PHYS2140-001: Physics for Science and Engineering Majors II
Fall, 2015
Lecturer:
Phone:
Email:
Web Page:
Office Hours:
Dr. S. Cheng
Office: MH5008
530-4788
Fax: 530-2723
song.cheng@utoledo.edu
http://astro1.physics.utoledo.edu/~scheng/phys2140/index.html
11:00 –12:00 MWF
Textbook:
Fundamental of Physics, by Halliday, Resnick, and Walker, 10th Ed.
Prerequisites: PHYS-2130
Class Hours: 10:00-10:50 MWF, Room MH1005, Lectures
10:00-10:50(for sessions -002 and -003), 12:00 -12:50 (for session -004)
Tuesday, Recitation and Discussion, different rooms
10:00-10:50 Thursday, Weekly Quizzes, Room DC1019
Examinations:
Midterm One:
Midterm Two:
Final Exam:
Thursday, Sept. 24, 10:00-10:50, DC1019
Thursday, Oct. 29, 10:00-10:50, DC1019
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 10:15 -12:15, Room to be determined
(1) These are the only times that exams will be given. Any make-up attempt can only be
requested and arranged BEFORE the scheduled exam. (2) A chapter summary is mandatory for
the quizzes and exams, since no formula sheet will be provided. (3) Every student should use a
calculator when doing calculations. No cell-phone or smart-phone is allowed. Turn off or put
your phone in silent mode.
Grading:
Grades given are the A, B, C, D, F including plus and minus. The boundaries for grades
A, B, C, and D are tentatively the following: A (>= 88), B (>= 78), C (>= 68), and D (>= 58).
Grades are based on the combination of the following six scores:
Laboratory Grade:
10%
Quiz Grade:
30%
Class Participation 10%
Midterm One:
15%
Midterm Two:
15%
Final:
20%
(1) The laboratory is a mandatory component of the course, and a score of 24/30 or
better must be earned to pass the course. It you are repeating the course, you do not
need to repeat the laboratory if you have taken the course within the last year and
earned a score of 24/30 or better in the laboratory. You need to purchase the lab
manual from the UT bookstore. Please note that there are no labs in the week of
August 24.
(2) One lowest quiz score will be dropped before determining your overall quiz grade.
(3) No curving will be done at the end of semester to determine your grades.
(4) The homework is due every Tuesday. Answers to some of the selected homework
problems will be available on the web AFTER that Tuesday.
The last day for withdrawing from the course without receiving a grade F is October 30. All
students who have not withdrawn by that time should receive a regular letter grade A-F. The
grade of Incomplete ("IN") will be given only in exceptional emergency situations.
PHYS2140 requires knowledge of vector operations that you learned in PHYS2130. So please
review those topics in Chapter 3. PHYS2140 also requires the knowledge of calculus,
especially simple differentiation and integration techniques. You may find it challenging to
apply what you learned in mathematics to physics problems. So a fluent knowledge in calculus
is essential to a success in PHYS2140.
The main topics in PHYS2140 include electric and magnetic topics and their applications in real
life. You are going to learn the concepts, assumptions, and physics laws around these topics.
You are expected to use the knowledge, together with your calculus knowledge, to calculate,
analyze, explain, and reason some of the common applications of those physics laws in real life.
You are going to recognize the close relation between these abstract physics laws and the real
life applications that we are encountering every day.
Phys2140
Lecture Schedule and Problem Assignments
DATE:
Aug. 24
25
26
27
28
31
Sept. 1
2
3
4
TOPICS
Chap 21: Electric Charge and Coulomb’s Law
Recitation and Discussion
Chap21: Electric Charge and Coulomb’s Law
Quiz/Assessment
Chap 22: Electric Field
Chap 22: Electric Field
Recitation and Discussion
Chap 23: Gauss’ Law
Quiz
Chap 23: Gauss’ Law
7
8
9
10
11
Labor Day, No Class
Recitation and Discussion
Chap 23: Problems and Discussions
Quiz
Chap 24: Electric Potential
14
15
16
17
18
Chap 24: Electric Potential
Recitation and Discussion
Chap 25: Capacitance
Quiz
Chap 25: Capacitance
21
22
23
24
25
Chap 26: Current and Resistance
Recitation and Discussion
Resistors in series and in parallel; Review
Midterm One: Chapters 21 – 25
Chap 27: Circuit
28
29
30
Oct. 1
Chap 27: Circuit
Recitation and Discussion
Chap 27: Problems and Discussions
Quiz
PROBLEMS
1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 14
14, 15, 27, 39, 44, 53
3, 7, 18, 21, 29, 39, 49
6, 14, 15, 43, 45, 51
3, 8, 13, 17, 27, 32
17, 25, 27, 43, 49
3, 11, 22, 23, 30, 45, 61, 62
2
Chap 28: Magnetic Field
3, 21, 22, 32, 41, 49
5
6
7
8
9
Fall Break, No Class
Fall Break, No Class
Chap 28: Magnetic Field
Quiz
Chap 29: Biot-Savart Law
8, 10, 11, 12, 29, 35, 45, 50
12
13
14
15
16
Chap 29: Ampere’s Law
Recitation and Discussion
Chap 29: Problems and discussions
Quiz
Chap 30: Faraday’s Law and Lenz’s Law
4, 7, 15, 18, 29, 45, 46, 54, 66
19
20
21
22
23
Chap 30: Problems and Discussions
Recitation and Discussion
Chap 30: Self and Mutual Induction
Quiz
Chap 31: LC Oscillations and Alternating Current
13, 15, 33, 35, 44,57, 60
26
27
28
29
30
Chap 31: LC Oscillations and Alternating Current
Recitation and Discussion
Review for Midterm Two
Midterm Two: Chapters 26 – 31
Review/Chap 32: Maxwell Equations
5, 11, 24, 27
Nov. 2
3
4
5
6
Chap 32: Maxwell Equations
Recitation and Discussion
Chap 33: Electromagnetic Waves and Polarization
Quiz
Chap 33: Reflection and Refraction
9
10
11
12
13
Chap 33: Problems and Discussions
Problems and Discussions
Veterans Day, No Class
Quiz
Chap 34: Plane Mirror and Spherical Mirror
16
17
Chap 34: Thin Lenses
Recitation and Discussion
13, 19, 34, 35, 51, 55, 61, 69
3, 7, 17, 41, 47, 61, 68, 74, 85, 90
18
19
20
Chap 34: Optical Instruments
Quiz
Chap 34: Problems and Discussions
23
24
25
26
27
Chap 35: Interference from Double Slits
Recitation and Discussion
Thanksgiving Break, No Class
Thanksgiving Break, No Class
Thanksgiving Break, No Class
30
Dec. 1
2
3
4
7
8
9
10
11
Dec 16
16, 24, 25, 27, 39, 55, 69, 75
Chap 35: Problems and Discussions
Recitation and Discussion
Chap 35: Interference from Thin Films
Quiz
Chap 35: Problems and discussions
Chap 36: Diffraction
Recitation and Discussion
Chap 36: More Diffraction
Quiz
Review for the Final Exam
Wednesday, 10:15- 12:15, FINAL EXAM
1, 9, 22, 29, 47, 49, 55, 58