Phys 2110 Fall 2011 Schedule

--Lectures, Reading Assignments, Lab, and Recitation--

 

 

Week of

Monday
(lecture)

Tuesday

Wednesday

(lecture)

Thursday

Friday
(lecture)

Aug 29
Lab 1: Data Analysis

Class Overview
(syllabus)

No meeting

2

Units and Trig
(1.1–1.4)

 

3

Vectors
(1.5-1.8)

Sept 5

 
Labor Day Holiday

Recitation
(lab 1 quiz)

4

The language of motion
(2.1-2.3)

 

5

Constant acceleration motion
(2.4-2.6)

Sept 12

Lab 2: 1D Motion

6

Graphing motion
Lab 2 demo
(2.7)

Recitation

7

2D motion
(3.1–3.3)

 

8

Newton's 3 laws
(4.1-4.5)

Sept 19

9

Physical forces – gravity and contact forces
(4.6-4.10)

Recitation
(lab 2 quiz)

EXAM I
(Lectures 2-9;
Homework 1-3)

 

10

N’s 2nd law:  equilibrium

(4.11)

Sept 26
Lab 3: N’s 2nd Law

11

N’s 2nd law:  nonequilibrium
Lab 3 demo
(4.12)

Recitation

12

Uniform circular motion intro

(5.1-5.3)

 

13

Uniform circular motion examples

(5.4-5.5)

Oct 3
Lab 4:  Work and Energy

14

Work and kinetic energy
(6.1-6.2)

Recitation
(lab 3 quiz)

15

Potential energy and conservative forces
(6.3-6.5)

 

16

Applications of WE theorem / power

(6.6-6.7)

Oct 10
Lab 5: Ballistic Pendulum

17

Impulse and momentum

(7.1-7.2)

Recitation
(lab 4 quiz)

18

Collisions and center-of-mass

(7.3-7.5)

 

EXAM II
(Lectures 10-18;
Homework 4-6)

Oct 17

19

Rotational Kinematics I

(8.1-8.3)

Recitation
(lab 5 quiz)

20

Rotational Kinematics II

(8.4-8.6)

Special Lecture:  The Big Picture

Fall Break

Oct 24

21

Torque and static equilibrium

 

(9.1-9.3)

Recitation

22

Rotational Dynamics

Lab 6 demo

(9.4-9.6)

 

23

Harmonic oscillations
(10.1-10.4)

Oct 31
Lab 6:

Rotational Motion

24
Damped and driven harmonic oscillations
/ resonance
Lab 7 demo
(10.5-10.6)

Recitation

25

Fluid statics I
(11.1-11.3)

 

26

Fluids statics II
(11.4-11.6)

Nov 7
Lab 7: Harmonic Oscillations

27

Fluid dynamics I
(11.7-11.9)

Recitation
(lab 6 quiz)

28

Fluid dynamics II
(11.10–11.11)

 

EXAM III
(Lectures 19-28;

Homework 7-9)

Nov 14
Lab 8:  Density and Buoyant Force
(canceled)

29
Temperature and thermal expansion
(12.1-12.5)

Recitation
(lab 7 quiz)

30

Temperature, internal energy, and heat
(12.6-12.8)

 

31

Heat transfer
(13.1-13.4)

Nov 21

No
meeting

No meeting

Thanksgiving
Break

 

Thanksgiving
Break

Nov 28

32

Ideal gas law, kinetic theory

(14.1-14.3)

Recitation
(lab 8 quiz
- canceled)

33

Diffusion
(14.4)

 

34

First law of thermodynamics / thermodynamic processes
(15.1-15.4, 15.6)

Dec 5
Lab 9: Thermal Equilibrium

35

Thermodynamic processes / P-V diagrams
(15.4-15.5)

Recitation

36

Second law and heat engines
(15.7-15.10)

 

37

Second law and entropy
(15.10-15.11)

 

 

FINAL EXAM

Lectures 29-37
Homework 10-12
plus Lab 9 quiz

Monday, December 12, 2011,
11:30 a.m. – 1:20 p.m.