PHY 121 LECTURE SCHEDULE - 10:30 TTH
LECTURER G.B. ADAMS
Lecture Day Date Topic
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1. T 1/19: Vectors; Position and Velocity
2. TH 1/21: Acceleration; Free Fall
3. T 1/26: Projectile Motion
4. TH 1/28: Circular Motion; Relative Velocity
5. T 2/02: Newton's Laws; Weight
6. TH 2/04: Forces Between Surfaces; Slopes; Tension
7. T 2/09: Pulleys; Elevators
8. TH 2/11: Friction
T 2/16: TEST #1 - lectures 1-7
Returned in Recitation beginning 2/25
9. TH 2/18: Forces in Circular Motion
10. T 2/23: Scalar Product; Work; Kinetic Energy
11. TH 2/25: Springs; Conservative Forces
12. T 3/02: Power; Definition of Potential Energy
13. TH 3/04: Mechanical Energy; Energy Diagrams
14. T 3/09: Vertical Springs; Conservation of Energy
15. TH 3/11: Center of Mass; Momentum and Impulse
3/15-3/19: Spring Break
T 3/23: TEST #2 (lectures 8-14)
Returned in Recitation beginning 4/01
16. TH 3/25: Collisions
17. T 3/30: Rotational Kinematics; Rotational Inertia; Torque
18. TH 4/01: Statics; Energy and Rotation
19. T 4/06: Angular Momentum Defined; Rolling
20. TH 4/08: Angular Momentum Conservation; Rotation Generalized
T 4/13: TEST #3 (lectures 15-19)
Returned in Recitation beginning 4/29
21. TH 4/15: Universal Gravitation
22. T 4/20: Orbits and Conservation Principles; Kepler's Laws
23. TH 4/22: Energies of Circular Orbits; Simple Harmonic Motion
24. T 4/27: Energy and Simple Harmonic Motion; The Pendulum
25. TH 4/29: Small Oscillations; Resonance in Driven SHM
T 5/04: TEST #4 (lectures 20-25)
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FINAL EXAM (40 Multiple Choice Questions)
10:30 TTH LECTURE TUE May 11 9:50-11:40 AM