Physics 210:Fall 2018

Syllabus


Announcements



Conversion of Units

Conversion of units

Conversion of Powers of Units

Vectors

VRML: Rotate a triangle for trig

Vector Addition

Vector Subtraction

Resolution of a vector into its components

Multiplication of a vector by a scalar

Vector dot product

Animation: projection of a vector onto a coordinate system


Additional vector notes spreadsheet

1-D Motion
Average Velocity
ConstantAcceleration 1

Constant Acceleration 2

spreadsheet for 1-D motion

1d uniform acceleration

2 balls in a reduced gravitational field

Gallileo's Demonstration (01, 02)

Newton's Cannon
Everything Falls with the same acceleration

2-D Motion

2-D motion spreadsheet

Antartic Rescue Drop

45 Degrees gives the maximum range

2-D translational motion along perpendicular coordinates

Ball and cart in a (reduced) gravitaitonal field

Monkey Shoot

Station Train Vendor Ant

At the Intergalactic Dairy Bar

Newton's Laws

Free Body Diagram construction & use

Atwood's Machine

Mass on a plane, mass hanging over the side

Spooky inclined plane

Atwood's Machine gif animation

Inclined Plane #2: and the analysis

Uniform Circular Motion

Spinning Ball

Animated Gif showing derivation of centripetal acceleration

notes regarding uniform circular motion [Calculus Only]

Cylinders01

Momentum

Notes regarding conversation of translational momentum

Newton's spheres demonstration
animation: successive collisions between smaller masses

Glancing Collision between two objects of equal mass

Completely Inelastic Collisions(01, 02)

Completely Elastic Collisions (01, 02)

Non Uniform Circular Motion and Torque

VRML: Right Handed Coordinate System

Right Hand Rule #1:VRML3 VRML 2

Right Hand Rule #2 for Torque:VRML

Direction of Torque:Positive :VRML :Negative :VRML

Moments of Inertia (external from Science World)

Common Moments of Inertia

Non-uniform circular motion

SHO for a cylinder

Almost Stable

Rotational Kinetic Energy Derivation

Roll Without Slip

Right Hand Rule #2

Precession of a Bicycle Wheel

Precession of a Bicycle Wheel 03 Spooky version: VRML

Simple Harmonic Oscillation

Vibrating Mass animation

Cosine as a projection

Simple Harmonic Oscillation:a short chain

Physical Pendulum: VRML

SHO for a ring on a peg

SHO plotter spreadsheet

SHO energy considerations and phase

Bobbing Float

SHO for a cylinder

SHO for a simple pendulum: VRML

Multiple (out of phase, 100% coherent): VRML

Multiple (out of phase, partially coherent): VRML

Waves and Pulses

Gaussian traveling pulses

Transverse Pulse on a Slinky : VRML

Longitudinal Pulse on a Slinky: VRML

Collision between two transverse pulses on a slinky :VRML

Collision between two longitudinal pulses on a slinky

Harmonic Traveling Wave on an Infinite String: VRML

Spooky Harmonic Traveling Waves on a String

Spooky Harmonic Traveling Waves on a String 02

spreadsheet showing the calculations and plots for traveling pulses

An animation showing the formation of standing waves

spreadsheet showing calculations for standing wave animation

Encore animation of formation of standing waves

Formation of second mode with fixed Boundary Conditions

Colliding Gaussians showing simulation of free boundary conditions

Spreading Gaussian Pulse on a Rope

Free Boundary Conditions 01and 04

Fixed Boundary Condition 01

Pulse as seen by co moving observer

Piston Pushing Air

Beat Formation (01,02) Spreadsheets for Beats (01,02)

What a Beat sounds like

Doppler Shift for a carandThe Chromatics

Fourier Synthesis for Sound Java Applet(External)

What does a sonic boom look like?

Thrust SSC: CNN report :[ Not Linked:movie: sonic boom ]

Thermodynamics

Joule's Experiment

Carnot Cycle Animation

Spreadsheet for Carnot Cycle

Spreadsheets: Isovolumeric Isothermal

Gas Molecules In A Cylinder 01

Gas Molecules In A Cylinder 02

Gas Molecules In A Cylinder 01:Running backwards: Kaon Particles

Diatomic Molecules in a Cylinderand Denser: VRML

Worksheet Number
Date
Class Initialization
W August 22
[RF L00]:WS01
F August 24
WS02 M August 27
WS03
W August 29
[RF L01]:WS04:UQ01
F August 31
Labor Day Holiday
M September 03
WS05
  W September 05
[RF L02]:WS5a::UQ02
F September 07
WS06
M September 10
WS07 W September 12
[RF L03]:Untest #1 F September 14
Test #1
M September 17
WS08
W September 19
[RF L04]:WS09
F September 21
WS10:UQ03 M September 24
WS11 W September 26
[RF L05]:WS12
F September 28
WS13:UQ04
M October 01
WS14 W October 03
[RF L06]:WS15
F October 05
WS16
M October 08
Untest #2
W October 10
[RF LTBA]:Test #2
F October 12
Fall Break
October 15 - October 16
WS17
W October 17
[RF L07]:WS18 F October 19
WS19: UQ05
M October 22
WS20
W October 24
[RF L08]:WS21
F October 26
WS22 M October 29
WS23 W October 31
[RF L09]:WS24
F November 02
WS25
M November 05
Untest 3
W November 07
[RF LTBA]:Test #3
F November 09
WS27 M November 12
WS28
W November 14
[RF L10]:WS29
F November 16
WS30 M November 19
Thanksgiving
November 22 - November 26
WS30 (continued)
M November 26
Untest #4
W November 28
[RF No Lab]:Test #4
F November 30
WS26 M December 03
WS31 W December 05
[RF No Lab]:Review / Last Day
F December 07
Final Exam
December 10 10:30 AM