Physics 240:Fall 2007

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

Announcements

You may bring to use on the test 1/2 one side of 8.

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

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 : 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

Special Calculus Notes for Centripetal Acceleration : W : P

Cylinders01

 

Momentum

Notes regarding conversation of translational momentum 240 : 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 22, 2007

Worksheet 02: W : P

August 24, 2007

Worksheet 03: W : P

August 27, 2007

Worksheet 04: W : P

August 29, 2007

Labor Day

September 03, 2007

Worksheet 05: W : P

September 05, 2007

Worksheet 06: W : P

September 07, 2007

Worksheet 07: W : P

September 10, 2007

UnTest#1: W : P

September 12, 2007

Test 1: W : P

September 14, 2007

Worksheet 08: W : P

September 17, 2007

Worksheet 09: W : P

September 19, 2007

Worksheet 10: W : P

September 21, 2007

Worksheet 11: W : P

September 24, 2007

Service Day

September 26, 2007

Worksheet 12: W : P

September 28, 2007

Worksheet 13: W : P

October 01, 2007

Worksheet 14: W : P

October  03, 2007

Worksheet 15: W : P

October 05, 2007

Worksheet 16: W : P

October 08, 2007

Worksheet 17: W : P

October 10, 2007

Mid Term Grades Due

October 10, 2007

Fall Break

October 11-14, 2007

*18

October 15, 2007

UnTest#2: W : P

October 17, 2007

Test 2: W : P

October 19, 2007

*20 Worksheet 18: W : P

October 22, 2007

Worksheet 19 A: W : P

October 24, 2007

Worksheet 20 *: W : P

October 26, 2007

Worksheet 21 S: W : P

October 29. 2007

Worksheet 22 S: W : P

October 31, 2007

Worksheet 23 W: W : P

November 02, 2007

Worksheet 24 W: W : P

November 05, 2007

Worksheet 25 So: W : P

November 07, 2007

Worksheet 26 So: W : P

November 09, 2007

Worksheet 27 T: W : P

November 12, 2007

Untest#3: W : P

November 14, 2007

Test 3: W : P

November 16, 2007

Worksheet 28 T: W : P

November 19, 2007

Thanksgiving

November 21, 2007
November 25, 2007

Worksheet 29 T: W : P

November 26, 2007

Worksheet 30 T: W : P

November 28, 2007

Worksheet 31 B: W : P

November 30, 2007

Last Day of Class

December 03, 2007

Final Exams

December 6-12, 2007

 

Sample Tests

Sample Test 1 : W : P

Sample Test 2 : W : P

Sample Test 3 : W : P

Sample Final Exam : W : P