PHYSICS 151 - Spring 2011

University of Hawaii, Manoa
Dept. of Physics & Astronomy

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SYLLABUS

last updated: May 13, 2011
(topics and links will continue to be updated during semester)

• The syllabus below lists all sections of the book that you are responsible for understanding for exams. This is my intended schedule of topics; actual subject matter covered during each lecture may vary a bit, or may lag behind slightly. In that case, exams will only cover material actually discussed in lecture before the exam date. I will continue to update the table below to accommodate changes throughout the semester.
• Reading Assignments are intended to reinforce lecture material, provide worked examples, and prepare you for the next lecture. Exam questions may cover material from lectures, reading assignments, or any homework problem. (For sections in [[brackets]], you only need to understand the general concepts in those sections qualitatively, but you do not need to know any specific formulas or how to solve numerical problems for those topics.)
• Links to Handouts & Paper Homeworks (PDF format) will be added as they become available -- just click on the name of the handout or the "Paper HW #" below.

DATE	READING	TUTORIAL SHEETS & OTHER WORKSHEETS (just for practice -- NOT to be handed in)	HOMEWORK
Mon. Jan. 10 Lecture #1	"Course Information & Policies" handout Review as needed: Appendix A (pp. A-1 to A-9): Algebra, Geometry & Trig. Formulas [[1.1 & 1.2: Physics & Science, The Scientific Method]]	Review as needed: "Scientific Notation, Metric System, & Unit Conversion Review Worksheet" handout (NOT due -- answers attached) Lecture #1 Tutorial Worksheet
Wed. Jan. 12 Lecture #2	"Powers of 10 & Scientific Notation" handout 1.3 (and Appendices B & F): SI (Metric System) Units & Metric Prefixes 1.4: Dimensions & Unit Conversions 1.5: Expressing Uncertainty/Error & Significant Figures [[1.6: Order-of-Magnitude Estimates]] video: "Powers of 10" optional (alternate) video: "Cosmic Voyage"	Lecture #2 Tutorial Worksheet
Fri. Jan. 14 Lecture #3	2.1-2.2: Position & Displacement, Speed & Velocity, Graphing position & velocity Cartoon Guide, Chap. 1: Motion	Lecture #3 Tutorial Worksheet
Mon. Jan. 17	HOLIDAY -- MLK Jr. Day
Wed. Jan. 19 Lecture #4	2.3-2.4: Acceleration, Graphing position, velocity, & acceleration	Lecture #4 Tutorial Worksheet
Fri. Jan. 21 Lecture #5	2.4: Equations of Kinematics w/ constant accel. (in 1-D) more Graphing position, velocity, & acceleration	Lecture #5 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #1 handed out
Mon. Jan. 24 Lecture #6	2-6: Law of Falling Bodies/Freefall	Lecture #6 Tutorial Worksheet	Online HW #1A DUE -- 12:30pm
Wed. Jan. 26 Lecture #7		Lecture #7 Tutorial Worksheet
Fri. Jan. 28 Lecture #8	1.7: Scalars vs. Vectors 1.8: Vector Components	Lecture #8 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #1 DUE Paper HW #2 handed out
Mon. Jan. 31 Lecture #9	1.7-1.8: Vector Addition (Triangle Method & Component Method)	Lecture #9 Tutorial Worksheet	Online HW #1B DUE -- 12:30pm
Wed. Feb. 2 Lecture #10	2-7: Adding Velocities (in 1-D) 3.5: Summing velocity vectors	Lecture #10 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #3 handed out
Fri. Feb. 4 Lecture #11	3.1-3.3: Projectile motion (2-D kinematics) Cartoon Guide, Chap. 3: Projectiles	Lecture #11 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #2 DUE Paper HW #2 Solutions
