PHY 2060 - Enriched Physics 1 - FALL 2009


SCHEDULE OF LECTURES (tentative)


The schedule below lists the topics planned for each lecture, cross-referenced to the text, as well as the date of each exam. This schedule is likely to evolve. It is your responsibility to be aware of any changes announced in class. (Many announcements will also be posted on the Web.)


Lecture # Date Section# from Text
  1 8/25 First class: Motion in one dimension (Secs. 2-3 to 2-6)
  2 8/27 Force and Newton's laws (Secs. 3-2 to 3-8)
  3 9/01 Reference frames and relative motion (Secs 3-2, 4-6),
Projectile motion (Secs. 4-1, 4.3)
  4 9/03 Projectile motion (Secs 4-3 and 4.4),
Uniform circular motion (Sec 4.5)
  5 9/08 Uniform circular motion (Sec 4.5),
Postulates of special relativity (Sec 20-2)
  6 9/10 Time dilation and length contraction (Sec 20-3)
  7 9/15 The Lorentz transformation (Secs 20-4 to 20-7)
  8 9/17 Spacetime
  9 9/22 Tension, normal forces and frictional forces (Secs 5-2, 5-3)
Exam 1 9/24 8:30 am - 10:25 am (periods 2+3), NPB 1002
  10 9/29 Uniform circular motion (Sec 5-4),
Linear momentum and impulse (Secs 6-2, 6-3)
  11 10/01 Conservation of Momentum,
One dimensional collisions (Secs 6-4, 6-5)
  12 10/06 Relativistic Momentum (Sec 20-8),
Many-particle Systems (Secs 7-3, 7-4)
  13 10/08 Many-particle Systems (Secs 7-5, 7-6)
  14 10/13 Rotational Kinematics (Secs 8-1 to 8-6)
  15 10/15 Torque and Rotational Inertia (Secs 9-1 to 9-4)
  16 10/20 Rotational Dynamics (Secs 9-5 to 9-8)
Exam 2 10/22 8:30 am - 10:25 am (periods 2+3), NPB 1002
  17 10/27 Conservation of Angular Momentum (Secs 10-1 to 10-5)
  18 10/29 Work, Energy and Power (Secs 11-1 to 11-3),
Work Done by a Variable Force (Sec 11-4)
  19 11/03 The Work-Energy Theorem (Secs 11-6 to 11-8)
  20 11/05 Potential Energy (Secs 12-1 to 12-5)
  21 11/10 Conservation of Energy (Secs 13-1 to 13-5),
Relativistic Energy (Sec 20-9)
  23 11/12 Gravitation (Secs 14-2 to 14-7)
  24 11/17 Pressure and Density,
Archimedes' Principle (Secs. 15-2 to 15-4)
Exam 3 11/19 8:30 am - 10:25 am (periods 2+3), NPB 1002
  25 11/24 Fluid Flow, Bernoulli's Equation (Secs 16-1 to 16-4)
   11/26 No Classes - Thanksgiving
  26 12/01 Simple Harmonic Oscillations (Secs 17-1 to 17-4)
  27 12/03 Real Harmonic Oscillations (Secs 17-5, 17-7 and 17-8)
  28 12/08 Review
Final Exam 12/15 NPB Room 1002, 12:30pm to 2:30pm