PHYS 1425 Syllabus - Spring 2019



Class # Date Day Text Sections Topic
1 Jan 14 M 1 Introduction, measurement, estimation
2 Jan 16 W 2(1-5) One-dimensional motion
3 Jan 18 F 2(6-9) One-dimensional motion
4 Jan 23 W 3(1-6) Vectors
5 Jan 25 F 3(7-9) Projectile motion
6 Jan 28 M 4(1-5) Newton's laws of motion
7 Jan 30 W 4(6-8) Weight, tension, free body diagrams
8 Feb 1 F 5(1) Friction
9 Feb 4 M 5(2-4) Circular motion
10 Feb 6 W 5(5-6),6(1-2) More complicated motion, gravitation
11 Feb 8 F 6(3-5) Special gravitational applications, Kepler's laws
12 Feb 11 M 6(5-8) Kepler's laws, gravitational fields
13 Feb 13 W Review Exam I, Chs. 1-5
14 Feb 15 F 7(1-3) Work
15 Feb 18 M 7(3-4) Work, work-energy principle
16 Feb 20 W 8(1-4) Conservative and non-conservative forces, potential and mechanical energy
17 Feb 22 F 8(5-9) Conservation of energy
18 Feb 25 M 9(1-5) Linear momentum, collisions
19 Feb 27 W 9(6-10) Collisions, center of mass, rockets
20 Mar 1 F 10(1-3) Rotational motion
21 Mar 4 M 10(4-7) Torque, rotational dynamics
22 Mar 6 W 10(8-10) Rotational kinetic energy
23 Mar 8 F 11(1-3) Angular momentum
  Mar 9-17 Spring Break, no class
24 Mar 18 M 11(3-6) Angular momentum and torque for rigid objects and system of particles
25 Mar 20 W Review Exam II, Chs. 6-10
26 Mar 22 F 11(6-9) Conservation of angular momentum, tops, gyroscopes, rotating frames
27 Mar 25 M 14(1-4) Simple harmonic motion
28 Mar 27 W 14(5-8) Pendulum, damped and forced harmonic motion
29 Mar 29 F 12 Statics
30 Apr 1 M 12 Statics
31 Apr 3 W 13(1-7) Fluids
32 Apr 5 F 13(8-14) Bernoulli's equation, applications
33 Apr 8 M 17(1-5) Temperature
34 Apr 10 W 17(6-10) Ideal gas law
35 Apr 12 F 18(1-4) Kinetic theory of gases
36 Apr 15 M 18(5-7), 19(1-3) Van der Waals, heat
37 Apr 17 W Review Exam III, Chs. 11-14, 17-18
38 Apr 19 F 19(4-7) Specific and latent heat, first law of thermodynamics
39 Apr 22 M 19(8-10) Heat transfer
40 Apr 24 W 20(1-4) Second law of thermodynamics
41 Apr 26 F 20(5-8) Entropy
42 April 29 M 20(9-11) Statistical interpretation, thermal pollution, course review
  May 2 R 0900-1200 Final: Section 3
  May 4 S 0900-1200 Final: Section 2
  May 6 M 1400-1700 Final: Section 1
Revised: October 26, 2018