| 1 | Introduction
Classical Mechanics
Coordinate Systems
Units of Measurement
Changing Units
Dimensional Analysis | Y&F*: pp. 1-13 | |
| 2 | Kinematics
Speed and Velocity
Constant Velocity Motion | Y&F: pp. 40-47 | |
| 3 | Acceleration
Constant Acceleration Problems
Acceleration of Gravity | Y&F: pp. 47-62 | MP** 1 due
(a day after ses #3) |
| 4 | Vectors
Vector Addition
Vector Components
Unit Vectors
Vector Multiplication
Scalar Product | Y&F: pp. 14-27 | PS*** 1 due
(a day after ses #4) |
| 5 | Vector Product
Kinematics in 3D
3D Velocity
3D Acceleration
Acceleration: Perpendicular
Acceleration: Parallel | Y&F: pp. 27-30, 78-87 | |
| 6 | Projectile Motion | Y&F: pp. 87-97 | MP 2 due
(a day after ses #6) |
| 7 | Uniform Circular Motion
Non-uniform Circular Motion
Galilean Relativity
Coordinate Transformations
Velocity Transformations
Acceleration Transformation
Relative Velocity Problems | Y&F: pp. 98-106 | Recitation Quiz 1
PS 2 due
(a day after ses #7)
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| 8 | Newton's Laws
Forces
Fundamental Forces in Nature
Newton's First Law
Newton's Second Law
Mass
Superposition of Forces | Y&F: pp. 119-138 | MP 3 due
(4 days after ses #8) |
| 9 | Newton's Third Law
Gravitational Force
Satellite/Force
Gravitational/Inertial Mass
Hooke's Law/Springs
Motion with a Constant Force | Y&F: pp. 138-146 | PS 3 due
(a day after ses #9) |
| 10 | Motion Examples
Pulleys | Y&F: pp. 153-171 | Exam 1
-Lectures: 1-8
-Homework: 1-3 due
(3 days after ses #10)
MP 4 due
(4 days after ses #10) |
| 11 | Friction
Kinetic Friction
Static Friction
Drag Force and Terminal Speed
Resistive Force Proportional to Velocity | Y&F: pp. 171-181 | PS 4 due
(a day after ses #11) |
| 12 | Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion
Motion in a Vertical Circle
Conical Pendulum
Work and Energy
Work/Variable Force | Y&F: pp. 181-189, 207-213 | |
| 13 | Kinetic Energy
Gravitational Potential Energy
Gravity and Other Forces
Power | Y&F: pp. 213-229, 241-253 | Makeup Exam 1
(a day after ses #13)
MP 5 due
(a day after ses #13) |
| 14 | Conservation of Energy
Conservative Forces
Potential Energy of Conservative Forces | | Recitation Quiz 2
PS 5 due
(a day after ses #14) |
| 15 | Spring Potential Energy
Gravitational Potential Energy
Non-conservative Forces
Force and Potential Energy | Y&F: pp. 253-268 | MP 6 due
(4 days after ses #15) |
| 16 | Potential Energy Curves
Equilibrium and Stability
Forms of Energy | Y&F: pp. 268-270 | PS 6 due
(a day after ses #16) |
| 17 | Particle Momentum
Conservation of Momentum
Newton's Laws and Momentum
Momentum for a System
Momentum and Forces
Center-of-Mass | Y&F: pp. 282-292 | |
| 18 | Center-of-Mass Motion
Energy of a System of Particles
Rocket Motion | Y&F: pp. 309-313 | MP 7 due
(a day after ses #18) |
| 19 | Variable Mass Problems
Impulse/Collisions
Inelastic Collisions
Elastic Collisions | Y&F: pp. 295-305 | PS 7 due
(a day after ses #19)
Exam 2
-Lectures: 1-18
-Homework: 1-7 due
(2 days after ses #19) |
| 20 | 2D-Elastic Collisions
Ballistic Pendulum
