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Lecture Notes

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LEC #TOPICSLECTURE NOTES
1Powers of Ten - Units - Dimensions - Measurements - Uncertainties - Dimensional Analysis - Scaling ArgumentsThigh Bones (Femur) of Mammals (PDF)#
5Circular Motion - Centrifuges Moving - Reference Frames - Perceived GravityOrbital Information on Planets (PDF)#
9Exam ReviewInformation on Exam 1 (PDF)
12Non-Conservative Forces - Resistive Forces - Air Drag - Terminal VelocityResistive Force on Spheres (PDF)#

Karo Corn Syrup (PDF)#

Drop Steel Ball Bearings in Corn Syrup (PDF)#

Falling Balloon with and without Air Drag (PDF)#

Falling Pebble with and without Air Drag (PDF)#
14Escape Velocities - Bound and Unbound Orbits - Circular Orbits - Various Forms of Energy - PowerEnergy and Power Consumption (PDF)#
17Impulse - RocketsRocket Equations (PDF)# (Courtesy of W. H. Freeman & Company.)

Amazon logo Tipler, Paul A. "Rocket Propulsion." Physics for Scientists and Engineers. Vol. 1, Mechanics, Oscillations and Waves, Thermodynamics. 4th ed. W. H. Freeman and Company/Worth Publishers (c), 1998, pp. 241-243. ISBN 9781572596733. (pbk.)(Excerpt)
18Exam ReviewInformation on Exam 2 (PDF)
19Rotating Rigid Bodies - Moment of Inertia - Parallel Axis and Perpendicular Axis Theorem - Rotational Kinetic Energy - Fly Wheels - Neutron Stars - PulsarsFlywheel Technology (PDF)#
22Kepler's Laws - Elliptical Orbits - Satellites - Change of Orbits - Ham SandwichNotes on Kepler Orbits (PDF)#

Problem 8.2 (PDF)#

Computer Demonstrations - To Catch or not to Catch! Tossing a Sandwich - Peter and Mary in Orbit (PDF)#

Data used by Kepler (1618) (PDF)#
23Doppler Effect - Binary Stars - Neutron Stars and Black HolesEffects of Inclination of Binary Systems (PDF)
24Rolling Motion - Gyroscopes - VERY NON-INTUITIVETorques on Rotating Disks - Gyroscopic Behavior (PDF)#
25Static Equilibrium - Stability - Rope WalkerConversion from Linear to Rotational Motion (PDF)#
26Elasticity - Young's ModulusElasticity of Metals (PDF)#
29Exam ReviewInformation on Exam 3 (PDF)
33Kinetic Gas Theory - Ideal Gas Law - Isothermal Atmosphere - Phase Diagrams - Phase TransitionsIdeal Gas Law (PDF)

Comments on Phase Transitions (PDF)

 








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