Course Outline
Physics 211 Fall 2005

INSTRUCTOR

LECTURE (WNGR 151)

OFFICE

OFFICE HOURS

Pat Canan

Henri Jansen

MWF 2 pm

WNGR 373

WNGR 403

Tuesday/Thursday 9:50-11:50am

Tuesday/Thursday 1-3pm

WEEK

DATE

READING

TOPIC

HOMEWORK DUE

LAB (Thursday-Monday-Tuesday)

1
September 26 2.1-2.3 motion at constant velocity, graphing None Monday, Tuesday: no lab

Thursday: One dimenional motion
September 28 2.4-2.8 acceleration, motion in one dimension Ch1 #1, 2, 3, 28 and Ch2 #2, 3, 9, 11, 14
September 28 , 19:30pm Optional Review, Wngr 149A
September 30 3.7-3.8, 3.10 motion in 2D, vectors, projectiles Ch2 #16,24,27,58,61

2
October 3 3.7-3.8 , 3.10 advanced projectiles, kinematics review Ch 2 #19,62,63 and Ch3 #21,32,45 Monday, Tuesday: One dimensional motion

Thursday: The simple pendulum
October 5 1.7 dimensional analysis, springs, oscillations Ch 2 #78, 84 and Ch 3 #37, 38, 40, 47, 63
October 5 , 19:30pm Optional Review, Wngr 149A
October 7 4.1-4.3, 4.6 more dimensional analysis, springs Ch 1 #36, 37, 38 and Ch3 # 32, 59, 64.

3
October 10 12.1-12.2 statics: forces, weight, friction Ch3 #66, 83, and DIM-ANALYSYSIS HERE Monday, Tuesday: The simple pensulum

Thursday: The physical pendulum
October 12 4.4-4.7 Newton's second and third law Ch3 #43,48, and Ch12 #1,12,70
October 12 , 19:30pm Optional Review, Wngr 149A
October 14 5.1 more on 2nd and 3rd laws, free body diagrams Ch4 #5,6,19,35,41

4
October 17 5.5 velocity dependent forces Ch4 #8,24,46,48,52 Monday, Tuesday: The physical pendulum

Thursday: Mass-Spring oscillations
October 19 none (review) review for midterm (optional) none, but material for Friday's problems is covered on midterm!
October 19 , 19:30pm MIDTERM 1 Chapters 1-4, section 5.1, sections 12.1-12.2
October 21 5.2-5.4 motion along a curved path Ch5, #17, 18, 21, 27, 64

5
October 24 5.2-5.4 curved paths, continued Ch5 #35,36,43,44 Monday, Tuesday: Mass-Spring oscillations

Thursday: Deflection of a beam
October 26 12.5 Young's modulus, dimensional analysis Ch5 #47,74,76,87,50 (50 is tough, so it's last)
October 26 , 19:30pm Optional Review, Wngr 149A
October 28 6.1-6.4 "On the shoulders of giants" Assignment here
Solutions

6
October 31 6.5-6.7 applications of universal gravitation Ch6 #2,7,12,21,37 Monday, Tuesday: Defelction of a beam

Thursday: Two wave speeds
November 2 7.1-7.4 work and energy Ch6 #49 and scanned problems
Solutions
November 2 , 19:30pm Optional Review, Wngr 149A
November 4 8.1-8.6 conservative forces, energy conservation Ch7 #3,10,13,36 and Ch8 #14,32,72

7
November 7 8.7 gravitational potential energy Ch7 #45, and Ch8 #79,82,90 Monday, Tuesday: Two wave speeds

Thursday: Emptying a tank
November 9 none review for midterm (optional) none, but material for Friday's homework is part of the midterm
November 9 , 19:30pm MIDTERM 2 Chapters 5-7, Sections 8.1-8.7
November 11 3.1-3.6, 7.2 Vector Day Ch8 #29,37,43,97

8
November 14 8.8 power Ch7 #18,21,23,65,67 Monday, Tuesday: Emptying a tank

Thursday: The chain and the pulley
November 16 9.1-9.6 momentum and collisions Ch8 #55,60,65,89,94
November 16 , 19:30pm Optional Review, Wngr 149A
November 18 9.3 collisions and impulse Ch9 #2,11,16,49,86

9
November 21 9.4-9.5 energy considerations in collisions Ch9 #5,22,24,25,28 Monday, Tuesday: The chain and the pulley

Thursday: NO LAB
November 23 9.7 2-D collisions Ch9 #35,41,42,47,89
November 23 , 19:30pm NO REVIEW, THANKSGIVING
November 25 NO CLASS, THANKSGIVING

10
November 28 10.5 torque Ch 9 #51,53,54,84 Make-up labs (contact TAs in timely fashion!)
November 30 9.8-9.9 center of mass Ch10 #21,23,24,104
November 30 , 19:30pm Optional Review, Wngr 149A
December 2 none general review for final Ch9 #60,62,64,67

11
December 6, 7:30 am FINAL EXAM WITH 217: A-C
Wngr 116: D-H
Wngr 149: I-Mc
Wngr 151: Me-Z