PHY131 - Classical Physics I
Schedule

Spring 2009


Home Syllabus Sections Grades Exams

Please note: this schedule of lecture topics, homework assignments, and laboratory exercises is tentative; the schedule will be updated weekly as the course progresses.

The online homework.is listed in the week that is is accessible on www.MasteringPhysics.com; it is always due the following week Monday 6 AM. Your recitation instructor will pick about three appropriate problems for grading. Note, that doing homework problems well is the only way to succeed in the course. For instructions on the Homework assignments see the Recitation and Homework section of the Syllabus.

For rules and instructions on the Laboratory component, see the PHY133/134 Laboratory section in the syllabus. You must do ALL Laboratory exercises and hand in all reports if you want to pass the class! You are responsible for bringing a printed version of the handout to the Lab session. Note, that symbol fonts may not be installed on your machine; in that case the pdf version of the lab handout is preferable for correct printing!

Date Sections Lecture Topics P-137 Homework PHY133 Laboratories A-117
26-Jan 1, 3.1-5 Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors WebHW01 ¹
NO RECITATIONS OR LABS THIS WEEK
Read Lecture notes BEFORE CLASS
Read Error Analysis [pdf] chapter of Lab Manual.
Read the tips on Laboratory Report writing!
28-Jan 2.1-8 One-Dimensional Motion
30-Jan 3.6-9 Two/Three-Dimensional Motion
         
02-Feb 4.1-3 Newton's Laws WebHW02 ¹ 
(HW02 includes five End-of-Chapter problems: 3.76, 4.8, 4.49, 4.71, 4.78)
Lab 1 - Acceleration [pdf]
04-Feb 4.4-5 Newton's Laws
06-Feb 4.6 Weight, Normal Forces
         
09-Feb 4.7-8 Friction WebHW03 ¹
(HW03 includes seven End-of-Chapter problems: 4.80, 5.28, 5.45, 5.51, 4.59, 5.73, 5.100)
Lab 2 - Projectile motion [pdf]
11-Feb 5.1-4 Circular-motion dynamics
13-Feb 5.5-6 Circular-motion
         
16-Feb 6.1-3 Universal Gravity WebHW04 ¹ for practice only!
no ClassHW for next week (Midterm)
Lab 3Pendulum [pdf]
18-Feb 6.4-6 Kepler's Laws of Satellite Motion
20-Feb Review 1-6
         
23-Feb Ch 1-6 Midterm-I exam Room: HH-137,  Time: 8:30a - 9:25a  WebHW05 ¹
(HW05 includes three End-of-Chapter problems: 7.22, 7.84, 8.18)
(no lab this week)
25-Feb 7.1-3 Work and Kinetic Energy
27-Feb 7.4 Work and Springs
         
02-Mar   University Snow Closure WebHW06 ¹  
(HW06 includes six End-of-Chapter problems: 8.28, 8.30, 8.90, 9.18, 9.86, 9.16)
labs are cancelled this week
04-Mar 8.1-6 Potential Energy and Energy Conservation
06-Mar 9.1-6 Momentum and Collisions
         
09-Mar 9.7-9 Center-of-Mass WebHW07 ¹ 
(HW07 includes six End-of-Chapter problems: 9.50, 9.77, 10.16, 10.54, 10.80, 10.92)
Lab 4Energy Conservation [pdf]
11-Mar 10.1-5

Rotations and torque

13-Mar 10.6-9 Rotational Inertia
   
16-Mar 11.1-6 Angular Momentum WebHW08 ¹
(HW08 includes six End-of-Chapter problems: 10.91, 11.2, 11.50, 11.66, 11.82, 11.96)
Lab 5Linear momentum [pdf]
18-Mar 11.7 Examples: Precession
20-Mar 12.1-3 Equilibrium
         
23-Mar 8.7-8 Gravitational Examples  no HW assignment due next week: study for Midterm 2 on Friday Lab 6Angular momentum [pdf]
25-Mar Review Ch 7-12
27-Mar Ch 7-12 Midterm-II exam Room: HH-137, Time: 8:30a - 9:30a
         
30-Mar 13.1-7 Fluids WebHW09 ¹
(HW09 includes six End-of-Chapter problems: 8.57, 9.31, 9.63, 11.49, 11.71, 12.41)
(no lab) Make-up labs: arrange with your TA!
01-Apr 13.8-10 Fluids in Motion
03-Apr 14.1-4 Simple Harmonic Oscillations
       
6-10 Apr Spring Break
         
13-Apr 14.5-8 Damped and Forced Oscillations WebHW10 ¹
(HW10 includes seven End-of-Chapter problems: 13.25, 13.29, 13.54, 13.82, 14.12, 14.26, 14.62)
Lab 7 - Simple Harmonic Motion [pdf]
15-Apr 15.1-5 Wave Motion: the Wave Equation
17-Apr 15.6-9 Interference
         
20-Apr 16.1-7 Sound Waves WebHW11 ¹
(HW11 includes seven End-of-Chapter problems: 14.83, 15.7, 15.18, 15.24, 15.49, 15.50, 15.71)
Lab 8 - Standing Waves [pdf]
22-Apr 17.1-4,6 Temperature
24-Apr 17.7-9 Ideal Gas Law
         
27-Apr 18.1-2 Gases at the Atomic Scale WebHW12 ¹
(HW12 includes five End-of-Chapter problems: 16.40, 16.69, 17.32, 17.42, 17.65)
Lab 9 - Gas Thermometry [pdf]
29-Apr 19.1-5 Internal Energy
01-May 19.7-10 Heat Flow
         
04-May 20.1-4 Heat Engines WebHW13 ¹
(HW13 includes seven End-of-Chapter problems: 18.3, 18.9, 18.65, 19.22, 19.31, 19.33, 19.62)
(no lab) Make-up: Last chance to make up missed labs. 
You will FAIL PHY131/133 IF YOU MISSED ANY OF THE LABS OR LAB REPORTS!
06-May 20.5-8 Entropy
08-May Review Ch 13-20 (Last day of class)
      WebHW14 ¹  
for practice and extra credit
 
         
18-May Ch 1-20 Final Exam  Room: HH-137 (Lecture Hall); Time: 8:00am-10:30am
¹ For instructions on the web-based homework, please see the Syllabus.
² Follows Friday Schedule