PHYSICS 218 FALL 2015Instructor : Dr. BassichisOffice: 316 MPHYPhone: 845 3137 (office)E-mail: [email protected] hours: Tues-Thurs 10:00-12:00 Weds 2:00-4:00 or by appointmentTextbook: “Don’t Panic: Volume I”, by William H. Bassichis, 7th EditionGoal: Master the fundamentals of physics to open the way to understanding subsequentcourses in physical science and engineering.Tentative ScheduleWeekTopicLearning ObjectivesAug. 31CalculusFind derivatives andintegrals of simplefunctions.Sept. 7One DimensionalMotionObtain algebraic equationsfor the kinematic variablesby integration ofa = dv dtandv = dx dtfor givena(t)and use the resultingequations to analyze motion.Sept. 14Vectors and TwoDimensional MotionBecome expert at expressingvectors in terms of unitvectors and components andadding vectors.Sept. 21Newton’s LawsLearn Newton’s First andSecond Law. Becomefamiliar with certain forces.Begin the study of“Prove” Newton’sThird Law.Sept. 28The Second LawExam I.Relate the force of gravity togravitational acceleration.Introduce friction.Oct. 5Work and the WorkEnergy TheoremMaster the precise definitionof work and understand thederivation of the workenergy theorem.Oct. 12Potential EnergyFunctionsCalculate work for variousforces and determinewhether a force isconservative.Oct. 19Conservation of EnergyUse Conservation of Energyfor conservative systems.Oct. 26Conservation ofMomentum, EXAM IIDerive the law ofConservation of Momentumand apply it.Nov. 2Polar CoordinatesDerive the components ofvelocity and acceleration interms of the unit vectors inpolar coordinates.Nov. 9Circular Motion,TorqueApply polar coordinates tosimple, circular motion.Learn definition of torque.Nov. 16Torque and AngularMomentumDefine angular momentumand derive the law ofConservation of AngularMomentum.Nov. 23ApplicationsApplications of Newton’sLaw for torque andConservation of AngularMomentumNov. 30Harmonic MotionEXAM IIIUse differential equations toanalyze sinusoidal motion.Dec. 7Frames of Reference,ReviewBe able to transformkinematic variables fromone coordinate system toanother.Dec. 11-16FINAL EXAM
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