Department of Physics/Science

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Physics 1101:  General Physics I Homepage

Instructor E-mail:  Mr. Mark Neurauter or Dr. David Bahr  [Office Hrs]
Phone:     (218)755-2930 or (218)755-2916

Syllabus
Text:  Giancoli, Douglas C., Physics, 6th Ed., Vol. 1, Prentice Hall, ISBN:  0-13-035256-X.    
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Course Agenda (revised 12/4/2009):
Week 1:  Tools; Straight-Line Motion
    8/24/2009:  Course introductions; fundamental quantities, accuracy and significant figures.
    8/26/2009:  Scientific notation, unit conversion
    8/28/2009:  Kinematics of constant acceleration in one dimension
Week 2:  Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
    8/31/2009:  Free-fall kinematics; scalars and vectors
    9/2/2009:  Kinematics in two dimensions; projectile motion
    9/4/2009:  Newton's laws of motion
Week 3:  Newton's Laws
    9/7/2009:  Labor Day - no classes
    9/9/2009:  Free-body analysis; friction
    9/10/2009:  Homework 1 due
    9/11/2009:  Quiz 1 (in class)
Week 4:  Work and Energy
    9/14/2009:  Uniform circular motion
    9/16/2009:  Gravitation; Kepler's laws of planetary motion
    9/18/2009:  Work; kinetic and potential energy
Week 5:  Linear Momentum
    9/21/2009:  Conservation of mechanical energy
    9/23/2009:  Linear momentum, conservation of momentum
    9/25/2009:  Elastic and inelastic collisions; center of mass
Week 6:  Rigid Rotational Motion
    9/28/2009:  Definition of rotational kinematics
    9/30/2009:  Torque and rotational inertia
    10/2/2009:  No class; faculty in-service day
Week 7:  Torque and Angular Momentum
    10/5/2009:  Rotational work and energy
    10/7/2009:  Angular momentum and its conservation
    10/8/2009:  Homework 2 due
    10/9/2009:  Quiz 2 (in class); mid-course evaluations
Week 8:  Statics
    10/12/2009:  Conditions for static equilibrium
    10/14/2009:  Elasticity, deformation and fracture
    10/16/2009:  Fluids; Pascal's and Archimedes' principles
Week 9:  Fluid Mechanics; Simple Harmonic Motion
    10/19/2009:  Bernoulli's principle and applications; Torricelli's principle
    10/21/2009:  Hooke's Law; simple harmonic motion; the simple pendulum
    10/23/2009:  Forced harmonic motion; resonance
Week 10:  Traveling Waves; Superposition
    10/26/2009:  Definition of waves; wave types and characteristics
    10/28/2009:  The superposition principle; standing waves
    10/30/2009:  Spatial interference - constructive and destructive
Week 11:  Spatial and Temporal Interference
    11/2/2009:   Reflection, refraction, diffraction
    11/4/2009:   Characteristics of sound
    11/5/2009:  Homework 3 due
    11/6/2009:  Quiz 3 (in class)
Week 12:  Sound
    11/9/2009:  The Doppler effect; shocks
    11/11/2009:  Temperature and the zero-th law of thermodynamics; thermal size change
    11/13/2009:  Heat; heat transfer and calorimetry
Week 13:  Thermal Physics
    11/16/2009:  The kinetic theory of gases; the ideal gas law
    11/18/2009:  Thermodynamic states, processes and cycles
    11/20/2009:  The first law of thermodynamics
Week 14:  Thermodynamics
    11/23/2009:  Heat engines, efficiency and the Carnot cycle
    11/25-27/2009:  Thanksgiving Break - no classes
Week 15: 
    11/30/2009:  The Second Law of Thermodynamics
    12/2/2009:  Second Law in terms of entropy
    12/4/2009:  
Week 16:  Finals Week
    12/7/2009:  Review for final exam
    12/8/2009:  Review for final exam; course evaluations
    12/11/2009:  Final Exam  8:00 - 10:00 in room S212; Equations for final
                Note:  The final exam generally will not be available to students arriving late.

Last modified:  12/4/2009
Comments to:  dbahr@bemidjistate.edu