PHYS 1425 Syllabus - Spring 2020



Class # Date Day Text Sections Topic
1 Jan 13 M 1 Introduction, measurement, estimation
2 Jan 15 W 2(1-5) One-dimensional motion
3 Jan 17 F 2(6-9) One-dimensional motion
4 Jan 22 W 3(1-6) Vectors
5 Jan 24 F 3(7-9) Projectile motion
6 Jan 27 M 4(1-5) Newton's laws of motion
7 Jan 29 W 4(6-8) Weight, tension, free body diagrams
8 Jan 31 F 5(1) Friction
9 Feb 3 M 5(2-4) Circular motion
10 Feb 5 W 5(5-6),6(1-2) More complicated motion, gravitation
11 Feb 7 F 6(3-5) Special gravitational applications, Kepler's laws
12 Feb 10 M 6(5-8) Kepler's laws, gravitational fields
13 Feb 12 W Review Exam I, Chs. 1-5
14 Feb 14 F 7(1-3) Work
15 Feb 17 M 7(3-4) Work, work-energy principle
16 Feb 19 W 8(1-4) Conservative and non-conservative forces, potential and mechanical energy
17 Feb 21 F 8(5-9) Conservation of energy
18 Feb 24 M 9(1-5) Linear momentum, collisions
19 Feb 26 W 9(6-10) Collisions, center of mass, rockets
20 Feb 28 F 10(1-3) Rotational motion
21 Mar 2 M 10(4-7) Torque, rotational dynamics
22 Mar 4 W 10(8-10) Rotational kinetic energy
23 Mar 6 F 11(1-3) Angular momentum
  Mar 7-18 Spring Break, no class
24 Mar 20 F 11(3-6) Angular momentum and torque for rigid objects and system of particles
25 Mar 23 M 11(6-9) Conservation of angular momentum, tops, gyroscopes, rotating frames
26 Mar 25 W 14(1-4) Simple harmonic motion
Exam II, Chs. 6-10
27 Mar 27 F 14(5-8) Pendulum, damped and forced harmonic motion
28 Mar 30 M 12(1-3) Statics
29 Apr 1 W 12(4-5) Statics
30 Apr 3 F 13(1-7) Fluids
31 Apr 6 M 13(8-14) Bernoulli's equation, applications
32 Apr 8 W 17(1-5) Temperature
33 Apr 10 F 17(6-10) Ideal gas law
34 Apr 13 M 18(1-4) Kinetic theory of gases
35 Apr 15 W 18(5-7), 19(1-3) Van der Waals, heat
36 Apr 17 F 19(4-7) Specific and latent heat, first law of thermodynamics
37 Apr 20 M 19(8-10) Heat transfer
38 Apr 22 W 20(1-4) Second law of thermodynamics
Exam III, Chs. 11-14, 17-18
39 Apr 24 F 20(5-8) Entropy
40 Apr 27 M 20(9-11) Statistical interpretation, thermal pollution, course review
  Apr 30 R 0900-1200 Final: Section 2
  May 1 F 1400-1700 Final: Section 1
  May 7 R 0900-1200 Final: Section 3
Revised: October 22, 2019