Dan Wasserman

9/1: Lecture 1

Class Overview

Chapter 1:1-7

Why science? significant figures, units, estimating.

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9/6:  NO CLASSES: LABOR DAY  

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Lecture 2

Chapter 2: 1-7

Average and Instantaneous velocity, acceleration, freely falling objects

HW1a - Introduction to Mastering Physics

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9/10:

HW 1b- Chapter 1: 1-7

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Lecture 3

Chapter 3: 1-5

Vectors: addition, subtraction and multiplication by a scalar, unit vectors

HW2a - Chapter 2: 1-7

9/15: Lecture 4

Chapter 3: 6,9

Vector kinematics, relative motion

HW2b -Chapter 3: 1-5

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HW2c -  Chapter 2: 1-7, Chapter 3: 1-5

9/20:  Lecture 5

Chapter 3: 7-8

Projectile motion, Intro to circular motion

HW3a - Chapter 3: 6,9

9/22: Lecture 6

Chapter 4: 1-6

Force, Mass, Newton's First, Second Laws

HW3b - Chapter 3: 7-8

9/27: Lecture 7

Chapter 4: 7-8

Newton's third law, Force of gravity and Normal Force, Free Body Diagrams, Problem Solving

HW4a - Chapter 4: 1-6

9/29: Lecture 8

Chapter 5: 1,6

Friction and velocity dependent forces (drag and terminal velocity)

HW4b - Chapter 4: 7-8

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10/4: EXAM I

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10/6: Lecture 9

Chapter 5: 2-5

Uniform circular motion, Highway curves (banked, unbanked)

HW5a - Chapter 5: 1,6

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10/8: HW5b - Chapter 5: 1,6

Exam post-mortem

10/12: Lecture 10

Chapter 6: 1-7

Newton's law of Universal gravitation, Weightlessness, Kepler's laws.

HW6a - Chapter 5: 2-5

Lecture 11

Chapter 7: 1-4

Work by constant Force, scalar product of vectors, Work done by varying force.

HW6b - Chapter 6: 1-7

10/18: Lecture 12

Chapter 7-4, 8-1

Work-Energy Theorem, Conservative, non-Conservative Forces

HW7a - Chapter 7: 1-4

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10/20: Lecture 13

Chapter 8: 2-4

Potential Energy, Mechanical Energy.

HW7b - Chapter 7.4, Chapter 8.1

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10/22: HW7c - Chapter 7

10/25: Lecture 14

Chapter 8: 5-8

Conservation of Energy, Dissipative forces, escape velocity, Power

HW8a - Chapter 8:2-4

10/27:  Lecture 15

Chapter 9:1-3

Momentum and Force, Conservation of Momentum, Collisions and Impulse

HW8b - Chapter 8:5-8

Chapters 5-8

Chapter 9: 4-6

Conservation of Momentum and Energy, Elastic, Inelastic Collisions

HW9a - Chapter 9:1-3

Chapter 9:7-9

Collisions in 2D-3D, Center of Mass, CofM and Translational motion

HW10a - Chapter 9:2-4

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11/15:  Lecture 18

Chapter 10: 1-3

Angular quantities, vector nature of angular quantities, constant angular acceleration.

HW11a - Chapter 9:7-9

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11/17: Lecture 19

Chapter 10: 4-8

Torque, Rotational Inertia, Rotational Dynamics, Moments of Inertia

HW11b - Chapter 10:1-3

11/22: Lecture 20

Chapter 11: 1-4

Angular momentum, vector cross products

HW12a - Chapter 10:4-8

11/24:  Lecture 21

Chapter 11:5-6

Angular momentum of rigid bodies, conservation of angular momentum

HW12b - Chapter 10:4-8, Chapter 11: 1-4

11/25:  THANKSGIVING

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THANKSGIVING

NO CLASSES

11/29: Lecture 22

Chapter 14: 1-3

Oscillations, simple harmonic motion, Energy of oscillators

HW13a - Chapter 11: 5-6

12/1: EXAM 3

Chapters 9 to 11

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Lecture 23

Chapter 14: 4-8

Pendulums, damped and forced harmonic motion

HW14a - Chapter 14:1-3

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Lecture 24

Chapter 15: 1-5 Waves

HW14b - Chapter 14:4-8

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