Mon. Feb. 7 Lecture #12	more Projectile motion examples	Lecture #12 Tutorial Worksheet
Wed. Feb. 9 Lecture #13	Lecture CANCELED (instructor illness)	(Lecture #13 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet)
Fri. Feb. 11	MIDTERM EXAM #1 -- all assigned sections of Chaps. 1 to 3 (excluding section 3.4)	see Past Exams webpage for sample midterms	Paper HW #3 -- extended to Monday
Mon. Feb. 14 Lecture #14	Chap. 4: Force, Mass, and Newton's 1st & 2nd Laws of Motion Free-body diagrams & One-dimensional force problems Cartoon Guide, Chap. 2: The Apple and The Moon	Lecture #14 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #3 DUE Paper HW #3 Solutions
Wed. Feb. 16 Lecture #15	Chap. 4: Weight Normal Force Tension more 1-D force problems	(Lecture #15 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet)	Paper HW #4 handed out
Fri. Feb. 18 Lecture #16	4.4: Newton's 3rd Law of Motion 5.4: Springs & Hooke's Law	Lecture #16 Tutorial Worksheet
Mon. Feb. 21	HOLIDAY -- Presidents' Day
Wed. Feb. 23 Lecture #17	5.1-5.2: Two-Dimensional force problems Examples 5.3 (p.132), 5.6 (p.135), 5.11 (p.143) & 5.12 (p.143):  Inclines 5.3: Friction: static & kinetic Example 5.13 (p.144-5) Drag force & Terminal velocity [not discussed in lecture] Examples 5.7 (p.136) & 5.4 (p.132):  Two-body/pulley problem 5.4: Force by a spring: Hooke's Law	Lecture #17 Tutorial Worksheet
Fri. Feb. 25 Lecture #18		Lecture #18 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #4 DUE Paper HW #4 Solutions Paper HW #5 handed out
Mon. Feb. 28 Lecture #19	Mechanical advantage (not in Young&Geller) 5.5: The Four Fundamental Forces of Nature	Lecture #19 Tutorial Worksheet
Wed. Mar. 2 Lecture #20	3.4, 6.1: Uniform Circular Motion (UCM): linear vs. angular velocity, period, frequency, centripetal acceleration, centripetal force	Lecture #20 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #6 handed out
Fri. Mar. 4 Lecture #21	6.2: UCM in a vertical circle 6.3: Law of Universal Gravitation 6.4: Gravitational acceleration video: "Schoolhouse Rock -- A Victim of Gravity" (3 mins.)	Lecture #21 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #5 DUE Paper HW #5 Solutions Paper HW #7 handed out
Mon. Mar. 7 Lecture #22	6.5: Orbits Kepler's 3 Laws of Planetary Motion (not in Young&Geller) Gravity Simulator (webpage Java applet)	(Lecture #22 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet)
Wed. Mar. 9 Lecture #23	7.1: Forms of energy 7.2: Work 7.3: Kinetic Energy, Work-Energy Theorem 7.8: Power	Lecture #23 Tutorial Worksheet (to be used during Lecture #24)
Fri. Mar. 11	MIDTERM EXAM #2 -- all assigned sections of Chaps. 4 to 6 (plus section 3.4)	see Past Exams webpage for sample midterms
Mon. Mar. 14 Lecture #24	7.5: Potential Energy: Gravitational and Elastic 7.6: Conservation of Energy 7.7: Conservative vs. Non-conservative forces Gravitational Potential Energy & Escape Velocity (not in Young&Geller)	Lecture #24 Tutorial Worksheet (to be used during Lecture #25-26)	Paper HWs #6&7 DUE Paper HW #6 Solutions Paper HW #7 Solutions Paper HW #8 handed out
Wed. Mar. 16 Lecture #25	8.1: Linear Momentum 8.5: Impulse 8.2-8.4: Conservation of Momentum in Collisions, Elastic vs. Inelastic Collisions	(Lecture #25 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet)
Fri. Mar. 18 Lecture #26	8.2-8.4: more One-Dimensional Collisions Example 8.7 (p.242):  "Ballistic Pendulum" problem	(Lecture #26 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet)	Paper HW #9 handed out
