PHY 121 LECTURE SCHEDULE - 1:30 TTH
LECTURER G.B. ADAMS
Lecture Day Date Topic
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1. TH 8/18: Vectors; Position and Velocity
2. T 8/23: Acceleration; Free Fall
3. TH 8/25: Projectile Motion
4. T 8/30: Circular Motion; Relative Velocity
5. TH 9/01: Newton's Laws; Weight
6. T 9/06: Forces Between Surfaces; Slopes; Tension
7. TH 9/08: Pulleys; Elevators
8. T 9/13: Forces - A Reality Check
TH 9/15: TEST #1 - lectures 1-8
Returned in Recitation beginning 9/23
9. T 9/20: Friction
10. TH 9/22: Forces in Circular Motion
11. T 9/27: Scalar Product; Work; Kinetic Energy
12. TH 9/29: Springs; Conservative Forces
13. T 10/04: Power; Definition of Potential Energy
14. TH 10/06: Mechanical Energy; Energy Diagrams
15. T 10/11: Vertical Springs; Conservation of Energy
16. TH 10/13: Center of Mass; Momentum and Impulse
T 10/18: TEST #2 (lectures 9-15)
Returned in Recitation beginning 10/26
17. TH 10/20: Collisions
18. T 10/25: Rotational Kinematics; Rotational Inertia; Torque
19. TH 10/27: Statics; Energy and Rotation
20. T 11/01: Rolling
21. TH 11/03: Angular Momentum for Rotation in 2d
22. T 11/08: Torque and Angular Momentum Generalized
TH 11/10: TEST #3 (lectures 16-21)
Returned in Recitation beginning 11/18
23. T 11/15: Universal Gravitation
24. TH 11/17: Orbits and Conservation Principles; Kepler's Laws
25. T 11/22: Simple Harmonic Motion
TH 11/24: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
26. T 11/29: The Pendulum; Small Oscillations
27. TH 12/01: Resonance in Driven SHM; Evaluations
T 12/06: TEST #4 (lectures 22-27)
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FINAL EXAM (40 Multiple Choice Questions)
1:30 TTH LECTURE TUE Dec 13 12:10- 2:00 PM