Syllabus for Physics 218-Honors, Fall-10 : Calculus Based
Instructor: Dr. George W. Kattawar
Web sites: http://faculty.physics.tamu.edu/kattawar
Office: MPHY 555
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Office Phone:845-1180
Lab Manual: http://visual.physics.tamu.edu/vp218/
Email: kattawar@tamu.edu
Office Hours: MWF: 10:30-11:20 am or by appointment
Textbook: University Physics, 12th ed. By Young and Freedman
Optional: Students Solutions Manual: Students Study Guide
Grading System: 1. Three major exams each worth 15% to give a total of
45%
2. Final exam
20%
3. Laboratory
17%
4. Recitation (weekly quizzes)
8%
5. Homework
10%
NOTE: You must achieve a 70% or better in the laboratory in order to pass the course.
If your grade on the Final Exam is higher than your lowest grade on one of the three major exams it will be used
to replace the one lowest score. It cannot be used to replace an exam that has been missed.
NOTE: Sept. 3 is the last day to add/drop courses and Nov. 5 is the last day to drop courses with no record (Q-drop)
Final Exam (Chaps. 1-15): Wednesday, Dec. 15, 10:30 am-12:30 pm
Syllabus (“Q” denotes questions and “P” denotes problems called exercises in text)
Date
Aug. 30 M
Sept. 1 W
Sept. 3 F
Sept. 6 M
Sept. 8 W
Sept. 10 F
Sept. 13 M
Sept. 15 W
Sept. 17 F
Sept. 20 M
Sept. 22 W
Sept. 24 F
Topic
Units, Conversions:
Vector addition
Dot and Cross Products
Displacement & Velocity
Avg. & Instantaneous acceleration
Freely falling bodies & Integration
Position, velocity, & accel. vectors
Projectile motion
Circular motion and Relative velocity
Forces and Newton’s 1st Law
Newton’s 2nd Law, Mass and Weight
Newton’s 3rd Law & Free body
diagrams
Sept. 27 M EXAM 1 (Chaps. 1-3)
Sept. 29 W Newton’s 1st and 2nd Laws
Oct. 1 F Frictional forces and Circular motion
Sections
1: 1-6
1: 7-9
1: 10
2:1-2
2: 3-4
2: 5-6
3: 1-2
3:3
3: 4-5
4:1-2
4:3-4
4: 5-6
Questions(Q) and Problems(P)
1:Q: 10, 12,13, 16, 18, 19
1:P: 9,10, 14,31,35,37,42,49,
53,55,57,68,80, 92,93,97,102
2:Q: 2,4,8,12,16,20
2:P: 5,9,14,18,23,37,40,49,50,61,76,82,83,
89,96
3:Q: 3,5,6,9,12,16;
3:P: 4,7,9,11,14,19,32,35,38,41,47,51,54,
63,82,84,86
4:Q; 4,5,16,24,30,40;
4:P: 11,16,22,28,37,39,41,44,54,57,59,62
5: 1-2
5: 3-4
Oct. 4 M
Oct. 6 W
Work and Kinetic energy
Work-energy with varying forces
6: 1-2
6: 3-4
Oct. 8 F
Oct. 11 M
Oct. 13 W
Oct. 15 F
Gravitational & Elastic potential energy
Conservative & Nonconservative forces
Force, Potential energy, and Diagrams
Impulse & Conservation of
momentum
7: 1-2
7: 3
7:4-5
8:1-2
5: Q: 1,10,20,23,28,30
5:P: 4,8,14,19,30,33,44,50,52, 62,67,86,91,
93,111,113,114,115,121
6: Q: 2,5,11,12,18,24
6: P: 3,18,24,27,34,39,40,49,61,63,64,
70,76,81,82,100
7:P: 9,14,16,18
7:Q: 2,5,6,10,13,21
7:P: 29,38,42,46,54,56,62,63,68,70,74,84,87
8: P: 3,8,17,20
Date
Oct. 18 M
Oct. 20 W
Oct. 22 F
Oct. 25 M
Topic
Inelastic and Elastic collisions
Center of mass and Rocket propulsion
EXAM 2 (Chaps. 4-7)
Angular rotations & relations to linear
counterparts
Oct. 27 W Energy in rotations and Moment of
Inertia calculations
Oct. 29 F Torque and Angular acceleration
Nov. 1 M Rigid-body rotations & Work and Power
Nov. 3 W Conservation of angular momentum &
Gyroscopes
Nov. 5 F Solving rigid body equilibrium problems
NOTE: Last day to Q-drop
Nov. 8 M Stress, Strain, Elasticity, Plasticity
Sections
Questions and Problems
8: 3-4
8:Q: 2,5,7,13,18,25:
8:5-6
8:P: 28,37,39,45.46,50,54,65,74,102,110,116
Nov. 10 W Newton’s Law of Gravitation and
Kepler’s Laws
Nov. 12 F Simple harmonic motion (SHM)
Nov.15 M Energy in SHM and applications
12: 1-5
11:Q: 2,7,8,10,19,23
11:P: 41,46,52,,66,73,82,83,97
12:P: 3,6,16,24,30,55,74,77,88
13: 1-2
13: 3-5
13:P: 1,2,6,10,11,13,19
13: Q:1,5,8,11,15,19
Nov.17 W Damped and forced oscillations
13: 6-8
13:P :26,32,36,44,45,52,54,57,60
68,71,75,91,93,96
15: 1-3
15: Q:6,9,12,14,18,21
15: 4-5
15:P: 1,4,6,7,10,15,20
15: 6-8
15:P: 26,28,33,39,41,45,49,50,51,83
14:1-3
14: 4-5
14:Q: 2,8,11,15,29,30:
14:P: 11,17,23,26,30,31,33,43,50,51,57,
66,77,84,84,87,94
Nov. 19 F EXAM 3 (Chaps. 8-12)
Nov. 22 M Periodic waves and their mathematical
description
Nov. 24 W Wave speed and Energy in wave motion
Nov. 26 F Thanksgiving holiday
Nov. 29 M Interference, Boundary conditions, and
Superposition
Dec. 1 W Fluid statics and Archimedes Principle
Dec. 3 F
Fluid dynamics and Bernoulli’s
equation
Dec. 6 M
Review
9: 1-3
9: Q: 8,10,12,14,17,21
9: 1-4
9:P: 1,6,9,19,25,30,34,39,47,49,55,85,86,99
10: 1-2
10:3-4
10: 5-7
10:P:1,3,5,8,13
10:Q: 3,6,7,12,18,31
10:P: 20,23,29,31,34,35,40,42,64,
71,91,95,101
11:P: 7,10,13,14,18,21
11: 1-3
11:4-5
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