PHY 121 LECTURE SCHEDULE - 9:15 TTH - INSTRUCTOR G.B. ADAMS
Lecture Day Date Topic
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1. T 1/21: Vectors; Position and Velocity
2. TH 1/23: Acceleration; Free Fall
3. T 1/28: Projectile Motion
4. TH 1/30: Circular Motion; Relative Velocity
5. T 2/04: Newton's Laws; Weight
6. TH 2/06: Forces Between Surfaces; Slopes; Tension
7. T 2/11: Pulleys; Elevators
8. TH 2/13: Friction
T 2/18: TEST #1 - lectures 1-7
Returned in Recitation beginning 2/19
9. TH 2/20: Forces in Circular Motion
10. T 2/25: Scalar Product; Work; Kinetic Energy
11. TH 2/27: Springs; Conservative Forces
12. T 3/04: Power; Definition of Potential Energy (GL)
13. TH 3/06: Mechanical Energy; Energy Diagrams (GL)
T 3/11: TEST #2 (lectures 8-12)
Returned in Recitation beginning 3/12
14. TH 3/13: Vertical Springs; Conservation of Energy
3/17-3/21 Spring Break
15. T 3/25: Center of Mass; Momentum and Impulse
16. TH 3/27: Collisions
17. T 4/01: Rotational Kinematics; Rotational Inertia
18. TH 4/03: Torque; Evaluations
19. T 4/08: Statics; Angular Momentum for Rigid-Body Rotation
20. TH 4/10: Rolling
T 4/15: TEST #3 (lectures 13-19)
Returned in Recitation beginning 4/16
21. TH 4/17: Torque Generalized; Angular Momentum Conservation
22. T 4/22: Universal Gravitation
23. TH 4/24: Kepler's Laws; Orbits and Conservation Principles
24. T 4/29: Simple Harmonic Motion
25. TH 5/01: Small Oscillations; Resonance in Driven SHM
T 5/06: TEST #4 (lectures 20-25)
Available from your Recitation Instructor
on Reading Day May 7.
FINAL EXAM (40 Multiple Choice Questions) Thu May 8 7:40-9:30 AM
NOTE: GL indicates that we will have a guest lecturer on that day