Center-of-Mass Collisions | Y&F: pp. 305-308 | MP 8 due
(a day after ses #20) |
| 21 | Rigid Body Kinematics
Right Hand Rule
Constant Angular Acceleration
Relation between Angular and Linear Motion
Rotational Kinetic Energy
Moment of Inertia | Y&F: pp. 327-345 | Recitation Quiz 3
PS 8 due
(a day after ses #21) |
| 22 | Parallel Axis Theorem
Perpendicular Axis Theorem
Particle Angular Momentum
Straight Line Angular Momentum
Circular Motion Angular Momentum
Angular Momentum and Forces
Conservation of Angular Momentum
Angular Momentum and Central Forces | Y&F: pp. 345-349 | |
| 23 | Dynamics of a Rigid Body
Torque
Angular Momentum and Torque
Conical Pendulum: Torque and Angular Momentum
Torque and Angular Acceleration
Torque and Gravity
Rigid Body Angular Momentum
Conservation of Angular Momentum | Y&F: pp. 361-370 | Makeup Exam 2
(a day after ses #23)
MP 9 due
(a day after ses #23) |
| 24 | Work and Energy in Rotational Motion
Angular Impulse
Translation and Rotation
Rolling Motion of a Rigid Body | Y&F: pp. 370-386 | PS 9 due
(a day after ses #24) |
| 25 | Rolling Cylinders/Spheres
Angular Momentum and Collisions
Gyroscopes | Y&F: pp. 386-389 | MP 10 due
(4 days after ses #25) |
| 26 | Forces in Equilibrium | Y&F: pp. 406-421 | Recitation Quiz 4
PS 10 due
(a day after ses #26) |
| 27 | Law of Universal Gravitation
Newton's Law of Gravity
Gravitational Potential Energy
Potential Energy of a Spherical Shell
Cavendish Experiment | Y&F: pp. 436-451 | |
| 28 | Potential Energy of a Sphere and Particle
Gravitational Forces and Extended Bodies
Force between Two Spheres
Tidal Forces
Weight and Gravitational Force
Planetary Motion
Circular Orbits | Y&F: pp. 456-464 | MP 11 due
(a day after ses #28) |
| 29 | General Planetary Motion
Generalized Orbits
Kepler's Laws | Y&F: pp. 452-456 | Exam 3
-Lectures: 1-28
-Homework: 1-11 due
(2 days after ses #29) |
| 30 | Oscillations
Simple Harmonic Motion
Mass-Spring Systems
Energy in SHM | Y&F: pp. 476-494 | PS 11 due (by 11 am)
MP 12 due
(a day after ses #30) |
| 31 | Simple Pendulum
Physical Pendulum
Torsional Pendulum
Percussion
Damped Oscillations | Y&F: pp. 495-502 | PS 12 due |
| 32 | Special Relativity
Galilean Transformations
Light/Theory of Waves
Stellar Aberration
Michelson-Morley | | Makeup Exam 3
(a day after ses #32)
MP 13 due
(a day after ses #32) |
| 33 | Paradox; Light Spheres
Einstein's Special Relativity
Postulates of Special Relativity
Relativity and Measurements
Space-Time Coordinates
Relativity of Simultaneity
Lorentz Transformations
Simultaneity/Time | Y&F: pp. 1403-1411 | Recitation Quiz 5
PS 13 due
(a day after ses #33) |
| 34 | Time Dilation
Length Contraction
Perpendicular Lengths
Orientation; Moving Rod
Paradox: Pole-Vaulter
Headlight Effect | Y&F: pp. 1412-1419 | |
| 35 | Relativistic Velocity Transformation
Doppler Effect
Transverse Doppler Effect
Twin Paradox
Shape of Moving Objects
Relativity and Forces | Y&F: pp. 1420-1425 | |
| 36 | Relativistic Momentum
Relativistic Energy
Energy-Momentum
Massless Particles
Space-Time Invariant
General Relativity | Y&F: pp. 1426-1434 | |