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# Calendar

Course calendar.
LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES
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1 | Powers of Ten - Units - Dimensions - Measurements - Uncertainties - Dimensional Analysis - Scaling Arguments |
2 | 1D Kinematics - Speed - Velocity - Acceleration |
3 | Vectors - Dot Products - Cross Products - 3D Kinematics |
4 | 3D Kinematics - Free Falling Reference Frames | Assignment 1 due
5 | Circular Motion - Centrifuges Moving - Reference Frames - Perceived Gravity |
6 | Newton's Laws |
7 | Weight - Perceived Gravity - Weightlessness Free Fall - Zero Gravity in Orbit (Misnomer) |
8 | Friction | Assignment 2 due
9 | Exam Review |
| Exam 1 |
10 | Hooke's Law - Springs - Simple Harmonic Motion - Pendulum - Small Angle Approximation |
11 | Work - Kinetic Energy - Potential Energy - Conservative Forces - Conservation of Mechanical Energy - Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation |
12 | Non-Conservative Forces - Resistive Forces - Air Drag - Terminal Velocity | Assignment 3 due
13 | Potential Energy - Energy Considerations to Derive Simple Harmonic Motion |
14 | Escape Velocities - Bound and Unbound Orbits - Circular Orbits - Various Forms of Energy - Power |
15 | Momentum - Conservation of Momentum - Center of Mass | Assignment 4 due
16 | Collisions - Elastic and Inelastic - Center of Mass Frame of Reference |
17 | Impulse - Rockets |
18 | Exam Review | Assignment 5 due
| Exam 2 |
19 | Rotating Rigid Bodies - Moment of Inertia - Parallel Axis and Perpendicular Axis Theorem - Rotational Kinetic Energy - Fly Wheels - Neutron Stars - Pulsars |
20 | Angular Momentum - Torques - Conservation of Angular Momentum - Spinning Neutron Stars - Stellar Collapse |
21 | Torques - Oscillating Bodies - Hoops | Assignment 6 due
22 | Kepler's Laws - Elliptical Orbits - Satellites - Change of Orbits - Ham Sandwich |
23 | Doppler Effect - Binary Stars - Neutron Stars and Black Holes |
24 | Rolling Motion - Gyroscopes - Very Non-intuitive | Assignment 7 due
25 | Static Equilibrium - Stability - Rope Walker |
26 | Elasticity - Young's Modulus |
27 | Fluid Mechanics - Pascal's Principle - Hydrostatics - Atmospheric Pressure - Over Pressure in Lungs and Tires |
28 | Hydrostatics - Archimedes' Principle - Fluid Dynamics - What Makes Your Boat Float? - Bernoulli's Equation | Assignment 8 due
29 | Exam Review |
| Exam 3 |
30 | Simple Harmonic Oscillations - Energy Considerations - Torsional Pendulum |
31 | Forced Oscillations - Normal Modes - Resonance - Natural Frequencies - Musical Instruments |
32 | Heat - Thermal Expansion | Assignment 9 due
33 | Kinetic Gas Theory - Ideal Gas Law - Isothermal Atmosphere - Phase Diagrams - Phase Transitions |
34 | The Wonderful Quantum World - Breakdown of Classical Mechanics |
35 | Farewell Special - High-energy Astrophysics |
| Final Exam |