PARADIGMS IN PHYSICS PH421/521: OSCILLATIONS
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Syllabus for Fall 2007 (last update 12/01/07)
Please note the schedule in weeks 3 & 4.

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Instructor: Janet Tate; tate@physics.oregonstate.edu Office Hours: WGR 485 (or 304), MWThF: 2-3pm; or by appointment. Afternoons are best. Tel: 737-1700.		Teaching Associate: Dr. Liz Gire, giree@physics.oregonstate.edu Office Hours: W4-5, F4-5 (WGR 403) Tel: 737-6080

Date Room	Topics	Reading (Required, Recommended)	Homework
M 11/05 W304	Energy Formulation Energy formulation Calculate period from dt/v	T 4.6 (TM 2.6) Gi 8.9	HW 1 assigned
Tu 11/06 W304 lab W304F	Pendulum Lab Pendulum lab Small and large angle period Small angle motion Pendulum lab data analysis	Pend Lab Instructions Pend Lab Workbook Worksheet: Period of Pendulum elliptic_pend.mws	Pendulum Lab assigned
W 11/07 W304	Class assessment of data presentation - instructions Class assessment of data presentation - students' comments Calculation of period for anharmonic system	M 7.1 T 4.6 (TM 4.4)
Th 11/08 W304F	Anharmonic oscillator Calculation of period for anharmonic system Free Motion of an Oscillator(finish on Friday) Newton's law for an oscillator SHO: solutions, period, initial conditions Representations of Simple Harmonic Oscillations (finish on Friday) Sines and cosines Euler's formula Complex representations	M 1.1, 2.1, 2.5 T 5.1 (TM 3.1, 3.2) Gi 14.3-14.6 M 1.2 T 2.6, 5.2 RHB 3.2, 3.3 Gi 14.1-14.2 S 2.1
F 11/09 W304	Free Damped Oscillations (to Monday) Free damped oscillations	M 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1 T 5.4 (TM 3.5) Gi 14.7-14.8	Pendulum lab report due Pendulum Period Soln
M 11/12 W304	Forced Oscillations of a Damped Oscillator (to Tuesday) Forced oscillations & resonance (theory)	M 5.1, 6.1 T 5.5 (TM 3.6, 3.7) S 2.11	HW 1 due HW 1 Soln HW 1 Rubric HW 2 assigned
Tu 11/13 W304 lab W304F	Forced Oscillations of a Damped Oscillator Harmonic response of LRC series circuit (lab and analysis)	LRC Lab Handout	Harmonic LRC Lab assigned
W 11/14 W 304	Forced Oscillations of a Damped Oscillator Lab analysis Complex numbers, phasors Impedance, admittance	T 5.5, 5.6 (TM 3.5, 3.7-8) Gi 31
Th 11/15 W 304	LRC circuit & Fourier Series General force function & LRC response Fourier series concept Maple: Simple Fourier Series	M 5.1, 11.1 T 5.7 (TM 3.8) RHB 12
F 11/16 W 304	Fourier Series Fourier series graphically considered Averages of harmonic functions - wksht	M 11.1 T 5.7, 5.8 RHB 12
M 11/19 W 304	Fourier Series Fourier coefficients, examples
Tu 11/20 W304F	Fourier Series Fourier coefficients, examples LRC circuit response to impulse Impulse driving force as a Fourier series	(TM 3.9) RHB 13.1	Harmonic LRC lab report due HW 2 Due HW 2 Soln HW 2 Rubric HW 3
W 11/21	NO CLASS; help session
Th 11/22	NO CLASS; Thanksgiving Holiday
F 11/23	NO CLASS; Thanksgiving Holiday
M 11/26 W304	LRC circuit response to impulse Impulse lab The fast Fourier transform (FFT)	Impulse_LRC lab handout FFT notes	Impulse LRC lab assigned
Tu 11/27 W304	LRC circuit response to impulse FFT and analysis of impulse lab data The Fourier Transform Fourier transform as limit of a Fourier series The square sine pulse The bandwidth theorem/uncertainty principle	M 11.2-3 RHB 13.1 (TM 3.9)	HW 3 Q1 due in class HW 3 Soln Q1
W 11/28 W304	The Fourier Transform Fourier transform as limit of a Fourier series The square sine pulse The bandwidth theorem/uncertainty principle
Th 11/29 W304	Junior Workshop (not part of PH421, but required for all PH, EP & CP majors) Senior thesis UG research, REU Grad School, Jobs & Internships
F 11/30 W304	Review of PH421 (optional class)		HW 3 Q1 due in class HW 3 Soln Q2 HW 3 Rubric Impulse LRC lab assigment due
F 12/07 WGR 304 & 304F	PH421/521 Final Exam 07:30 – 09:30 final exam schedule		Practice Final