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Lecture Schedule - Fall 2009 - Dr. Fortner

• Section 2: MWF 12:00-12:50; Room DH 116

• Text: Walker, Halliday / Resnick Fundamentals of Physics (8th Edition)

8/26

8/28

8/31

9/2

Overview; Measurement

Units; Motion

Acceleration; Free Fall

Estimation; Sears Tower (.pdf)

Quiz 1 (Questions and Problems due)

1-3 to 1-7, 2-1 to 2-5 (3-8, 13-19)

2-6 to 2-7, 2-9 (19-24, 24-27)

[Chap 1, Chap 2]

9/4

9/9

9/11

9/14

9/16

9/18

Vectors; Using Vectors

Vector Components; Unit Vectors

Motion Vectors; Relative Motion

Yacht Racing (.pdf) 

Projectile Motion; Range, Height and Time

Quiz 2 (Questions and Problems due)

3-1 to 3-3 (38-41)

3-4 to 3-7 (41-48)

4-1 to 4-4 (58-64); 4-8 to 4-9 (72-74)

4-5 to 4-6 (65-70)

[Chap 3, Chap 4-1 to 4-6]

9/21

9/23

9/25

9/28

9/30

10/2

10/5

Reaction; Weight; Free-Body Diagram

Tension; Equilibrium

Static Friction; Kinetic Friction

Skydiving (.pdf)

Quiz 3 (Questions and Problems due)

5-7 to 5-8 (94-99)

5-9 (99-105)

6-1 to 6-4 (116-124)

[Chap 5, Chap 6-1 to 6-4]

10/2

10/5

10/7

10/9

10/12

10/14

10/16

Circular Motion; Centripetal Force;

Curved Tracks

Universal Gravitation; Space Station (.pdf)

Gravity Near Earth; Satellite Motion; Kepler's Laws

Angular Variables; Spring Force; Harmonic Motion

Quiz 4 (Questions and Problems due)

13-1 to 13-2 (330-333)

13-4, 13-7 (386-392, 399-400)

10-2, 15-1 to 15-3, 15-7 (242-245, 386-392, 399-400)

[Sect 4-7, 6-5, 10-2, 13-2, 13-4, 13-7, 15-2, 15-3, 15-7]

10/21

10/23

10/26

10/28

10/30

Conservative Forces; Potential Energy

Mechanical Energy; Nonconservative Forces

Gravitational Energy; Energy Curves

Quiz 5 (Questions and Problems due)

Power; Drag Racing (.pdf)

8-1 to 8-5 (166-175)

8-7 to 8-8 (178-186)

13-6 (338-342); 8-6 (175-178)

[Chap 7, Chap 8, Sect 13-6]

7-9 (155-157)

11/4

11/6

11/9

11/11

11/13

Center of Mass; Finding the Center;

Waiter (.pdf)

Collision; Inelastic Collisions;

Elastic Collisions; Variable Mass

Quiz 6 (Questions and Problems due)

9-4 to 9-6 (209-214)

9-7 to 9-9 (214-221)

9-10 to 9-12 (221-226)

[Chap 9]

11/18

11/20

11/23

11/30

12/2

12/4

Moment of Inertia; Torque

Rotational Motion; Rolling

Tour de France (.pdf)

Vector Torque; Angular Momentum

Rotational Conservation; Statics

Quiz 7 (Questions and Problems due)

10-7 to 10-8 (253-257)

10-9 to 10-10, 11-1 to 11-5 (257-265, 275-281),

3-8 (50-51: vector product), 11-6  to 11-10 (281-285)

11-11 to 11-12, 12-1 to 12-6 (285-290, 305-315)

[Chap 10, Chap 11, Chap 12-1 to 12-6]