PHY 121 LECTURE SCHEDULE - 1:30 TTH
LECTURER G.B. ADAMS
Lecture Day Date Topic
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1. TH 8/23: Vectors; Position and Velocity
2. T 8/28: Acceleration; Free Fall
3. TH 8/30: Projectile Motion
4. T 9/04: Circular Motion; Relative Velocity
5. TH 9/06: Newton's Laws; Weight
6. T 9/11: Forces Between Surfaces; Slopes; Tension
7. TH 9/13: Pulleys; Elevators
8. T 9/18: Forces - A Reality Check
TH 9/20: TEST #1 - lectures 1-8
9. T 9/25: Friction
10. TH 9/27: Forces in Circular Motion
11. T 10/02: Scalar Product; Work; Kinetic Energy
12. TH 10/04: Springs; Conservative Forces
13. T 10/09: Power; Definition of Potential Energy
14. TH 10/11: Mechanical Energy; Energy Diagrams
T 10/16: FALL BREAK
15. TH 10/18: Vertical Springs; Conservation of Energy
16. T 10/23: Center of Mass; Momentum and Impulse
TH 10/25: TEST #2 (lectures 9-15)
17. T 10/30: Collisions
18. TH 11/01: Rotational Kinematics; Rotational Inertia; Torque
19. T 11/06: Statics; Energy and Rotation
20. TH 11/08: Rolling
21. T 11/13: Angular Momentum for Rotation in 2d
TH 11/15: TEST #3 (lectures 16-20)
22. T 11/20: Torque and Angular Momentum Generalized
TH 11/22: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
23. T 11/27: Universal Gravitation
24. TH 11/29: Orbits and Conservation Principles; Kepler's Laws
25. T 12/04: Simple Harmonic Motion
26. TH 12/06: The Pendulum; Resonance in Driven SHM
T 12/11: TEST #4 (lectures 21-26)
FINAL EXAM (40 Multiple Choice Questions)
1:30 TTH LECTURE THU Dec 13 12:10- 2:00 PM