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This schedule is tentative and subject to change as the semester evolves

(Note: click on highlighted links to see powerpoint presentations/pdfs, if any, given during class)

Date
Day
Chapters
Topics
HW
JAN 7
W
Discussion of syllabus and introduction
JAN 9
F
Ungraded Diagnostic Test, Review of PHY2048
JAN 12
M
Chapter 1
Ungraded Math Review
JAN 14
W
Newtons Laws, Inertial frames
JAN 16
F
Vector algebra (dot product)
Quiz 1
JAN 19
M
No Class
Martin Luther King Jr Holiday
JAN 21
W
Vector algebra (cross product), applications
JAN 23
F
Rotation Matrices
HWA
JAN 26
M
Chapter 1 (L7)
Other coordinate systems
JAN 28
W
Chapter 2 (L8)
Air resistance (linear drag), Intro Dimensional analysis,
Quiz 2
JAN 30
F
Chapter 2 (L9)
Linear drag with gravity, ballistic trajectories
HWB
FEB 2
M
Quadratic drag, ballistic trajectories
FEB 4
W
Chapter 2 (L11)
Charged particle motion in uniform magnetic field
FEB 6
F
Chapter 3 (L12
Linear momentum,collisions
HWC,Quiz 3
FEB 9
M
Chapter 3 (L13)
Rocket propulsion
FEB 11
W
In class exam 1
Chapters 1-2
exam1
FEB 13
F
Chapter 3 (L14)
Center of mass, angular momentum
HWD
FEB 16
M
Torque, angular momentum, moment of inertia
FEB 18
W
Chapter 4 (L16)
Work - Kinetic Energy theorem, conservative forces
Quiz 4
FEB 20
F
Chapter 4 (L17)
Potential energy, conservative forces
HWE
FEB 23
M
Potential energy in 1D, equilibrium, stability
FEB 25
W
Chapter 4 (L19)
Equations of motion in constrained 1D potentials
HWF
FEB 27
F
Central forces,spherical coordinates,conservation laws
Quiz 5
MAR 2
M
Spring Break
MAR 4
W
Spring Break
MAR 6
F
Spring Break
MAR 9
M
Chapter 4 (L21)
Central forces, particle interactions
MAR 11
W
Central forces, rigid body motion
HWG
MAR 13
F
In-class exam 2
Chapters 3-4
exam 2
MAR 16
M
Chapter 5 (L23)
Simple harmonic oscillator
MAR 18
W
Chapter 5 (L24)
Simple harmonic oscillator examples
MAR 20
F
Damped harmonic oscillators
Quiz 6
MAR 23
M
Chapter 5 (L26)
Critically damped oscillators, Quality (Q) factor
MAR 25
W
Chapter 5 L(27)
Driven damped harmonic oscillators
HWH
MAR 27
F
Chapter 5 (L28)
Resonance
MAR 30
M
Chapter 5 (L29)
Fourier Analysis
APR 1
W
Chapter 6 (L30)
Calculus of Variations I
APR 3
F
Chapter 6 (L31)
Brachistochrone, Catenary, Fermat
HWI
APR 6
M
Chapter 6 (L32)
Calculus of Variations I - Euler Lagrange Eq
Quiz 7
APR 8
W
Lagrangian Mechanics and Variational principles
APR 10
F
In-class exam 3
Chapter 5
exam 3
APR 13
M
Chapter 7 (L34)
Generalized forces
APR 15
W
Chapter 7 (L35)
Lagrangian techniques - examples
APR 17
F
Chapter 7 (L36)
Lagrangian techniques - examples
ALC test
APR 20
M
Assigned (L37)
Dimensional analysis
APR 22
W
Assigned (L38)
Dimensional analysis
HWJ
APR 30
TH
Final exam
Cumulative, 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM

 

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