PHY 2048
Unit 3

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Updated: 1/1/2010

• Vector cross product simulator (Java applet from Syracuse U.)

Week 6

Rest of the sixth week:  Sections 8.1 thru 8.2 (gravity).

Week 7

Mon 2/15:  Wrap up Section 8.3 and 8.4 examples.

Tues 2/16:  Exam 2 is given.

Rest of the seventh week:  Sections 9.1 thru 9.3 (momentum).

Week 8

Section 9.4 (collisions in both 1-D and 2-D) is emphasized with limited discussion (or use) of Sections 9.5 and 9.6.
Collisions will be on the Midterm exam.

Start rotational motion (Section 10.1), making use of differential calculus. This topic may be on the Midterm exam along with one-dimensional linear motion.

• Vector cross product simulator (Java applet from Syracuse U.)

Rest of the eighth week:  Sections 10.2 and 11.2 together (torque defined using the vector cross product); Sections 10.3.

Week 9

Wrap up Sections 10.4 and 10.5 (torque and rotation);

Rest of ninth week:  Sections 11.1, 11.3, and 11.4 (angular momentum)

Thurs 3/4:  Midterm exam that covers everything through Section 9.4 and possibly 10.1. Pay attention to what I say in class about any specific problem types that will or will not be on the Midterm.

Have a safe spring break,
and don't forget everything you have learned so far this semester!

Week 10

Simple machines (from a 19th century handout) and static equilibrium examples from Sections 12.1, 12.2, and especially 12.3. More examples from Section 12.3 (usually ladders).

End of the tenth week:  Start unit 4 material:
Sections 13.1 through 13.3 (oscillations and simple harmonic motion). See unit 4 for details.

Week 11

Continue with unit 4, (Sections 13.3 to 13.5 and Sections 14.1 through 14.7 on waves).

Week 12

Tues 3/30:  Exam 3 covers Sections 8.1 through 12.3 with most of its emphasis on material that was not on the midterm.

Contact me if you have any questions.