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Lecture Slides Fall 2013An updated set will be published within 24 hrs after each lecture. See the archived 2012 slides below if you would like to see the slides *before class*. |
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| Lecture 1 | Wed Sept 4, 2013 | Science, Physics, Theories, Measurements, Uncertainty |
| Lecture 2 | Mon Sept 9, 2013 | Kinematics in One Dimension. Distance, Displacement, Speed, Velocity, Acceleration |
| Lecture 3 | Wed Sept 11 | Motion at Constant Acceleration. Falling Objects. |
| Lecture 4 | Mon Sept 16 | Vectors, and introduction to kinematics in 2 Dimensions |
| Lecture 5 | Wed Sept 18 | Projectile Motion |
| Lecture 6 | Mon Sept 23 | Newton's Laws: Forces |
| Lecture 7 | Wed Sept 25 | Newton's Laws: Dynamics |
| Exam 1 | Mon Sept 30 | Chapters 1-4 (Measurement & Uncertainty, Kinematics, Vectors, Projectiles, Forces, Newton's Laws) |
| Lecture 8 | Wed Oct 2 | Chapter 6. Free Body diagrams, Work and Energy |
| Lecture 9 | Mon Oct 7 | Chapter 6 Work and Energy |
| Lecture 10 | Wed Oct 9 | Chapter 7. Momentum. (Includes Writing Assignment Instructions and extra concept questions at the end) |
| Lecture 11 | Wed Oct 16 | Chapter 5. Circular Motion, Centripetal force, Gravitation (Includes optional material on Kepler's Laws and additional concept questions) |
| Lecture12 | Mon Oct 21 | Rotational Dynamics (Chapter 8) Angular Velocity, angular acceleration, rotation rates, centripetal accleration in terms of angular velocity. |
| Lecture 13 | Wed Oct 23 | Rotational Dynamics (Chapter 8) Torque, angular momentum |
| EXAM 2 | Mon Oct 28 | Chapters 5-8 (Work/Energy, Momentum, Gravitation, Circular and Rotational motion) |
| Lecture14 | Strength & Stability of Materials & Structures (Ch 9) | |
| Lecture15 | Mon Nov 4 | Fluids. Pressure, Density, Buoyancy, Gauges, Atmosperic pressure, Barometers, Blood pressure, Archimedes Principle. |
| Lecture 16 | Wed Nov 6 | Fluids in Motion. Viscosity, Bernoulli's Principle, Torricelli's theorem, Flow rate |
| Lecture 17 | Wed Nov 13 | We spent this lecture modelling Typhoon Haiyan using Physics concepts including Momentum, Bernoulli's Principle, and Rotational Motion Following the Typhoon slides, you will find slides summarizing Pouseuille's Formula, Flight, Surface Tension and Capillary Action. |
| Lecture 18 | Mon Nov 18 | Simple Harmonic Motion. Oscillators and Pendulums (we didn't get to pendulums, so we'll start there next time) |
| EXAM 3 | Wed Nov 20 | Chapters 8-10 |
| Lecture 19 | Mon Nov 25 | Pendulums, Resonance, Vibrating Strings, Standing Waves, Harmonics, Damping and Forcing. |
| Lecture 20 | Wed Nov 27 | Sound and the Physics of Music |
| Lecture 21 | Mon Dec 2 | Temperature and Heat |
| Lecture 22 | Wed Dec 4 | Temperature and Heat |
| Lecture 23 | Mon Dec 9 | Heat and Energy |
| Lecture 24 | Wed Dec 11 | Heat and Energy |
Archived Lecture Slides from Fall 2012The following archived slides from last year are available to read, download, and print out before lectures. They will be replaced with the new version above, within 24 hrs after each lecture. |
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| Lecture 1 | Wed Sept 5, 2012 | Science, Physics, Theories, Measurements, Uncertainty |
| Lecture 2 | Mon Sept 10, 2012 | Kinematics in One Dimension. Distance, Displacement, Speed, Velocity, Acceleration |
| Lecture 3 | Wed Sept 12, 2012 | Motion at Constant Acceleration. Falling Objects. Clickers will be used from here on. |
| Lecture 4 | Mon Sept 17 | Vectors, and introduction to kinematics in 2 Dimensions |
| Lecture 5 | Wed Sept 19 | Projectile Motion (link to projectile demonstration notes) |
| Lecture 6 | Mon Sept 24 | Newton's Laws: Forces |
| Lecture 7 | Wed Sept 26 | Newton's Laws: Dynamics |
| Exam 1 | Mon Oct 1 | Chapters 1-4 (Measurement & Uncertainty, Kinematics, Vectors, Projectiles, Forces, Newton's Laws) |
| Lecture 8 | Wed Oct 3 | Chapter 6. Work and Energy |
| Lecture 9 | Wed Oct 10 | Chapter 7. Linear Momentum and Center of Mass |
| Lecture 10 | Mon Oct 15 | Chapter 5. Circular Motion, Centripetal force. (Includes Writing Assignment Instructions, and extra concept questions at the end) |
| Lecture 11 | Wed Oct 17 | Chapter 5. Gravitation (Includes optional material and additional concept questions) |
| Lecture 12 | Mon Oct 22 | Rotational Dynamics (Chapter 8) angular kinematics |
| Lecture 13 | Wed Oct 24 | Rotational Dynamics (Chapter 8) Torque, angular momentum (We reached slide #31 in class) |
| EXAM 2 | Mon Oct 29 | Chapters 5-8 (Work/Energy, Momentum, Gravitation, Circular and Rotational motion) |
| Lecture 14 | *Recitations* | Strength & Stability of Materials & Structures (Ch 9) |
| Lecture 15 | Mon Nov 5 | Fluids. Pressure, Density, Buoyancy, Gauges, Atmosperic pressure, Barometers, Blood pressure, Archimedes Principle. |
| Lecture 16 | Wed Nov 7 | Fluids in Motion. Viscosity, Bernoulli's Principle, Torricelli's theorem, Flow rate, Pouseuille's Formula |
| Lecture 17 | Wed Nov 14 | Simple Harmonic Motion. Oscillators and Pendulums |
| Lecture 18 | Mon Nov 19 | Pendulums, Resonance, Vibrating Strings, Standing Waves, Harmonics, Damping and Forcing. |
| Lecture 19 | Mon Nov 26 | Sound (includes many extra concept questions for review/practice) |
| Lecture 20 | Wed Nov 28 | Temperature |
| Lecture 21 | Mon Dec 3 | Kinetic Theory |
| Lecture 22 | Wed Dec 5 | Heat |
| Lecture 23 | Mon Dec 10 | Thermodynamics & Course Summary |
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