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updated 09/02/2009 |
| WEEK 1 |
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Introduction and 1D kinematics |
| Sep 07 M |
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LABOR DAY HOLIDAY |
| Sep 09 W |
#1 |
a) preliminaries; b) preview; c) average velocity |
| Sep 11 F |
#2 |
b) instantaneous velocity; b) acceleration |
| WEEK 2 |
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1D and 2D kinematics; circular motion |
| Sep 14 M |
#3 |
a) constant acceleration |
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b) acceleration near the surface of a planet |
| Sep 16 W |
#4 |
a) adding velocities, displacements & accelerations in 2D (and 3D) |
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b) projectile motion |
| Sep 18 F |
#5 |
a) vector kinematics; general case; |
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b) uniform circular motion |
| WEEK 3 |
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relative motion and Newton's laws |
| Sep 21 M |
#6 |
frames of reference |
| Sep 23 W |
#7 |
quantifying pushing and pulling |
| Sep 25 F |
#8 |
a) if A produces a force on B then ... |
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b) how to pass the first exam |
| WEEK 4 |
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a = F / m for systems of interacting masses |
| Sep 28 M |
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No class |
| Sep 29 T |
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EXAM #1 7:30pm Walker Memorial 50-340 |
| Sep 30 W |
#9 |
free body diagrams: pushing and pulling a block |
| Oct 02 F |
#10 |
free body diagrams with tension |
| WEEK 5 |
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a = F / m with pulleys, friction, and springs |
| Oct 05 M |
#11 |
free body diagrams with friction |
| Oct 07 W |
#12 |
spring forces |
| Oct 09 F |
#13 |
THE force needed to produce (uniform) circular motion |
| WEEK 6 |
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work and kinetic energy |
| Oct 12 M |
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COLUMBUS DAY HOLIDAY, no classes |
| Oct 13 T |
#14 |
the scalar product of two vectors |
| Oct 14 W |
#15 |
"work" produces "kinetic energy" |
| Oct 16 F |
#16 |
storing work energy as "potential" energy |
| WEEK 7 |
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potential energy and conservation of energy |
| Oct 19 M |
#17 |
conservation of energy |
| Oct 21 W |
#18 |
solving problems using conservation of energy |
| Oct 23 F |
#19 |
old problems, new methods |
| WEEK 8 |
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a second conserved quantity |
| Oct 26 M |
#20 |
another conserved quantity: the momentum vector |
| Oct 28 W |
#21 |
collisions, contrived and less contrived |
| Oct 30 F |
#22 |
collisions in 1D |
| WEEK 9 |
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collisions and center of momentum frame |
| Nov 02 |
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No class |
| Nov 03 T |
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EXAM #2 7:30 in Walker Memorial 50-340 |
| Nov 04 W |
#23 |
collisions in 2D & 3D |
| Nov 06 F |
#24 |
the motion of the center of mass |
| WEEK 10 |
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center of mass, simple harmonic oscillator |
| Nov 09 M |
#25 |
THE simple harmonic oscillator (SHO) |
| Nov 11 W |
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VETERANS DAY VACATION, no classes |
| Nov 13 F |
#26 |
the kinetic and potential energy of the SHO |
| WEEK 11 |
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simple harmonic motion |
| Nov 16 M |
#27 |
simple harmonic motion near "equilibrium": the pendulum |
| Nov 18 W |
#28 |
rotational kinematics of "rigid" objects |
| Nov 20 F |
#29 |
kinetic energy of potatoes rotating about a fixed axis |
| WEEK 12 |
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rotation |
| Nov 23 M |
#30 |
rotational analog of a = F / m |
| Nov 24 T |
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EXAM #3 7:30 in Walker 50-340 |
| Nov 25 W |
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No class |
| Nov 27 F |
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THANKSGIVING VACATION, no classes |
| WEEK 13 |
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systems with rotation |
| Nov 30 M |
#31 |
rolling without slipping |
| Dec 02 W |
#32 |
rotation of and around different but parrallel axes |
| Dec 04 F |
#33 |
A THIRD concerved quantity: angular momentum |
| WEEK 14 |
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rotation and angular momentum in 3D |
| Dec 04 M |
#34 |
torque and angular momentum as vectors |
| Dec 09 W |
#35 |
variations on L = r x p |
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| IAP WK1 |
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rotation review / Kepler's laws |
| Jan 04 M |
I#1 |
compare / contrast rotational / translational dynamics |
| Jan 05 T |
L#1 |
Lab #1 |
| Jan 06 W |
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EXAM #4 at 10am (in class) |
| Jan 07 R |
L#2 |
Lab #2 |
| Jan 08 F |
I#2 |
Kepler the astro-mathematician's 3 kinematic laws |
| IAP WK2 |
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from Kepler's laws to Newton's law of gravitation |
| Jan 11 M |
I#3 |
acceleration calculated from Kepler's laws #1 and #2 |
| Jan 12 T |
L#3 |
Lab #3 |
| Jan 13 W |
I#4 |
"an acceleration implies a force" - Newton |
| Jan 14 R |
L#4 |
Lab #4 |
| Jan 15 F |
I#5 |
Newton ponders Kepler's law #3 and Junipter's moons |
| IAP WK3 |
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NOW I get it... |
| Jan 18 M |
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MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY HOLIDAY, no classes |
| Jan 19 T |
L#5 |
Lab #5 |
| Jan 20 W |
I#6 |
loose ends |
| Jan 21 R |
L#6 |
Lab #6 |
| Jan 22 F |
I#7 |
review |
| IAP WK4 |
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| Jan 25 M |
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FINAL EXAM at 9am |
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