PARADIGMS IN PHYSICS PH421/521: OSCILLATIONS
http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu /ph421

Syllabus for Fall 2008 (last update 10/18/08)

General Information

Writing Guide

External Links

Blackboard  (grades, email)

 

 

 

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Instructor: Prof. Janet Tate
WGR 485, 737-1700
tate at physics dot oregonstate dot edu
OH: Tue:2:30 -3:30 (304F); Thu 10 - 11 (WGR 485)

Teaching Assistant: Jeff Hazboun
737-1726
hazbounj at onid dot oregonstate dot edu
OH: W 2-3 (304F); F 9-10

 

Date
Room

Topics

Reading
(Required, Recommended)

Homework

M 10/20
W304

Energy Formulation

  • Energy formulation
  • Calculate period from dt/v

T 4.6
(TM 2.6)
Gi 8.9

HW 1 assigned

Harmonic fns drill
Drill solution

Tu 10/21
 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 10/22
W304

M 7.1
T 4.6
(TM 4.4)

 

Th 10/23
W304F

Anharmonic oscillator

  • Calculation of period for anharmonic system

Free Motion of an Oscillator

  • Newton's law for an oscillator
  • SHO: solutions, period, initial conditions

Representations of Simple Harmonic Oscillations

  • 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

 

Power series drill
Drill solution

F 10/24
W304

 

Free Damped Oscillations

  • 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 10/27
W304

Forced Damped Oscillations

·       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 10/28
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 10/29
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

 

Kronecker delta drill
Drill solution

Th 10/30
W 304

LRC circuit & Fourier Series

M 5.1, 11.1
T 5.7
(TM 3.8)
RHB 12

 

F 10/31
W 304

Fourier Series

  • Fourier series graphically considered
  • Averages of harmonic functions - wksht

M 11.1
T 5.7, 5.8
RHB 12

 

M 11/3
W 304

Fourier Series

  • Fourier coefficients, examples

 

 

Tu 11/4
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
Impulse LRC lab assigned

HW 2 Due
HW 2 Soln
HW 2 Rubric

HW 3

W 11/5

LRC circuit response to impulse

  • Impulse lab
  • The fast Fourier transform (FFT)

Impulse_LRC lab handout

FFT notes

 

Dirac delta drill
Drill solution

Th 11/6

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 due in class
HW 3 Soln Q1

F 11/7

Catch-up and review

 


HW 3 Soln Q2
HW 3 Rubric

M 11/10

WGR 304 & 304F

PH421/521 Final Exam 07:30 – 09:30

 

Practice Final