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Physics 303K Syllabus - Spring
2015 Professor Swinney, Matter & Interactions Book 3rd Edition |
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All homework
is due by 11:30 pm on the date indicated above. Homework will be submitted
via the Quest system |
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M-W Reading |
Reading |
Homework and |
Homework and
Test |
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Assignment |
Topics |
Test Numbers |
Sections |
Discussion |
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1/19/2015 |
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Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day |
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1.1-1.4 |
Kinds of
Matter; Detecting Interactions; Newton's First Law |
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0 |
Math Review |
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F |
1.5-1.7 |
3-D Vectors; SI
Units; Velocity |
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1 |
1.1-1.7 |
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1/26/2015 |
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1.8-1.9, 2.1-2.2 |
Momentum;
Changes in Momentum; Defining Systems; The Momentum Principle |
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Tu |
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1 - Python Introduction |
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2.3-2.5 |
Applying the
Momentum Principle; Iterative Calculations; The Spring Force |
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Th |
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2 |
1.8-1.9,
2.1-2.5 |
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F |
2.6-2.11, 4.10 |
Constant Force;
Kinematic Equations of Motion (Differential Equations); Force and Mass |
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Su |
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3 |
2.6-2.8; 2.11 |
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2/2/2015 |
M |
3.1-3.5 |
Fundamental
Forces; Gravitational Force; Reciprocity |
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Tu |
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2 - Python Plotting |
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3.6-3.10 |
Electric Force;
Strong and Weak Forces; Chaos and Uncertainty |
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Th |
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4 |
3.1-3.7 |
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F |
3.11-3.15 |
Momentum
Conservation; Multiparticle Systems |
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5 |
3.11-3.13 |
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2/9/2015 |
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4.13 |
Buoyancy
and Pressure |
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3 - GP Buoyancy |
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4.8 |
Friction:
Static and Kinetic |
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Th |
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6 |
4.8, 4.13 |
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F |
Review |
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2/16/2015 |
M |
4.1-4.7, 4.9 |
The
Atomic Basis of Material Properties: Tension, Young's Modulus |
Test 1 - 7-9 pm |
1.1-1.9,
2.1-2.8, 2.11, 3.1-3.13, 4.8, 4.13 |
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4 - GP Car on incline |
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W |
5.1-5.4, 3.10 |
Statics I:
Systems at Rest; Curving Motion; Chaos |
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Th |
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7 |
4.1-4.7, 4.9 |
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5.5-5.6 |
Curving Motion |
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8 |
5.1-5.4 |
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2/23/2015 |
M |
5.6-5.7 |
Circular
Motion |
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5 - GP Circular motion |
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W |
6.1-6.3 |
The Energy
Principle; Rest Energy; Kinetic Energy; Work |
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Th |
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9 |
5.4-5.7, 6.1,
6.2 |
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F |
6.3-6.7 |
Single Particle
Energy Principle; Change in Rest Energy |
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10 |
6.1-6.7 |
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3/2/2015 |
M |
4.11, 4.14-4.15 |
Simple
Harmonic Motion (SHM): Amplitude, Frequency, Phase Angle, Graphs |
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Tu |
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6- Python Mass-Spring |
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7.1, 7.3 |
Path Independence of Work;
Potential Energy; Spring Energy |
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11 |
7.1,7.3, 4.11,
4.14-4.15 |
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F |
Review |
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3/9/2015 |
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7.2, 6.15 |
Interatomic Potential; The
Universality of SHM: Taylor Expansion about a Minimum; Binding Energy |
Test 2 - 7-9 pm |
4.1-4.7,
4.9, 5.1-5.7, 6.1-6.7, 7.1,7.3, 4.11, 4.14-4.15 |
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7- GP Binding Energy |
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W |
6.8-6.9, 6.12-6.14 |
Gravitational
and Electric Potential Energy |
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12 |
7.2, 6.15,
6.8-6.9 |
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F |
6.10-6.11 |
Potential
Energy Graphs |
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3/16/2015 |
M-F |
SPRING BREAK |
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13 |
6.10-6.14 |
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3/23/2015 |
M |
7.4-7.11 |
Heat;
Heat Capacity; Power; Energy Accounting; Air Drag |
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8 - GP Ballistic Pendulum |
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8.1-8.3 |
Photons;
Electronic Energy Levels |
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14 |
7.4-7.11 |
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F |
8.4-8.9 |
Vibrational and
Rotational Energy Levels; Light; Laser |
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15 |
8.1-8.9 |
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3/30/2015 |
M |
9.1-9.3, 9.8 |
Translational
and Rotational Kinetic Energy and Center of Mass; Moment of Inertia |
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9 - GP Center of Mass/Inertia |
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W |
9.3-9.5 |
Moment of
Inertia (Calculus); Point Particle and Real Systems |
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16 |
9.1-9.5, 9.8 |
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F |
10.1-10.5 |
Collisions in 1
dimension (1D) |
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17 |
10.1-10.5 |
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4/6/2015 |
M |
10.6-10.7 |
Collisions
in 2-D and 3-D |
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Tu |
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10 - Python Collisions |
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W |
11.1-11.2 |
Angular
Momentum |
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Th |
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18 |
10.6-10.7,11.1-11.2 |
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F |
Review |
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Su |
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4/13/2015 |
M |
11.3-11.4 |
Angular
Momentum Principle; Torque |
Test 3 - 7-9 pm |
6.8-6.15,
7.4-7.11, 8.1-8.9, 9.1-9.8,10.1-10.7, 11.1-11.2 |
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11 - Python Angular Momentum |
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11.7 |
Statics II:
Systems at rest involving torques |
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Th |
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19 |
11.3-11.4,
11.7 |
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F |
11.5-11.6 |
Extended
Bodies; The Three Principles of Mechanics |
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20 |
11.5-11,6 |
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4/20/2015 |
M |
11.8-11.9 |
Rotational
Dynamics |
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12 - GP Spool Dynamics |
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W |
11.10-11.11 |
The Bohr Atom;
Spin; Gyroscopes |
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21 |
11.8-11.11 |
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F |
12.1-12.2 |
Introduction
to Statistical Mechanics; The Einstein Model of Solids |
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22 |
12.1-12.2 |
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4/27/2015 |
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12.3-12.4 |
Entropy;
The Entropy Principle (The Second Law of Thermodynamics) |
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13 - GP Microstates |
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12.5-12.8 |
Temperature;
Heat Capacity; The Boltzmann Distribution |
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12.3-12.8 |
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F |
Review |
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5/4/2015 |
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13.1-13.3 |
Kinetics
of Gases and Liquids |
Test 4 - 7-9 pm |
11.1-11.11,
12.1-12.8 |
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14 - Review/Evals |
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13.4 |
The Ideal Gas
Law |
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13.1-13.4 |
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Review for Final |
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5/13/2015 |
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Final Exam 7-10 pm |
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1.1-13.4 |
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