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Powers of Ten - Units - Dimensions - Measurements - Uncertainties - Dimensional Analysis - Scaling Arguments |
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| 2 |
1D Kinematics - Speed - Velocity - Acceleration |
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| 3 |
Vectors - Dot Products - Cross Products - 3D Kinematics |
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| 4 |
3D Kinematics - Free Falling Reference Frames |
Assignment 1 due |
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Circular Motion - Centrifuges Moving - Reference Frames - Perceived Gravity |
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| 6 |
Newton's Laws |
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| 7 |
Weight - Perceived Gravity - Weightlessness Free Fall - Zero Gravity in Orbit (Misnomer) |
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| 8 |
Friction |
Assignment 2 due |
| 9 |
Exam Review |
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Exam 1 |
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| 10 |
Hooke's Law - Springs - Simple Harmonic Motion - Pendulum - Small Angle Approximation |
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| 11 |
Work - Kinetic Energy - Potential Energy - Conservative Forces - Conservation of Mechanical Energy - Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation |
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| 12 |
Non-Conservative Forces - Resistive Forces - Air Drag - Terminal Velocity |
Assignment 3 due |
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Potential Energy - Energy Considerations to Derive Simple Harmonic Motion |
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| 14 |
Escape Velocities - Bound and Unbound Orbits - Circular Orbits - Various Forms of Energy - Power |
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| 15 |
Momentum - Conservation of Momentum - Center of Mass |
Assignment 4 due |
| 16 |
Collisions - Elastic and Inelastic - Center of Mass Frame of Reference |
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| 17 |
Impulse - Rockets |
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| 18 |
Exam Review |
Assignment 5 due |
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Exam 2 |
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| 19 |
Rotating Rigid Bodies - Moment of Inertia - Parallel Axis and Perpendicular Axis Theorem - Rotational Kinetic Energy - Fly Wheels - Neutron Stars - Pulsars |
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| 20 |
Angular Momentum - Torques - Conservation of Angular Momentum - Spinning Neutron Stars - Stellar Collapse |
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| 21 |
Torques - Oscillating Bodies - Hoops |
Assignment 6 due |
| 22 |
Kepler's Laws - Elliptical Orbits - Satellites - Change of Orbits - Ham Sandwich |
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| 23 |
Doppler Effect - Binary Stars - Neutron Stars and Black Holes |
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| 24 |
Rolling Motion - Gyroscopes - Very Non-intuitive |
Assignment 7 due |
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Static Equilibrium - Stability - Rope Walker |
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| 26 |
Elasticity - Young's Modulus |
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| 27 |
Fluid Mechanics - Pascal's Principle - Hydrostatics - Atmospheric Pressure - Over Pressure in Lungs and Tires |
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| 28 |
Hydrostatics - Archimedes' Principle - Fluid Dynamics - What Makes Your Boat Float? - Bernoulli's Equation |
Assignment 8 due |
| 29 |
Exam Review |
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Exam 3 |
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| 30 |
Simple Harmonic Oscillations - Energy Considerations - Torsional Pendulum |
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| 31 |
Forced Oscillations - Normal Modes - Resonance - Natural Frequencies - Musical Instruments |
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| 32 |
Heat - Thermal Expansion |
Assignment 9 due |
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Kinetic Gas Theory - Ideal Gas Law - Isothermal Atmosphere - Phase Diagrams - Phase Transitions |
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| 34 |
The Wonderful Quantum World - Breakdown of Classical Mechanics |
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| 35 |
Farewell Special - High-energy Astrophysics |
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Final Exam |
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