units of Measurement
• Changing Units
• Uncertainty and Significant Figures
• Dimensional Analysis
• Y&F: pp 1-11
Wednesday, 02/04/09
• Kinematics
• Speed and Velocity
• Displacement, Speed and Velocity
• Constant Velocity Motion
• Y&F: pp 36-43
Monday, 02/09/09
• Acceleration
• Constant Acceleration Problems
• Acceleration of Gravity
• Y&F: pp 43-59
Tuesday, 02/10/09
• Vectors
• Vector Addition
• Vector Components
• Unit Vectors
• Vector Multiplication
• Scalar Product
• Y&F: pp 11-24
Wednesday, 02/11/09
• Vector Product
• Kinematics in 3D
• 3D Position and Velocity
• 3D Acceleration
• Acceleration: perpendicular
• Acceleration: parallel
• Y&F: pp 24-26; 71-79
Tuesday, 02/17/09
• Projectile Motion
• Y&F: pp 79-87
Wednesday, 02/18/09
• Uniform Circular Motion
• Non-uniform Circular Motion
• Galilean Relativity
• Coordinate Transformations
• Velocity Transformations
• Acceleration transformation
• Relative Velocity Problems
• Y&F: pp 87-95
Monday, 02/23/09
• Newton’s Laws
• Forces and Superposition
• Newton’s First Law
• Inertial Frames
• Newton’s Second Law
• Mass and Weight
• Y&F: pp 107-123
Tuesday, 02/24/09
• Newton’s Third Law
• Free Body Diagrams
• Gravitational Force
• Gravitational/Inertial Mass
• Motion with a Constant Force
• Y&F: pp 123-129
Wednesday, 02/25/09
• Motion Examples
• Equilibrium
• Satillite Force
• Apparent Weight
• Pulleys
• Y&F: pp 136-149
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March
Monday, 03/02/09
• Friction
• Kinetic Friction
• Static Friction
• Drag Force and Terminal Speed
• Resistive Force Proportional to Velocity
• Y&F: pp 149-158
Tuesday, 03/03/09
• Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion
• Motion in a Vertical Circle
• Conical Pendulum
• Fundamental Forces in Nature
• Work and Energy
• Work/Variable Force
• Y&F: pp 158-165; 181-186
Wednesday, 03/04/09
• Kinetic Energy
• Work-Energy Theorem
• Work and Energy: Varying Forces
• Hooke's Law
• Gravitational Potential Energy
• Gravity and Other Forces
• Power
• Y&F: pp 186-202
Monday, 03/09/09
• Conservation of Energy
• Energy Problems
Tuesday, 03/10/09
• Spring Potential Energy
• Gravitational Potential Energy
• Conservative and Non-conservative Forces
• Force and Potential Energy
• Y&F: pp 213-235
Wednesday, 03/11/09
• Energy Diagrams
• Equilibrium and Stability
• Forms of Energy
• Total E, Kinetic and Potential Energies
• Y&F: pp 235-236
Monday, 03/16/09
• Particle Momentum
• Impulse
• Conservation of Momentum
• Newton’s Laws and Momentum
• Momentum for a System
• Momentum and Forces
• Y&F: 247-257
Tuesday, 03/17/09
• Momentum, Conservation, and Collisions
• Energy of a System of Particles
• Completely Inelastic Collisions
• Y&F: 257-262
Wednesday, 03/18/09
• Inelastic Collisions
• Elastic Collisions
• 2D Collisions
• Y&F: 262-265
Monday, 03/30/09
• Center of Mass
• Center-of-Mass Motion
• External Forces and CM Motion
• Velocity of CM
• Rocket Propulsion
• Y&F: 266-272
Tuesday, 03/31/09
• Rigid Body Kinematics
• Right Hand Rule
• Constant Angular Acceleration
• Relation between Angular and Linear Motion
• Rotational Kinetic Energy
• Moment of Inertia
• Y&F: 285-301
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April
Wednesday, 04/01/09
• Parallel Axis Theorem
• Perpendicular Axis Theorem
• Moment of Inertia Calculations
• Y&F: 301-306
Monday, 04/06/09
• Dynamics of a Rigid Body
• Torque
• Translation and Rotation
• Rolling Without Slipping
• Rolling Friction
• Y&F: 316-329
Tuesday, 04/07/09
• Work and Energy in Rotational Motion
• Y&F: 329-331
Wednesday, 04/08/09
• Angular Momentum
• Angular Momentum and Collisions
• Angular Impulse
• Conservation of Angular Momentum
• Gyroscopes
• Y&F: 331-340
Monday, 04/13/09
• Forces in Equilibrium
• Stress, Strain and Elastic Moduli
• Elasticity and Plasticity
• Y&F: 354-369
Tuesday, 04/14/09
• Law of Universal Gravitation
• Newton’s Law of Gravity
• Gravitational Potential Energy
• Potential Energy of a Spherical Shell
• Cavendish Experiment: G
• Y&F: 383-393
Wednesday, 04/15/09
• 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: 393-396
Wednesday, 04/22/09
• Elliptical Orbits
• Conservation of Angular Momentum
• Apparent Weight
• Escape Velocity
• Kepler’s Laws
• Y&F: 396-409
Monday, 04/27/09
• Oscillations
• Simple Harmonic Motion
• Mass-Spring Systems
• Energy in SHM
• Y&F: 419-432
Tuesday, 04/28/09
• Simple Pendulum
• Physical Pendulum
• Torsional Pendulum
• Percussion
• Damped Oscillations
• Fored Oscillations
• Y&F: 432-444
Wednesday, 04/29/09
• Fluid Mechanics
• Pressure, Depth
• Pascal’s Law, Buoyancy
• Surface Tension
• Y&F: 456-465
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May
Monday, 05/04/09
• Continuity Equation
• Bernoulli’s Equation
• Venturi, Lift
• Viscosity, Turbulence
• Y&F: 466-476
Tuesday, 05/05/09
• Mechanical Waves
• Longitudinal and Transverse Waves
• Periodic Waves
• Wavelength, Frequency, Speed
• Sinusoidal Waves, Waves on a String, Particle Velocity
• Y&F: 487-496
Wednesday, 05/06/09
• Particle Velocity and Acceleration in Sinusoidal Waves
• Speed of Transverse Waves
• Energy In Wave Motion, Wave Intensity
• Y&F: 496-505
Monday, 05/11/09
• Wave Interference
• Boundary Conditions
• Superposition
• Standing Waves
• Normal Modes
• Y&F: 505-516
Tuesday, 05/12/09
• Sound Waves
• Speed of Sound In Air
• Intensity of Sound Waves
• Y&F: 527-541
Wednesday, 05/13/09
• Standing Sound Waves
• Normal Modes
• Resonance
• Interference, Beats
• Doppler Effect
• Shock Waves
• Y&F: 541-560
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