PHY 2060
Exam 3 — Fall 2007
Exam 3 will take place in NPB 1002 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. on Thursday, November 15. Please try to arrive by 8:25 a.m. You should bring writing implements, and you may use an electronic calculator and as many as three formula sheets. No other papers or electronic devices may be used during the exam.
The exam will consist of 10 questions in a format similar to past semesters' exams (see the exams page for samples). Question 1 will be in multiple-choice format, while the remaining questions will consist of problems requiring a written solution. These questions may address any of the material covered in class through Thursday, November 8. The emphasis will be on material covered since the second exam. These topics are listed below, along with the most closely related sections of the text.
Rotational Kinematics
- Rotational variables (Sec. 8–2)
- Rotational quantities as vectors (Sec. 8–3)
- Constant angular acceleration (Sec.8–4)
- Relationships between linear and angular variables (Sec.8–5)
- Vector relationships between linear and angular variables (Sec.8–6, excluding "The vectors ω and α")
Rotational Dynamics
- Torque (Sec. 9–1)
- Newton's second law for rotation (Sec. 9–2)
- Rotational inertia and the parallel-axis theorem (Sec. 9–2)
- Rotational inertia of solid bodies (Sec. 9–3)
- Torque due to gravity (Sec. 9–4, excluding "Center of Mass and Center of Gravity")
- Equilibrium applications (Sec. 9–5)
- Nonequilibrium applications: stationary rotation axis (Sec. 9–6)
- Combined rotation and translation, rolling without slipping (Sec. 9–7)
Angular Momentum
- Angular momentum of a particle (Sec. 10–1)
- Angular momentum of a system of particles (Sec. 10–2)
- Angular momentum and angular velocity (Sec. 10–3, excluding "The Torque of a Particle Moving in a Circular Path")
- Conservation of angular momentum (Sec. 10–4)
Work and Kinetic Energy
- Work done by a constant force (Sec. 11–2)
- Power (Sec. 11–3)
- Work done by a variable force (Secs. 11–4, 11–5)
- Kinetic energy and the work-energy theorem (Sec. 11–6)
- Rotational work and kinetic energy (Secs. 11–7, 12–4)
- Kinetic energy in collisions (handled differently in Sec. 11–8)