Physics 240:Fall 2024

Syllabus

My Schedule


Announcements

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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
Constant Acceleration 1

Constant Acceleration 2

spreadsheet for 1-D motion

1d uniform acceleration

2 balls in a reduced gravitational field

Galileo's Demonstration (01, 02)

Newton's Cannon
Everything Falls with the same acceleration

2-D Motion

2-D motion spreadsheet

Antarctic Rescue Drop

45 Degrees gives the maximum range

2-D translational motion along perpendicular coordinates

Ball and cart in a (reduced) gravitational 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


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 car and The 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 Cylinder and Denser: VRML

Worksheet Number
Date
Class Initialization
[RF No Lab]
F August 16
O01 : WS01
M August 19
O02 :  WS02
[WRF L00]
  W August 21
O03 : WS03
F August 23
 WS04 : UQ01
M August 26
WS05a
 [WRF L01]
  W August 28
WS05  F August 30
Labor day
M September 02
 WS06 : UQ02
[WRF L02]
W September 04
WS07
F September 06
Untest #1 M September 09
[WRF L03] : Test 1
W September 11
WS08
F September 13
 WS09 : UQ03 M September 16
 [WRF L04] : W10 W September 18
WS11
F September 20
WS12 : UQ04 M September 23
Simulation for WS12
momentum spreadsheet
 videos: for WS12
 Kurt1: Kurt2
Astro01 : Collision
 [WRF L05] : WS13 W September 25
WS14
F September 27
Animation: Centripetal Force
Simulation: Spinning Ball
WS14 Problem 4 Coins
Calculus Notes for
Centripetal acceleration
WS15 : UQ05
M September 30
[WR TBA] : WS16
Simulation

W October 02
Hurkle-Durkle Day
F October 04
Untest #2
M October 07
 [WRF L06] : Test 2
W October 09
 WS17

Videos
Almost Stable
Roll without slip 01
Negative direction of torque
Positive direction of torque
Inclined plane with Inertia 01
Inclined Plane with Inertia 02
Right Hand Rule 1 - 3
Right Hand Rule 2 - 1
Right Hand Rule 201
Precession of wheel
Precession of wheel 03

Simulations
Conservation of Angular Momentum


F October 11
 WS18 : UQ06
M October 14
[WRF L07] : WS19 W October 16
 WS20
F October 18
WS21 : UQ07
Movies
SHO as a projection
Bobbing Cork
Cylinder with SHO
Gaussian pulse on rope
Colliding Gaussians
SHO with cylinder
Ring on peg SHO
Inner tube on peg
Simple pendulum
Multiple simple penduli
Partially Coherent
Physical Pendulum 01
Physical Pendulum 02
Simple machine 01
Pinwheel
Chain01
Chain 03
Long Chain 02
Long Chain
Chain 04

  M October 21
 [WRF Lab TBA] : WS22
W October 23
Service Day
R October 24
 WS23
  Movies
Harmonic Traveling wave 01
Wave 01 wrl
Spooky Harmonic Wave 01
Spooky Harmonic Wave 02
Standing Wave Lab Video
F October 25
WS24 : UQ08
Piston Pushing Air
M October 28
 [WRF L08] : WS25
  Thrust [ 1 : 2 : 3 ]
Chromatics [ doppler ]
Online Tone Generator
W October 30
Untest #3
F November 01
Test 3
M November 04
 [WRF L09] : WS27
W November 06
 WS28
F November 08
WS29 : UQ09
M November 11
[WRF L10 ] : WS30
W November 13
 WS30
F November 15
 WS26 : UQ10 M November 18
[WRF Lab TBA] : WS31 W November 20
Untest #4
F November 22
Thanksgiving Break
M November 25 - 29
Test 4
M December 02
[WRF No Lab]
Gravitational Interactions
W December 04
Course Review/Last Day of Class
F December 06
Final Exams
> December 06