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SCHEDULE, PHYSICS 171, FALL 2006 (revised
Nov. 9, 2006) |
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| Date |
To read |
Topic |
HW |
"6 Ideas" Chpt |
| Week 1 |
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1-D MOTION |
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| 31-Aug |
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Intro, Measurement, Units |
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| 1-Sep |
Chpt 1 |
Interactions |
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C1 |
| Week 2 |
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MOTION and MOMENTUM |
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| 4-Sep |
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LABOR DAY |
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| 5-Sep |
2.1,2.2 |
1-D motion |
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C1 |
| 7-Sep |
2.3,2.4 |
Acceleration and Free Fall |
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N4 |
| 8-Sep |
3.1, 3.2 |
Vectors and Coordinate Systems |
HW1 |
C2, N2 |
| Week 3 |
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FORCES and NEWTON's LAWS |
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| 11-Sep |
3.3-3.5 |
2 & 3D motion |
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C3, N2, N10 |
| 12-Sep |
4.1,4.2 |
momentum and Force |
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C3 |
| 14-Sep |
4.3 -4.4 |
Gravity, Forces and Interactions |
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N1 |
| 15-Sep |
4.5 |
Free Body Diagrams |
HW2 |
N3 |
| Week 4 |
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APPLICATIONS OF NEWTON |
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| 18-Sep |
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QUIZ |
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| 19-Sep |
4.6,4.7 |
Newton's Third Law |
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N3, N7 |
| 21-Sep |
5.1, 5.3 |
Friction and Drag |
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N6 |
| 22-Sep |
5.2 |
Circular Motion and Drag |
HW3 |
N8 |
| Week 5 |
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ENERGY and WORK |
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| 25-Sep |
6.1 |
Work, Energy and Power |
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C6,C8 |
| 26-Sep |
6.2,6.3 |
Dot products: Power |
HW4 |
C8 |
| 28-Sep |
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synthesis/review |
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| 29-Sep |
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EXAM #1 |
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| Week 6 |
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CONSERVATION of ENERGY |
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| 2-Oct |
6.4 |
Potential Energy |
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C6,C7 |
| 3-Oct |
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synthesis |
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| 5-Oct |
7.1-7.2 |
Conservation of Energy |
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C6, N11 |
| 6-Oct |
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the Work-Energy Theorem |
HW5 |
C8 |
| Week 7 |
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CONSERVATION of MOMENTUM |
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| 9-Oct |
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QUIZ |
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| 10-Oct |
7.3-7.4 |
Mass, Energy and Quantization |
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| 12-Oct |
8.1-8.3 |
Center of Mass |
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C4 |
| 13-Oct |
8.4,8.5 |
Conservation of Linear Momentum |
HW6 |
C4,C5 |
| Week 8 |
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COLLISIONS |
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| 16-Oct |
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synthesis |
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| 17-Oct |
8.6 |
Collisions I |
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C5 |
| 19-Oct |
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Collisions II |
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C5 |
| 20-Oct |
8.7,8.8 |
Reference Frames |
HW7 |
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| Week 9 |
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ROTATIONAL MOTION |
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| 23-Oct |
9.1-9.2 |
Rotational motion and energy |
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C9 |
| 24-Oct |
9.3,9.4 |
Moments of Inertia Newton's Laws |
HW8 |
N5, C9 |
| 26-Oct |
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synthesis/review |
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| 27-Oct |
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EXAM #2 |
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| Week 11 |
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ANGULAR MOMENTUM |
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| 30-Oct |
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synthesis |
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| 31-Oct |
9.5 |
Applications |
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| 2-Nov |
9.6 |
Rolling |
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C9 |
| 3-Nov |
10.1-10.2 |
Torque and Angular Momentum |
HW9 |
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| Week 12 |
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ANGULAR MOMENTUM |
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| 6-Nov |
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QUIZ |
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| 7-Nov |
10.3 |
Conservation of Angular Mom. |
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| 9-Nov |
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Angular Mom., cont'd |
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N12 |
| 10-Nov |
R-1 |
Non-inertial reference Frames |
HW10 |
R1 |
| Week 13 |
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RELATIVITY |
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| 13-Nov |
R-2- R-4 |
Principle of relativity |
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R2, R3 |
| 14-Nov |
R-5 |
Synchronization and Time |
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R4 |
| 16-Nov |
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synthesis/review |
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| 17-Nov |
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EXAM #3 |
HW11 |
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| Week 14 |
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RELATIVITY |
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| 20-Nov |
R-6 |
The Metric Equation, Lorenz Transf. |
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R6,R7,R8 |
| 21-Nov |
R-7 |
Four Momentum and Energy |
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R9,R10 |
| 23-Nov |
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Thanksgiving |
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| 24-Nov |
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Thanksgiving |
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| Week 15 |
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GRAVITATION |
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| 27-Nov |
11.1 |
Kepler's Laws of Orbits |
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| 28-Nov |
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synthesis |
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| 30-Nov |
11.2-11.3 |
Newton's Law of Gravity |
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| 1-Dec |
11.4 |
Gravitational PE and fields |
HW12 |
N9 |
| Week 16 |
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GASES and FLUIDS |
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| 4-Dec |
13.1, 13.3 |
Density and Fluids in Motion |
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| 5-Dec |
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QUIZ |
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| 7-Dec |
17.1-17.3 |
Temperature and Gases in Motion |
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| 8-Dec |
17.5 |
Kinetic Theory of Gases I |
HW13 |
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| Week 17 |
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GASES and FLUIDS |
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| 11-Dec |
17.5 |
Kinetic Theory of Gases II |
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| 12-Dec |
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synthesis/review |
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FINAL EXAM, Dec18, 8-10 AM |
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