Physics 0174
Basic Physics for Students of Science and Engineering (Integrated)
Fall Term 2004 (05-1)
Note: The material on these sheets, updates, announcements, Excel computer exercise files, etc.
are available on the Courseweb site for this course.
Lecturer:
Recitation
Instructors:
Prof. Robert P. Devaty
402 Allen Hall
412-624-9009
E-Mail: devaty@pitt.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday, Friday 4:00 – 5:00 pm
(may be changed)
Suman Bhattacharya
522 Allen Hall
Office Hours: to be determined
E-Mail: sub5@pitt.edu
Ryan E. Marsh
514 Allen Hall
(412) 624-1831
Office Hours: to be determined
E-Mail: rem30@pitt.edu
Text:
University Physics (custom edition based on eleventh edition) by Hugh D. Young and
Roger A. Freeman, Chapters 1-13, 15-18 (maybe)
Schedule:
Lectures: Monday, Wednesday, Friday; Alumni Hall 343, 3:00-3:50 pm
Computer Recitations: Monday or Wednesday; GSCC 138, 2:00-2:50 pm
Recitations: Monday, Wednesday or Friday; Thaw 102 or Allen Hall 318
Each student is signed up for one computer based and one regular recitation each week.
Check your schedule or the Physics Office (100 Allen Hall) if you are unsure. You must
attend your assigned recitations and may not attend others instead.
Lectures:
It is your responsibility to do the reading assignments before the lecture. The lectures will
not simply be a run-through of the book, but rather involve emphasis of the concepts,
demonstrations and examples. You will participate through your use of a recently
installed response system. Of course you are also encouraged to ask questions. A portion
of your grade will be based on your participation in lecture.
Homework:
Homework Questions, Exercises and Problems will be assigned each week. It is your
responsibility to do the homework before the recitation section as preparation for the
quizzes. You are encouraged to collaborate with your classmates on homework if you
find this an effective way to learn, but remember that you will be doing the quizzes and
exams on your own. Your ability to understand and solve problems is essential for
successful performance on the quizzes and exams.
Recitation:
Your recitation section provides the opportunity to ask questions and discuss the material
in a smaller group. You will also benefit from the alternative viewpoint of your recitation
instructor. The intended format for the recitation is:
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Quick review of recent material (5-10 minutes)
Questions / discussion / problem solving (25-30 minutes). It is highly desirable that
most of the recitation period be used for active learning. For example, the recitation
instructor can break up the group into smaller groups for work sheets or guided
problems.
Weekly quiz (10-15 minutes), which will determine your recitation grade.
Work out quiz, if time permits
Computer-Based Recitation: The computer based recitation will give you experience in applying
computers, using Excel, to explore physics and solve problems. You will belong to a
group of up to three students for this part of the course. You may not be able to complete
a particular assignment during the recitation period. You can take your work home by
copying it onto a diskette or e-mailing (or ftp) the Excel file to yourself. Typically, the first
worksheet of an Excel recitation exercise for a given week will be a Summary Sheet. You will be
instructed to print out this sheet and hand it in for grading. Be sure to copy your properly labeled
plots to the Summary Sheet, if requested, before printing it out. If you need a fresh copy of the
Excel assignment, it will be available on the Courseweb site under “Course Documents” after it is
presented in the recitation.
Examinations: There will be two preliminary examinations, given during regular lecture periods. The
scheduled dates are October 1 and November 12, both Fridays. The comprehensive final
examination is scheduled by the University for Wednesday, December 15, from 8:00 9:50 am.
Grading:
Each preliminary examination will be worth 100 points. The final examination
will be worth approximately 150 points. The recitation grade, based on the quizzes, will
be normalized to 50 points. Some (perhaps two) of your lowest quiz scores will be
dropped. The Summary Sheets from the computer-based recitations will also contribute
50 points. Checks of handed in homework and responses in lecture will also contribute
perhaps 50 points together. The entire course will be worth about 500 points. Your grade
will be determined by how many points you earn, relative to the totals earned by your
peers.
Academic Integrity:
Students in this course will be expected to comply with the University of Pittsburgh's Policy on
Academic Integrity. Any student suspected of violating this obligation for any reason during the
semester will be required to participate in the procedural process, initiated at the instructor level, as
outlined in the University Guidelines on Academic Integrity. This may include, but is not limited to,
the confiscation of the examination of any individual suspected of violating University Policy.
Furthermore, no student may bring any unauthorized materials to an exam, including dictionaries
and programmable calculators.
Disabilities:
If you have a disability that requires special testing accommodations or other classroom
modifications, you need to notify both the instructor and the Disability Resources and Services as
early as possible, say no later than the 2nd week of the term. You may be asked to provide
documentation of your disability to determine the appropriateness of accommodations. To notify
Disability Resources and Services, call (412) 648-7890/(412) 383-7355 (TTY) to schedule an
appointment. The Office is located in 216 William Pitt Union. A comprehensive description of the
services of this office can be obtained at www.drs.pitt.edu.
