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Physics 311, "University Physics I", Winter 2008
This material can be found online at URL
http://spiff.rit.edu/classes/phys311/phys311.html
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The final exam will be on Wednesday, Feb 25
from 2:45 to 4:45 PM in Room 08-2305.
You will be able to see the
equation sheet
for this test in advance.
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Outline for the course, class schedule, etc.
Syllabus, including reading assignments
and test dates.
Grades in the course
If you want to read through my lectures from the old,
lecture-based version of this course, then visit
my old lecture-based University Physics I web site.
Workshops
The schedule below may shift a bit as the quarter progresses...
- Week 1, Day A:
Introduction, units, estimates
- Week 1, Day B:
Measurements, uncertainties and graphing
- Week 1, Day C:
Kinematical quantities
- Week 2, Day A:
1-D Kinematics under constant acceleration
- Week 2, Day B:
More 1-D Kinematics problems, Vectors
- Week 2, Day C:
2-D Kinematics in simple situations
- Week 3, Day A:
Projectile motion
- Tue, Dec 16: Test 1: 6-7 PM, room 70-2690
- Week 3, Day B:
More projectile motion
- Week 3, Day C:
Uniform circular motion
- Week 4, Day A:
Forces
- Week 4, Day B:
Atwood Machine I (level)
- Week 4, Day C:
Newton's Third Law and Friction
- Week 5, Day A:
Friction in complicated situations
- Week 5, Day B:
Atwood machine II (tilted)
- Week 5, Day C:
UCM again
- Week 6, Day A:
Variable forces: springs
- Tue, Jan 20: Test 2: 6-7 PM, room 70-2690
- Week 6, Day B:
Variable forces: air resistance
- Week 6, Day C:
Variable forces: gravitation
- Week 7, Day A:
Work and Kinetic Energy
- Week 7, Day B:
Work in non-trivial situations
- Week 7, Day C:
More Work
- Week 8, Day A:
Conservative forces and potential energy
- Week 8, Day B:
Conservation of energy experiment
- Week 8, Day C:
Forces and potentials, escape velocity
- Week 9, Day A:
Impulse and momentum
- Tue, Feb 10: Test 3: 6-7 PM, room 70-2690
- Week 9, Day B:
Momentum and collisions
- Week 9, Day C:
Center of mass, planets around other stars
- Week 10, Day A:
The Ballistic Pendulum (part I)
- Week 10, Day B:
The Ballistic Pendulum (part II),
and rockets
- Week 10, Day C:
Review: Physics at the Winter Olympics
- Wed, Feb 25: Final exam: 2:45 - 4:45, 08-2305
Homework sets.
In order to use the on-line homework system,
you need to know your login name and your initial password.
Your "login name" should be the same as your RIT E-mail address,
something like abc1234.
Your initial password should be
the final 4-digits of your student RIT ID number,
so if your ID number is 12345-6789, the
initial password would be 6789.
Include all zeroes: if your ID number is 12345-0081,
then your initial password will be 0081.
You can change your password from the default
after you log in for the first time.
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Homework 0: Introduction to WebWork
due Wednesday, Dec 6, at 8 AM.
This assignment does not count towards your grade;
it is intended to uncover any errors in the system
and give us time to fix them.
Answers to homework 0
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Homework 1: Practice with a graph
due Thursday, Dec 4, at noon.
Answers to homework 1
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Homework 2: Kinematics and uncertainties
due Monday, Dec 8, at noon.
Answers to homework 2
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Homework 3: 1-D kinematic problems
due Wednesday, Dec 10, at noon.
Answers to homework 3
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Homework 4: Vectors
due Thursday, Dec 11, at noon.
Answers to homework 4
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Homework 5: 2-D Kinematics
due Monday, Dec 15, at noon.
Answers to homework 5
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Homework 6: Projectile motion and UCM
due Friday, Dec 19, at noon.
Answers to homework 6
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Homework 7: A horizontal Atwood's machine
due Wednesday, Jan 7, at noon.
Answers to homework 7
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Homework 8: Forces
due Thursday, Jan 8, at noon.
Answers to homework 8
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Homework 9: More force problems
due Monday, Jan 12, at noon.
Answers to homework 9
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Homework 10: Forces with friction
due Wednesday, Jan 14, at noon.
Answers to homework 10
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Homework 11: Another friction problem
due Thursday, Jan 15, at noon.
Answers to homework 11
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Homework 12: Centripetal forces
due Monday, Jan 19, at noon.
Answers to homework 12
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Homework 13: A spring
due Thursday, Jan 22, at noon.
Answers to homework 13
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Homework 14: Variable forces
due Monday, Jan 26, at noon.
Answers to homework 14
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Homework 15: Work and the dot product
due Wednesday, Jan 28, at noon.
Answers to homework 15
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Homework 16: Sliding down the hemisphere
due Thursday, Jan 29, at noon.
Answers to homework 16
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Homework 17: More work and KE
due Monday, Feb 02, at noon.
Answers to homework 17
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Homework 18: Conservation of energy I
due Thursday, Feb 05, at noon.
Answers to homework 18
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Homework 19: Conservation of energy II
due Monday, Feb 09, at noon.
Answers to homework 19
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Homework 20: Momentum and impulse
due Thursday, Feb 12, at noon.
Note that you need to do only 3 of the problems on this
set to receive a score of 100%. The fourth problem
is a BONUS problem; consider the library as a resource for it.
Answers to homework 20
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Homework 21: Center of mass and collisions
due Monday, Feb 16, at noon.
Answers to homework 21
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Homework 22: Complicated problems
due Tuesday, Feb 24, at noon.
Answers to homework 22
Extra Credit Projects
(each student may hand in up to 2 extra credit projects
during the quarter)
- Human Reaction Times.
Due Dec 12 at 4 PM.
- Indoor Exercise.
Due Dec 19 at 4 PM.
- The Paris Gun.
Due Dec 19 at 4 PM.
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Measure the Earth's Radius.
Due Jan 9 at 4 PM.
- Coefficient of Static Friction.
Due Jan 23 at 4 PM.
- Bouncing balls.
Due Feb 6 at 4 PM.
- A Solar Sail.
Due Feb 18 at 4 PM.
- The Office Chair Radar Gun.
Due Feb 20 at 4 PM.
For more information
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Copyright © Michael Richmond.
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