Syllabus for Physics 140 section 100 (Riles) - Fall 2016

(Chapter sections refer to Young and Freedman, 13th edition)

Pre-lecture
reading

Date

Topic of class session (approximate)

Sep 6
(Tue)

Course introduction and organization

Sep 7
(Wed)

Vectors

Sep 8
(Thu)

Numerical modeling lab 1* (Basic Python

programming and animation)

Sep 12
(Mon)

Vectors

Sections 1.81.10

Sep 13
(Tue)

1-Dimensional Motion

Sections 2.12.3

Sep 14
(Wed)

1-Dimensional Motion

Sections 2.42.6

Sep 15
(Thu)

Numerical modeling lab 2* (Ball in a box)

Sep 19
(Mon)

2-D and 3-D Motion; Projectile Motion

Sections 3.13.3

Sep 20
(Tue)

Circular Motion

Section 3.4

Sep 21
(Wed)

Relative Motion

Section 3.5

Sep 22
(Thu)

Numerical modeling lab 3* (Ideal projectiles)

Sep 26
(Mon)

Newton's Laws

Sections 4.14.4

Sep 27
(Tue)

Newton's Law

Sections 4.54.6

Sep 28
(Wed)

Applying Newton's Laws -- Fundamentals

and Frictional Forces

Sections 5.15.3, 5.5

Mastering
Physics

Sections 1.11.7

MP-00 due
11:59 PM

MP-01 due
11:59 PM

MP-02 due
11:59 PM

Sep 29
(Thu)

Numerical modeling lab 4* (Real projectiles air resistance)

Oct 3
(Mon)

Applying Newton's Laws -- Circular Motion

Sections 5.4

Oct 4
(Tue)

Applying Newton's Laws -- Putting it all

together

Sections 5.15.5

Oct 5
(Wed)

Work / Kinetic Energy

Sections 6.16.2

Oct 6
(Thu)

Review for Exam 1

MP-03 due
11:59 PM

Exam 1: Thursday October 6, 6:10-7:40 pm, Chapters 1-5

Oct 10
(Mon)

Varying Forces and Power

Sections 6.36.4

Oct 11
(Tue)

Potential Energy

Sections 7.17.3

Oct 12
(Wed)

Conservative Forces and Energy Diagrams

Sections 7.47.5

Oct 13
(Thu)

Numerical modeling lab 5* (Projectiles with

thrust rockets)

Oct 17
(Mon)

Fall Break

Oct 18
(Tue)

Fall Break

Oct 19
(Wed)

Momentum, Impulse and Momentum

Conservation

Oct 20
(Thu)

Numerical modeling lab 6* (Projectile energy

budget)

Oct 24
(Mon)

Elastic and Inelastic Collisions

Sections 8.38.4

Oct 25
(Tue)

Center of Mass and Rocket Propulsion

Sections 8.58.6

Oct 26
(Wed)

Rotation of Rigid Bodies -- Fundamentals

Sections 9.19.3

Sections 8.18.2

MP-04 due
11:59 PM

MP-05 due
11:59 PM

MP-06 due
11:59 PM

Oct 27
(Thu)

Numerical modeling lab 7* (1-dimensional

collisions)

Oct 31
(Mon)

Rotation of Rigid Bodies -- Energy and

Parallel Axis Theorem

Sections 9.49.6

Nov 1
(Tue)

Rotational Dynamics -- Torque and Angular

Acceleration

Sections 10.1- MP-07 due

10.2
11:59 PM

Nov 2
(Wed)

Rotational Dynamics -- Rolling Motion

Sections 10.3

Nov 3
(Thu)

Review for Exam 2

Exam 2: Thursday November 3, 6:10-7:40 pm, Chapters 6.1-10.2

Nov 7
(Mon)

Rotational Dynamics -- Work and Angular

Momentum

Sections 10.410.5

Nov 8
(Tue)

Rotational Dynamics -- Angular Momentum

Conservation and Precession

Sections 10.6- MP-08 due

10.7
11:59 PM

Nov 9
(Wed)

Equilibrium

Sections 11.111.3

Nov 10
(Thu)

Numerical modeling lab 8* (2-dimensional

collisions)

Nov 14
(Mon)

Strain and Elasticity

Sections 11.411.5

Nov 15
(Tue)

Newton's Law of Gravitation

Sections 13.1- MP-09 due

13.2
11:59 PM

Nov 16
(Wed)

Gravitation -- Potential Energy and Circular

Orbits

Sections 13.313.4

Nov 17
(Thu)

Numerical modeling lab 9* (Orbits of Earth,

Jupiter and Halley's Comet)

Nov 21
(Mon)

Gravitation -- Kepler's Laws and Planetary

Motion

Section 13.5

Nov 22
(Tue)

Gravitation -- Spherical Mass Distributions

and Black Holes

Section 13.613.8

Nov 23
(Wed)

Periodicity and Simple Harmonic Motion

Sections 14.114.2

MP-10 due
11:59 PM

Nov 24
(Thu)

Thanksgiving

Nov 28
(Mon)

Simple Harmonic Systems and Energy

Sections 14.314.4

Nov 29
(Tue)

Pendula, Damped and Forced Oscillations

Sections 14.5- MP-11 due

14.8
11:59 PM

Nov 30
(Wed)

Mechanical Waves -- Fundamentals

Sections 15.115.4

Dec 1
(Thu)

Review for Exam 3

Exam 3: Thursday December 1, 6:10-7:40 pm, Chapters 10.3-11.5, 13.1-14.8

Dec 5
(Mon)

Mechanical Waves -- Energy and Interference

Sections 15.515.6

Dec 6
(Tue)

Mechanical Waves -- Standing Waves and

Normal Modes

Sections 15.7- MP-12 due

15.8
11:59 PM

Dec 7
(Wed)

Fluid Statics -- Pressure and Buoyancy

Sections 12.112.3

Dec 8
(Thu)

Numerical modeling lab 10* (Real pendulum

motion)

Dec 12
(Mon)

Fluid Dynamics -- Bernoulli's Equation

Sections 12.412.5

Dec 13
(Tue)

Fluid Dynamics -- Viscosity and Turbulence

Sections 12.512.6

Dec 14
(Wed)

Study day

Final Exam: Friday December 16, 7:30-9:30 pm, Chapters 1-15

*Numerical modeling labs will be held in 1800 Chemistry

MP-13 due
11:59 PM