Physics 210:Fall 2006

Syllabus [ W : P ] : Assessable Learning Outcomes [ W : P ] : Schedule [ W : P ] : Topical Guide [ W : P ]

Announcements

Final Exam Schedule Announced

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 : W : P  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 : W : P

 

 

Uniform Circular Motion

Spinning Ball

Animated Gif showing derivation of centripetal acceleration

Cylinders01

 

Momentum

Notes regarding conversation of translational momentum 210 : W : P

 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 01and 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 andThe 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 : W : P
August 23, 2006

Worksheet 02: W : P

August 25, 2006

Worksheet 03: W : P

August 28, 2006

Worksheet 04: W : P

August 30, 2006

Worksheet 05: W : P

September 01, 2006

Labor Day

September 04, 2006

Worksheet 06: W : P

September 06, 2006

Worksheet 07: W : P

September 08, 2006

Worksheet 08: W : P

September 11, 2006

In-class pre test for test #1: W : P

September 13, 2006

Test 1W : P

September 15, 2006

Worksheet 09: W : P

September 18, 2006

Worksheet 10: W : P

September 20, 2006

Worksheet 11: W : P

September 22, 2006

Worksheet 12: W : P

September 25, 2006

Service Day

September 27, 2006

Worksheet 13: W : P

September 29, 2006

Worksheet 14: W : P

October  02, 2006

Worksheet 15: W : P

October 04, 2006

Worksheet 16: W : P

October 06, 2006

Worksheet 17: W : P

October 09, 2006

Mid Term Grades Due

October 10, 2006

*18

October 11, 2006

Fall Break

October 13, 2006

*20 Worksheet 18: W : P

October 16, 2006

In-class pre test for test #2: W : P

October 18, 2006

Test 2:

October 20, 2006

Worksheet 19 A: W : P

October 23, 2006

Worksheet 20 *: W : P

October 25, 2006

Worksheet 21 S: W : P

October 27. 2006

Worksheet 22 S: W : P

October 30, 2006

Worksheet 23 W: W : P

November 01, 2006

Worksheet 24 W: W : P

November 03, 2006

Worksheet 25 So: W : P

November 06, 2006

Worksheet 26 So: W : P

November 08, 2006

Worksheet 27 T: W : P

November 10, 2006

Worksheet 28 T: W : P

November 13, 2006

In-class pre test for test #3: W : P

November 15, 2006

Test 3:

November 17, 2006

Worksheet 29 T: W : P

November 20, 2006

Thanksgiving

November 22, 2006
November 24, 2006

Worksheet 30 T: W : P

November 27, 2006

Worksheet 31 B: W : P

November 29, 2006

Last Day of Class

December 01, 2006

 

Sample Tests

Sample Test 1 : W : P

Sample Test 2 : W : P

Sample Test 3 : W : P

Sample Final Exam : W : P