PHYS 1425 Syllabus - Fall 2012

Class #

Date

Day

Text Sections

Topic
1
1
Introduction, measurement, estimation

2

2(1-5)

One-dimensional motion

3

2(6-9)

One-dimension motion

4

3(1-6)

Vectors

5

3(7-9)

Projectile motion

6

4(1-5)

Newton's laws of motion

7

4(6-8)

Weight, tension, free body diagrams

8

5(1)

Friction

9

5(2-4)

Circular motion

10

5(5-6),6(1-2)

More complicated motion, gravitation

11

6(3-5)

Special gravitational applications, Kepler's law

12

6(5-8)

Kepler's law,gravitational fields, review, catchup

13

Exam I, Chs. 1-5

14

7(1-3)

Work

15

7(3-4)

Work, work-energy principle

16

8(1-4)

Conservative and non-conservative forces, potential and mechanical energy

17

8(5-9)

Conservation of energy

18

9(1-5)
Linear momentum, collisions

19

9(6-10)

Collisions, center of mass, rockets

20

10(1-3)

Rotational motion
 
 

21

10(4-7)

Torque, rotational dynamics

22

10(8-10)

Rotational kinetic energy

23

11(1-3)

Angular momentum

24

11(3-6)

Angular momentum and torque for rigid objects and system of particles

25

11(6-9)

Conservation of angular momentum, tops, gyroscopes, rotating frames

26

12

Statics

27

Catchup, revise syllabus, review??
28
Exam II, Chs. 6-11
29
13(1-7)
Fluids
30
13(8-14)
Bernoulli equation, applications
31
14(1-4)
Simple harmonic motion
32
14(5-8)
Pendulum, damped and forced harmonic motion
33
17(1-5)
Temperature
34
17(6-10)
Ideal gas law
35
18(1-4)
Kinetic theory of gases
36
18(5-7), 19(1-3)
Van der Waals, heat
37
19(4-7)
Specific and latent heat, first law of thermodynamics
38
19(8-10)
Heat transfer
39
20(1-4)
Second law of thermodynamics
40
Exam III, Chs. 12-14, 17-19 ??
41
20(5-8)
Entropy
42
20(9-11)
Statistical interpretation, thermal pollution, course review