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 |