Physics 210:Fall 2005

Syllabus : Primary Learning Outcomes : Schedule : Topical Guide

Announcements

Final Exam Schedule Released

You may take the final either

240:Tuesday Dec 06 13:00-15:00 or 210:Wednesday Dec 07 10:30-12:30

You may bring to use on the Final 1 one side of 8.5 x 11 paper  as a formulas sheet.

Conversion of Units

Conversion of units

Conversion of Powers of Units

 

Vectors

VRML: Rotate a triangle for trig

Vector Addition

Vector Subtraction

Resolution of a vector into its components

Multiplication of a vector by a scalar

Vector dot product

Animation: projection of a vector onto a coordinate system

A vector java applet from uky

Additional vector notes and a spreadsheet

 

1-D Motion
Average Velocity
Constant Acceleration 1

Constant Acceleration 2

A spreadsheet for 1-D motion

Animation: 1d uniform acceleration

Animation: 2 balls in a reduced gravitational field

  Animation: Gallileo's Demonstration (01,02)

Newton's Cannon
Everything Falls with the same acceleration

 

2-D Motion

2-D motion spreadsheet

Antartic Rescue Drop

45 Degrees gives the maximum range

2-D translational motion along perpendicular coordinates

Ball and cart in a (reduced) gravitaitonal field

Monkey Shoot

Station Train Vendor Ant

At the Intergalactic Dairy Bar

 

Newton's Laws

Free Body Diagram construction & use

Animation: Atwood's Machine

Animation: Mass on a plane, mass hanging over the side

Animation: Spooky inclined plane

Atwood's Machine gif animation

Inclined Plane #2: and the analysis

 

 

Uniform Circular Motion

Spinning Ball

Animated Gif showing derivation of centripetal acceleration

Cylinders01

 

Momentum

Notes regarding conversation of translational momentum 210

 Newton's demonstration java applet
animation: successive collisions between smaller masses

Glancing Collision between two objects of equal mass

Completely Inelastic Collisions (01, 02)

Completely Elastic Collisions (01, 02)

 

Non Uniform Circular Motion and Torque

VRML: Right Handed Coordinate System

Right Hand Rule #1 : VRML3 VRML 2

Right Hand Rule #2 for Torque : VRML

Direction of Torque: Positive : VRML   : Negative : VRML

Table of Moments of Inertia (external from Science World)

Non-uniform circular motion

SHO for a cylinder

Almost Stable

Rotational Kinetic Energy Derivation

Roll Without Slip

Right Hand Rule #2

Precession of a Bicycle Wheel

Precession of a Bicycle Wheel 03 Spooky version: VRML

 

Simple Harmonic Oscillation

Vibrating Mass animation

Cosine as a projection

Simple Harmonic Oscillation of a short chain

Physical Pendulum : VRML

SHO for a ring on a peg

SHO plotter spreadsheet

A spring-mass system java applet (external from Science Joy Wagon)

Bobbing Float

SHO for a cylinder

SHO for a simple pendulum : VRML

 Multiple (out of phase, 100% coherent) : VRML

 Multiple (out of phase, partially coherent) : VRML

 

Waves and Pulses

An animation of Gaussian traveling pulses

Transverse Pulse on a Slinky : VRML

Longitudinal Pulse on a Slinky : VRML

Collision between two transverse pulses on a slinky : VRML

Collision between two longitudinal pulses on a slinky

Harmonic Traveling Wave on an Infinite String : VRML

Spooky Harmonic Traveling Waves on a String

Spooky Harmonic Traveling Waves on a String 02

An excel spreadsheet showing the calculations and plots for the traveling pulses

An animation showing the formation of standing waves

An excel spreadsheet showing the calculations for the standing wave animation

Encore animation of formation of standing waves

Formation of second mode with fixed Boundary Conditions

Colliding Gaussians showing simulation of free boundary conditions

Spreading Gaussian Pulse on a Rope

Free Boundary Conditions 01 and 04

Fixed Boundary Condition 01

Pulse as seen by co moving observer

Piston Pushing Air

Beat Formation (01,02) Spreadsheets for Beats (01,02)

What a Beat sounds like

Doppler Shift for a car and The Chromatics

Fourier Synthesis for Sound Java Applet (External to Lyon College)

What does a sonic boom look like?

Thrust SSC [ movie : cnn report : sonic boom ]

 

Thermodynamics

Joule's Experiment

Carnot Cycle Animation

Spreadsheet for Carnot Cycle

Spreadsheets: Isovolumeric Isothermal

Gas Molecules In A Cylinder 01

Gas Molecules In A Cylinder 02

Gas Molecules In A Cylinder 01: Running backwards : Kaon Particles

Diatomic Molecules in a Cylinder and Denser : VRML

 

Worksheet Number
Date
Worksheet 01
August 24, 2005

 

August 26, 2005

Worksheet 02

August 29, 2005

Worksheet 03

August 31, 2005

Worksheet 04

September 02, 2005

Worksheet 05

September 05, 2005

Worksheet 06

September 07, 2005

Worksheet 07

September 09, 2005

Worksheet 08

September 12, 2005

In-class pre test for test #1

September 14, 2005

Test 1

September 16, 2005

 

September 19, 2005

Service Day

September 21, 2005

Worksheet 09

September 23, 2005

Worksheet 10

September 26, 2005

Worksheet 11

September 28, 2005

Worksheet 12

September 30, 2005

Worksheet 13

October  03, 2005

Worksheet 14

October 05, 2005

Worksheet 15

October 07, 2005

Worksheet 16

October 10, 2005

Mid Term Grades Due

October 11, 2005

Worksheet 17

October 12, 2005

Fall Break

October 14, 2005

Worksheet 18

October 17, 2005

In-class pre test for test #2

October 19, 2005

Test 2

October 21, 2005

Worksheet 19 A

October 24, 2005

Worksheet 20 *

October 26, 2005

Worksheet 21 S

October 28. 2005

Worksheet 22 S

October 31, 2005

Worksheet 23 W

November 02, 2005

Worksheet 24 W

November 04, 2005

Worksheet 25 So

November 07, 2005

Worksheet 26 So

November 09, 2005

Worksheet 27 T

November 11, 2005

Worksheet 28 T

November 14, 2005

In-class pre test for test #3

November 16, 2005

Test 3

November 18, 2005

Worksheet 29 T

November 21, 2005

Thanksgiving

November 23, 2005
November 25, 2005

Worksheet 30 T

November 28, 2005

Worksheet 31 B

November 30, 2005

Last Day of Class

December 02, 2005

 

Sample Tests

Sample Test 1

Sample Test 2

Sample Test 3

Sample Final Exam