COLLEGE PHYSICS - PH 102-13 (SUMMER 01)
Lecture: Monday, Wednesday, 1:30-3:50, Campbell Hall (CH) Room 301
Professor: Dr. Sergey B. Mirov Tel: 934-8088 (CH 421B); Off. Hours: Mo, We, 4:00-6:00 in CH 421B
Course Description: This 2nd term of non-calculus-based (algebra and trigonometry) physics will cover: 1)Oscillations and Waves (Ch. 10, 16, 17), 2)Properties of Fluids in Rest and in Motion --Hydrostatics and Hydrodynamics (Ch.11), 3)Thermal physics -- ideal gases, heat, thermodynamics (Ch.12-15), 4)Optics (Ch.25-27). We will not have an overriding unifying theme as in PH 101 (motion). This will demand even more discipline on your part to keep on top of the subject matter.
Course Prerequisite: Physics 101. Laboratory Text: Lab handouts will be provided.
Course Text: Cutnell & Johnson, PHYSICS, 5th Edition (2001, Wiley & Sons)
Grading: Homework: 10% (100 pts)
Lab: 20% (200 pts)
Exam I (2 hours) 20% (200 pts)
Exam II (2 hours): 20% (200 pts)
Final Exam (3 hours) 30% (300 pts)
TOTAL: 100% (1000 pts)
Lab: Assignments, protocol, due dates, and grading of labs will be discussed in the first lab meeting.
Homework: Homework problems will be assigned weekly, on Wednesdays at the end of class and will be due the following Wednesday at the beginning of the class to verify your continuing effort. It is absolutely critical to work these problems yourselves when they are assigned, since this will help to lock in understanding of the physical principles learned from class and the textbook and develop problem solving skills which will be necessary for any type of success on the exams. Do not fall into the trap of just reading over or memorizing homework solutions, this will generally be of little or no use for solving the exam problems. Developing the necessary problem solving skills will only come from personally going through the struggle of working homework problems yourself. Help on the homework assignments can be obtained from the recitation instructors in Room CH 304.
Exams: The tests & exams will be based on problems related to
(but often with important differences) homework problems and problems discussed
in class. The intent of the test &
exam problems will be to test your understanding of physics principles and to
test your ability to apply these principles to practice. To do well on the tests & exams, you
should do the reading assignments before class, pay attention to lectures, and
personally work all of the homework problems when they are assigned. The tests & exams will be graded on a
step-by-step basis, with partial credit awarded for correct steps and
techniques even if the answer is wrong.
Full credit will be awarded only if the right answer is obtained for the
right reason. There will be no make-up
tests & exams except for the most extraordinary circumstances (documented
illness, etc.).
Tentative Schedule:
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Date |
Text |
Topics |
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June 11 |
10.1-10.6 |
Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM), The Ideal Spring, Hook's Law, Reference Circle, Energy and SHM, The Pendulum, Damped Harmonic Motion, Resonance. |
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June 13 |
16.1-16.7 |
Waves and Sound, Periodic Waves, The Speed of a Wave on a String, The Nature of Sound, The Speed of Sound, Sound Intensity, |
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June 18 |
16.8-16.11, 17.1-17.2 |
Decibels, The Doppler Effect. Interference Phenomena, The Principle of Linear Superposition, Constructive and Destructive Interference of Sound Waves, |
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June 20 |
17.3-17.6 |
Diffraction, Beats, Transverse Standing Waves, Longitudinal Standing Waves, |
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June 25 |
17.7, 11.1-11.4 |
Complex Sound Waves. Fluids, Mass Density, Pressure, Pressure and Depth, Gauges, |
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June 27 |
Exam 1 |
Over Chapters 10, 16, 17 (2 hours) |
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July 2 |
11.5--11.9 |
Pascal's and Archimedes' Principles, Fluids in Motion, Continuity and Bernoulli's Equations |
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July 4 |
No class |
Independence Day Holiday |
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July 9 |
11.10-11.11, 12.1-12.4 |
Bernoulli's Equation, Viscous Flow; Temperature and Heat, Linear Thermal Expansion, |
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July 11 |
12.5-12.10 |
Volume Thermal Expansion, Heat and Internal Energy, Specific Heat Capacity, Latent Heat |
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July 16 |
13.1-13.4 |
The Transfer of Heat, Convection, Conduction, Radiation, Applications. |
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July 18 |
14.1-14.4, 15.1-15.3 |
The Ideal Gas Law and Kinetic Theory; Thermodynamics, 0th and 1st Laws of Therm. |
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July 23 |
15.4-15.11 |
Thermal Processes, 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, Heat Engines, Carnot's Principle, Entropy |
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July 25 |
Exam II |
Over Chapters 11-15 |
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July 30 |
25.1-25.6 |
The Reflection of Light: Mirrors, Plane and Spherical Mirrors, The Mirror Equation. |
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August 1 |
26.1-26.8 |
The Refraction of Light: Lenses and Optical Instruments, Snell's Law, Total Internal Reflection, Polarization, Dispersion of Light, Lenses, Images, Thin Lens Equation, |
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August 6 |
26.9-26.14 |
Lenses in Combination, The Human Eye, Magnifying Glass, Microscope and Telescope. |
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August 8 |
27.1-27.7 |
Interference and the Wave Nature of Light, Linear Superposition, Young's Double-Slit Experiment, Thin Film Interference, The Michelson Interferometer. Diffraction, Resolving Power, The Diffraction Grating, The Use of Interference. |
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Aug. 13 |
FINAL EXAM |
FINAL EXAM Over Chapters 10-17, 25-27 (1:00pm-4:00pm) |