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Physics 312, Section 01, University Physics II: Spring 2008-2009

This material can be found online at URL

http://spiff.rit.edu/classes/phys312/phys312.html

Outline for the course, class schedule, etc.

Syllabus, including chapter assignments.

Workshops


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. You can change your password from the default after you log in for the first time.
  1. Introduction to Webwork system due Friday, Mar 13, at 7:59 AM.
  2. Angular kinematics due Friday, Mar 13, at 7:59 AM.
  3. Moment of inertia and torque due Monday, Mar 16, at 7:59 AM.
  4. A sophisticated moment of inertia problem due Wednesday, Mar 18, at 7:59 AM.
  5. Rolling motion due Friday, Mar 20, at 7:59 AM.
  6. Vector torque due Monday, Mar 23, at 7:59 AM.
  7. Angular momentum due Wednesday, Mar 25, at 7:59 AM.
  8. Conservation of angular momentum due Friday, Mar 27, at 7:59 AM.
  9. Conservation of angular momentum and static equilibrium due Wednesday, Apr 1, at 7:59 AM.
  10. Elasticity due Friday, Apr 3, at 7:59 AM.
  11. SHM (I) due Wednesday, Apr 8, at 7:59 AM.
  12. SHM (II) due Friday, Apr 10, at 7:59 AM.
  13. SHM (III) due Monday, Apr 13, at 7:59 AM.
  14. Waves (I) due Friday, Apr 17, at 7:59 AM.
  15. Waves (II) due Monday, Apr 20, at 7:59 AM.
  16. Adding waves due Wednesday, Apr 22, at 7:59 AM.
  17. Sound waves (I) due Friday, Apr 24, at 7:59 AM.
  18. Sound waves (II) due Monday, Apr 27, at 7:59 AM.
  19. Refraction of light waves due Wednesday, Apr 29, at 7:59 AM.
  20. Lenses due Friday, May 1, at 7:59 AM.
  21. Polarization and telescopes due Monday, May 4, at 7:59 AM.
  22. Two-slit interference and thin-film interference due Friday, May 8, at 7:59 AM.
  23. Diffraction and diffraction gratings due Wednesday, May 13, at 7:59 AM.
  24. BONUS questions due Wednesday, May 20, at 7:59 AM.
    These are not required. Every point you gain on this problem set is added as a bonus to your overall homework score. In other words, these problems can make up for problems you missed in earlier sets.


Practice problems

Extra Credit Projects

  1. Measure the Moment of inertia of a human body. Due Friday, Mar 20, at 5 PM.
  2. Verify the Law of Conservation of angular momentum. Due Friday, Apr 3, at 5 PM.
  3. Measure Period vs. Length for a Pendulum. Due Friday, Apr 10, at 5 PM.
  4. Record the motion of a wave. Due Friday, Apr 17, at 5 PM.
  5. Measure the speed of sound in air. Due Friday, Apr 24, at 5 PM.
  6. Measure the index of refraction of a substance. Due Friday, May 1, at 5 PM.
  7. Measure the wavelength of laser light. Due Friday, May 15, at 5 PM.

Prof. Trayling's web page for Physics 312 has notes and examples with another point of view.

Both Professor Lindberg and I have tried to explain the rules for dealing with uncertainties in measurements.


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