Assignment for Week #1:
Reading: Chapter 1, Sections 1-9; Appendices A, B (first page), and E; Chapter 2, Sections 1-3
Homework: Due Week #2 (at Lecture, Wednesday after Labor Day)
Chapter 1: Questions 2, 8, 10, 12, 18; Exercises 2, 7, 35, 42, 48
Assignment for Week #2:
Reading: Chapter 2, Sections 4– 5; Chapter 3, Sections 1-5
Homework: Due Week #3
Chapter 2: Questions 2, 9, 12, 14, 20; Exercises 1, 12, 24, 31, 32
Physics 0174
Weekly Topics (Approximate Schedule)
R.P. Devaty
Week #1
Aug 30 (M)
Sep 01 (W)
Sep 03 (F)
Week #2
Sep 06 (M)
Sep 08 (W)
Sep 10 (F)
Week #3
Sep 13 (M)
Sep 15 (W)
Sep 17 (F)
Week #4
Sep 20 (M)
Sep 22 (W)
Sep 24 (F)
Week #5
Sep 27 (M)
Sep 29 (W)
Week #6
Oct 01 (F)
Oct 04 (M)
Oct 06 (W)
Oct 08 (F)
Week #7
Oct 11 (M)
Oct 13 (W)
Oct 15 (F)
Week #8
Oct 18 (M)
Oct 20 (W)
Oct 22 (F)
Lect 1: organizational details, course overview and teaching philosophy;
the nature of physics; systems of units; dimensional analysis; measurement
uncertainty and significant figures; scientific notation;
Lect 2: mathematical tools - trigonometric functions; scalars and vectors;
vector addition and subtraction; illustrative examples
Lect 3: motion in one dimension: variables used to describe motion - position,
displacement, velocity, and acceleration; motion diagrams; illustrations
Labor Day – no lecture
Lect 4: mathematical description of 1-D motion – kinematic equations for
constant acceleration; examples
Lect 5: generalization to motion in two and three dimensions; examples of 2-D
motion: projectiles and objects in uniform circular motion; relative velocity
Lect 6: methodical approach to solving motion problems; illustrative examples
Lect 7: forces – definition; common types of forces (weight, normal force,
tension, frictional force); identifying the forces acting on an object; free-body
force diagrams; finding the net force
Lect 8: relationship between net force and motion: Newton’s First Law;
Newton’s Second Law; definition of mass; Newton’s Third Law
Lect 9: applications of Newton’s Laws - illustrative 1-D examples of particles
in equilibrium and particle dynamics
Lect 10: generalization to problems in 2-D; choosing a coordinate system and
decomposing forces; determining the magnitude and direction of the frictional
force; illustrative examples; dynamics of circular motion
Lect 11: interaction forces and Newton’s Third Law; two approaches to
solving problems that involve coupled objects
Lect 12: the concepts of work and kinetic energy; definition of work as dot
product of force and displacement vectors; illustrative examples
Lect 13: work-energy theorem; work done by a variable force; power – the
rate of doing work; pre-examination review
1st hour-examination (material since start of course)
Lect 14: kinetic vs. potential energy; transformation of energy from one type
into another; illustrations; gravitational potential energy and elastic potential
energy
Lect 15: conservative and non-conservative forces; force and potential energy
Lect 16: the conservation of mechanical energy law - what does it mean and
when does it apply? How to take advantage of it in solving problems?
illustrative examples
Lect 17: the concepts of impulse and linear momentum; the impulsemomentum theorem;
Lect 18: the conservation of linear momentum law: when does it apply?
Illustrative examples
Lect 19: application to collision problems; elastic vs. inelastic collisions; the
concept of center of mass
Lect 20: rotation of rigid bodies: angular displacement, angular velocity, and
angular acceleration; examples of rigid body rotations; relationships between
linear and angular kinematic variables; rolling motion
Lect 21: rotational kinetic energy; rotations with constant angular acceleration;
illustrative examples
Lect 22: the concept of moment of inertia; examples of calculating the
moment of inertia for objects of different shapes; the Parallel Axis Theorem
Week #9
Oct 25 (M)
Oct 27 (W)
Oct 29 (F)
Week #10
Nov 01 (M)
Nov 03 (W)
Week #11
Nov 05 (F)
Nov 08 (M)
Nov 10 (W)
Week #12
Nov 12 (F)
Nov 15 (M)
Nov 17 (W)
Nov 19 (F)
Week #13
Nov 22 (M)
Week #14
Nov 24 (W)
Nov 26 (F)
Nov 29 (M)
Dec 01 (W)
Dec 03 (F)
Week #15
Dec 06 (M)
Dec 08 (W)
Dec 10 (F)
Week #16
Lect 23: dynamics of rotational motion: the concept of torque; Newton’s
Second Law for rotational motion; illustrative examples
Lect 24: work and power in rotational motion; definition of angular momentum;
the conservation of angular momentum law and when it applies; examples
Lect 25: conditions for equilibrium; examples of rigid-body equilibrium
problems
Lect 26: Newton’s Law of Gravitation; weight vs mass; gravitational potential
energy
Lect 27: applications of Newton’s Law of Gravitation – the motion of satellites
and planets
Lect 28: Kepler’s Laws and the motion of the Earth’s planets
Lect 29: periodic motion and simple harmonic motion: the equations used to
describe SHM; example: mass on a spring
Lect 30: conservation of total mechanical energy in SHM; pre-examination
review
2nd hour-examination (material since 1st examination)
Lect 31: periodic motion (continued) - the simple pendulum; the physical
pendulum; damped oscillations
Lect 32: forced oscillations and resonance phenomena
Lect 33: mechanical waves – transverse vs longitudinal waves; mathematical
description of a wave; speed of a transverse wave
Lect 34: waves on strings and sound waves; energy transmitted in wave
motion
Thanksgiving Break – no lecture
Thanksgiving Break – no lecture
Lect 35: the principle of superposition; wave interference; standing waves
Lect 36: normal modes of a string; resonance; examples
Lect 37: sound waves – generation, transmission, reception; sound intensity;
interference patterns; beat frequency; the Doppler effect
Lect 38: temperature and thermal equilibrium; temperature scales; definition
of heat; specific heat; phase changes
Lect 39: thermal properties of matter; equations of state; kinetic-molecular
model of an ideal gas; heat capacities at constant pressure and at constant
volume
Lect 40: pre-final examination review of course material
Dec 15 (W)
8:00–9:50 am
(place to be announced)
Final Examination (all material covered in the course)