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LEC #TOPICSKEY DATES
1Powers of Ten - Units - Dimensions - Measurements - Uncertainties - Dimensional Analysis - Scaling Arguments
21D Kinematics - Speed - Velocity - Acceleration
3Vectors - Dot Products - Cross Products - 3D Kinematics
43D Kinematics - Free Falling Reference FramesAssignment 1 due
5Circular Motion - Centrifuges Moving - Reference Frames - Perceived Gravity
6Newton's Laws
7Weight - Perceived Gravity - Weightlessness Free Fall - Zero Gravity in Orbit (Misnomer)
8FrictionAssignment 2 due
9Exam Review
Exam 1
10Hooke's Law - Springs - Simple Harmonic Motion - Pendulum - Small Angle Approximation
11Work - Kinetic Energy - Potential Energy - Conservative Forces - Conservation of Mechanical Energy - Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation
12Non-Conservative Forces - Resistive Forces - Air Drag - Terminal VelocityAssignment 3 due
13Potential Energy - Energy Considerations to Derive Simple Harmonic Motion
14Escape Velocities - Bound and Unbound Orbits - Circular Orbits - Various Forms of Energy - Power
15Momentum - Conservation of Momentum - Center of MassAssignment 4 due
16Collisions - Elastic and Inelastic - Center of Mass Frame of Reference
17Impulse - Rockets
18Exam ReviewAssignment 5 due
Exam 2
19Rotating Rigid Bodies - Moment of Inertia - Parallel Axis and Perpendicular Axis Theorem - Rotational Kinetic Energy - Fly Wheels - Neutron Stars - Pulsars
20Angular Momentum - Torques - Conservation of Angular Momentum - Spinning Neutron Stars - Stellar Collapse
21Torques - Oscillating Bodies - HoopsAssignment 6 due
22Kepler's Laws - Elliptical Orbits - Satellites - Change of Orbits - Ham Sandwich
23Doppler Effect - Binary Stars - Neutron Stars and Black Holes
24Rolling Motion - Gyroscopes - Very Non-intuitiveAssignment 7 due
25Static Equilibrium - Stability - Rope Walker
26Elasticity - Young's Modulus
27Fluid Mechanics - Pascal's Principle - Hydrostatics - Atmospheric Pressure - Over Pressure in Lungs and Tires
28Hydrostatics - Archimedes' Principle - Fluid Dynamics - What Makes Your Boat Float? - Bernoulli's EquationAssignment 8 due
29Exam Review
Exam 3
30Simple Harmonic Oscillations - Energy Considerations - Torsional Pendulum
31Forced Oscillations - Normal Modes - Resonance - Natural Frequencies - Musical Instruments
32Heat - Thermal ExpansionAssignment 9 due
33Kinetic Gas Theory - Ideal Gas Law - Isothermal Atmosphere - Phase Diagrams - Phase Transitions
34The Wonderful Quantum World - Breakdown of Classical Mechanics
35Farewell Special - High-energy Astrophysics
Final Exam

 








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