PHY 121 SPRING 2019 SCHEDULE - 3:05 MW
INSTRUCTOR G.B. Adams
Topic Day Date Topic Reading
# Chapter: Sections
M 1/07: Introduction
1. W 1/09: Vectors; Position and Velocity 1:1-9 2:1
2. M 1/14: Acceleration; Free Fall 2:2-6
3. W 1/16: Projectile Motion 3:1-3
M 1/21: MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY HOLIDAY
4. W 1/23: Circular Motion; Relative Velocity 3:4-5
5. M 1/28: Newton's Laws; Weight 4:1-6, 5:5
6. W 1/30: Forces Between Surfaces; Slopes; 5:1-2
Tension Tension+
TEST #1 in PSH-563 on FRI 2/01
TEST #1 covers Topics 1-5
7. M 2/04: Pulleys; Elevators 5:1-2
8. W 2/06: Friction 5:3
(midpage 147)*
QUIZ #1 during recitation on FRI 2/08
QUIZ #1 covers Topics 5-7
9. M 2/11: Forces in Circular Motion reread p. 85,5:4
10. W 2/13: Scalar Product; Work; Kinetic Energy 1:10 (top page 22)*
work.pdf
6:1,3 (bottom 183)*
TEST #2 in PSH-563 on FRI 2/15
TEST #2 covers Topics 5-8
11. M 2/18: Springs; Conservative Forces 6:3 (page 184)*
7:3 (bottom 219)*
GisCons.pdf
14:2 (bottom 435)*
12. W 2/20: Power; Potential & Mechanical Energy 6:4 7:1-2 (top page 214)*
meCons.pdf
13. M 2/25: Force from Potential Energy; 7:4-5
Energy Diagrams
W 2/27: QUIZ #2 and Review for Test 3
QUIZ #2 covers Topics 8-11
TEST #3 in PSH-563 on FRI 3/01
TEST #3 covers Topics 9-13
3/4-8: SPRING BREAK HOLIDAY
14. M 3/11: Vertical Springs; Energy Conservation 7:2 energy.pdf
14:4 (page 446)*
15. W 3/13: Center of Mass; Momentum and Impulse 8:1-2,5
16. M 3/18: Collisions 8:3-4
17. W 3/20: Rotational Kinematics; 9:1-5
Rotational Inertia; Torque 10:1-2 p. 313**
18. M 3/25: Statics; Energy and Rotation 9:4 10:4 11:1-3
19. W 3/27: Rolling 10:3
20. M 4/01: Angular Momentum for Rotation in 2d angmom2D.pdf,
pp. 321,322
W 4/03: QUIZ #3 and Review for Test 4
QUIZ #3 covers Topics 14-19
TEST #4 in PSH-563 on FRI 4/05
TEST #4 covers Topics 14-19
21. M 4/08: Torque and Angular Momentum 1:10 10:1,5-7
Generalized
22. W 4/10: Universal Gravitation 13:1-3,7
23. M 4/15: Orbits and Conservation Principles; 13:4-5
Kepler's Laws
24. W 4/17: Simple Harmonic Motion DiffEq++
14:1-4
(top page 447)*
25. M 4/22: The Pendulum; Resonance in 14:4-6,8
Driven SHM TaylorSeries+++
W 4/24: QUIZ #4 and Review for Test 5
QUIZ #4 covers Topics 20-24
TEST #5 in PSH-563 on FRI 4/26
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 dimension"
on Wikipedia's Tension webpage.
++ 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 3:05 class -- FRI May 3 2:30- 4:20 PM