PHY 121 FALL 2017 SCHEDULE - 9:00 MW
INSTRUCTOR G.B. Adams
Topic Day Date Topic Reading
# Chapter: Sections
1. M 8/21: Vectors; Position and Velocity 1:1-9 2:1
2. W 8/23: Acceleration; Free Fall 2:2-6
3. M 8/28: Projectile Motion 3:1-3
4. W 8/30: Circular Motion; Relative Velocity 3:4-5
M 9/04: LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
5. W 9/06: Newton's Laws; Weight 4:1-6, 5:5
6. M 9/11: Forces Between Surfaces; Slopes; 5:1-2,tension***
Tension
7. W 9/13: Pulleys; Elevators 5:1-2
TEST #1 in PSH-563 on THU 9/14 - (Recitation on 9/14 is Canceled)
TEST #1 covers Topics 1-5
8. M 9/18: Friction 5:3 (midpage 147)*
9. W 9/20: Forces in Circular Motion reread p. 85,5:4
QUIZ #1 During Recitation on THU 9/21
QUIZ #1 covers Topics 5-7
10. M 9/25: Scalar Product; Work; Kinetic Energy 1:10 (top page 22)*
6:1-3 (bottom 183)*
11. W 9/27: Springs; Conservative Forces 6:3 7:3 (page 219)*
14:2 (midpage 436)*
TEST #2 in PSH-563 on THU 9/28 - (Recitation on 9/28 is Canceled)
TEST #2 covers Topics 5-9
12. M 10/02: Power; Potential & Mechanical Energy 6:4 7:1-2 (top page 214)*
13. W 10/04: Force from Potential Energy; 7:4-5
Energy Diagrams
M 10/09: FALL BREAK HOLIDAY
W 10/11: QUIZ #2 and Review for Test 3
QUIZ #2 covers Topics 8-11
TEST #3 in PSH-563 on THU 10/12 - (Recitation on 10/12 is Canceled)
TEST #3 covers Topics 10-13
14. M 10/16: Vertical Springs; Energy Conservation 7:2 7:3
15. W 10/18: Center of Mass; Momentum and Impulse 8:1-2,5
16. M 10/23: Collisions 8:3-4
17. W 10/25: Rotational Kinematics; 9:1-5 10:1-2 p. 313**
Rotational Inertia; Torque
18. M 10/30: Statics; Energy and Rotation 9:4 10:4 11:1-3
19. W 11/01: Rolling 10:3
20. M 11/06: Angular Momentum for Rotation in 2d angmom2D.pdf, pp. 321,322
W 11/08: QUIZ #3 and Review for Test 4
QUIZ #3 covers Topics 12-18
TEST #4 in PSH-563 on THU 11/09 - (Recitation on 11/09 is Canceled)
TEST #4 covers Topics 14-19
21. M 11/13: Torque and Angular Momentum 1:10 10:1,5-7
Generalized
22. W 11/15: Universal Gravitation 13:1-3,7
23. M 11/20: Orbits and Conservation Principles; 13:4-5
Kepler's Laws
24. W 11/22: Simple Harmonic Motion DiffEq+ 14:1-4 (top page 447)*
25. M 11/27: The Pendulum; Resonance in 14:4-6,8 TaylorSeries++
Driven SHM
W 11/29: QUIZ #4 and Review for Test 5
QUIZ #4 covers Topics 20-24
TEST #5 in PSH-563 on THU 11/30 - (Recitation on 11/30 is Canceled)
TEST #5 covers Topics 20-25
* In these cases, the reading stops in the middle of a section.
The note indicates the location where the reading assignment
ends. In most cases, the relevant section is assigned again
later in the class; the section reading resumes at the earlier
stopping place.
** In this case, page 313 is an additional page to read in
Chapter 10 in addition to sections 1 and 2. Also, in section
9.4, your reading stops at the bottom of page 286.
*** Read the introduction and "Tension in one-dimensional continua"
on Wikipedia's Tension page
+ Read the introduction to Wikipedia's Differential Equations page
++ Read the introduction and Definition on Wikipedia's Taylor
Series webpage
FINAL EXAM (40 Multiple Choice Questions)
MW 9:00 class -- WED Dec 6 7:30- 9:20 AM