PHY2060 - Enriched Physics 1 - Spring 2018
Syllabus
1/9 Dimensional analysis, motion in one dimension (Secs. 2-3 to 2-6)
1/11 Force and Newton's laws (Secs. 3-2 to 3-8) HW1
1/16 Reference frames and relative motion (Secs 3-2, 4-6)
Projectile motion (Secs. 4-1, 4.3)
1/18 Projectile motion (Secs 4-3 and 4.4)
Uniform circular motion (Sec 4.5)
1/23 Uniform circular motion (Sec 4.5),
1/25 Tension, normal forces and frictional forces (Secs 5-2, 5-3)
1/30 Uniform circular motion (Sec 5-4)
Linear momentum and impulse (Secs 6-2, 6-3)
2/1 Conservation of Momentum
One dimensional collisions (Secs 6-4, 6-5)
2/6 Many-particle Systems (Secs 7-3, 7-4)
2/8 Many-particle Systems (Secs 7-5, 7-6)
2/13 Rotational Kinematics (Secs 8-1 to 8-6)
2/15 Exam 1 on Chapters 2-7
2/20 Torque and Rotational Inertia (Secs 9-1 to 9-4)
2/22 Rotational Dynamics (Secs 9-5 to 9-8)
2/27 Conservation of Angular Momentum (Secs 10-1 to 10-5)
3/1 Work, Energy and Power (Secs 11-1 to 11-4)
SPRING BREAK
3/13 Work-Energy Theorem (Secs 11-6 to 11-8)
3/15 Potential Energy (Secs 12-1 to 12-5)
3/20 Conservation of Energy (Secs 13-1 to 13-5)
3/22 Gravitation (Secs 14-2 to 14-7)
3/27 Fluids (Secs 15-1 to 15-5 and 16-1 to 16-4)
3/29 Exam 2 Chapters 10-14 (up through sec 14-7)
4/3 Simple Harmonic Oscillations (Secs 17-1 to 17-4)
4/5 Real Harmonic Oscillations (Secs 17-5, 17-7 and 17-8)
4/10 Wave motion (Secs 18-1 through 18-10)
4/12 Sound Waves (Secs 19-1 through 19-9)
4/17 Postulates of special relativity (Sec 20-2)
4/19 Time dilation and length contraction (Sec 20-3)
4/24 The Lorentz transformation (Secs 20-4 to 20-7)
5/2 Final Exam 5:30-7:30pm in NPB 1002