Mon. Mar. 21	SPRING RECESS
Wed. Mar. 23	SPRING RECESS
Fri. Mar. 25	SPRING RECESS HOLIDAY -- Kuhio Day
Mon. Mar. 28 Lecture #27	Examples 8.5 (p.238) & 8.11 (p.247):  Two-Dimensional Collisions 8.6-8.7: Center of Mass & Motion of C.M.	Lecture #27 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #8 postponed to Wednesday
Wed. Mar. 30 Lecture #28	Chap. 9: Rotational quantities vs. translational quantities Rotational Kinematics	Lecture #28 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #8 DUE Paper HW #8 Solutions
Fri. Apr. 1 Lecture #29	Rolling Objects Rotational K.E. & Moment of Inertia	Lecture #29 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #9 DUE Paper HW #9 Solutions
Mon. Apr. 4 Lecture #30	Chap. 10: Torque Rotational Dynamics Rotational Work & K.E.	Lecture #30 Tutorial Worksheet
Wed. Apr. 6 Lecture #31	Statics Stability & Balance Angular Momentum, Conservation of A.M., Gyroscopes Vector nature of rotational quantities	Lecture #31 Tutorial Worksheet
Fri. Apr. 8 Lecture #32	Chap. 11: Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM) review: Hooke's Law, Elastic Potential Energy Conservation of Energy for SHM Kinematics of SHM & relationship with UCM	(Lecture #32 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet)	Paper HW #10 handed out
Mon. Apr. 11 Lecture #33	Pendulums [[Damped Oscillation]] [[Driven Oscillation, Resonance]] video segment on Resonance	Lecture #33 Tutorial Worksheet	TAKE-HOME MIDTERM EXAM #3 handed out -- all assigned sections of Chaps. 7-10 (see Past Exams webpage for sample midterms)
Wed. Apr. 13 Lecture #34	Chap. 13: Density Pressure & Pascal's Principle	Lecture #34 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #11 handed out
Fri. Apr. 15 Lecture #35	Archimedes' Principle & Buoyancy Bernoulli's Principle & Bernoulli's Equation [[Viscosity]]	Lecture #35 Tutorial Worksheet	TAKE-HOME MIDTERM EXAM extended to Mon. Apr. 18 Paper HW #10 DUE Paper HW #10 Solutions
Mon. Apr. 18 Lecture #36	Chap. 12: Waves, Pulses, & Reflection Sound waves	Lecture #36 Tutorial Worksheet	TAKE-HOME MIDTERM EXAM #3 DUE TAKE-HOME MIDTERM EXAM #3 Solutions
Wed. Apr. 20 Lecture #37	Superposition & Interference Beats Standing Waves & Harmonics	Lecture #37 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #12 handed out
Fri. Apr. 22	HOLIDAY -- Good Friday
Mon. Apr. 25 Lecture #38	[[Sound Intensity]] Doppler Effect [[Shock Waves]]	(Lecture #38 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet)	Paper HW #11 DUE Paper HW #11 Solutions
Wed. Apr. 27 Lecture #39	Chap. 14: Temperature Thermal Expansion (linear only) Heat & Mechanical Equivalent of Heat	(Lecture #39 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet)	Paper HW #13 handed out
Fri. Apr. 29 Lecture #40	Heat Capacity [[Conduction, Convection, Radiation]] Chap. 15: Ideal Gases, Moles Kinetic Theory of Gases	Lecture #40 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #12 DUE Paper HW #12 Solutions
Mon. May 2 Lecture #41	Phases & Phase Diagrams Latent Heat 1st Law of Thermodynamics	(Lecture #41 - NO new Tutorial Worksheet)
Wed. May 4 Lecture #42 (final lecture)	Chap. 16: Thermal Processes Carnot engines [[Refrigeration]] Entropy & 2nd Law of Thermodynamics	Lecture #42 Tutorial Worksheet	Paper HW #13 DUE Paper HW #13 Solutions
Fri. May 6	STUDY PERIOD	STUDY PERIOD
Mon. May 9	FINAL EXAM: 12:00pm-2:00pm -- all prior material, with emphasis on assigned sections of Chaps. 11-16	see Past Exams webpage for sample final exams pau! congratulations!