PHY 126 Course Schedule: Fall 2006

Homework assignments are posted on www.masteringphysics.com. Be sure to check there for due dates. The homework is generally due on Monday morning before the first recitation. The laboratory manual for each experiment should be printed before coming to each lab section.

Monday Wednesday Friday Lab Schedule Reading for Week
Sep 04 --
Labor Day
1: Sep 06 --
Welcome/Angular Velocity and Acceleration
2: Sep 08 --
Angular Kinematics
9.1, 9.2, 9.3
3: Sep 11 --
Rotational Energy and the Moment of Inertia -- First Recitation
4: Sep 13 --
Torque and Angular Acceleration
5: Sep 15 --
Rigid Body Motion
Young's Modulus 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4
6: Sep 18 --
Angular Momentum
7: Sep 20 --
Ridid Body Equilibrium
8: Sep 22 --
Stress and Strain
Simple Harmonic Motion 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5
9: Sep 25 --
Periodic and Harmonic Motion, Springs and Pendulums
10: Sep 27 --
Energy in Harmonic Motion
11: Sep 29 --
Damped and Forced Oscillations
Standing Waves 13.1, 13.2, 13.5, 13.3, 13.4, 13.7, 13.8
Oct 02 --
Yom Kippur
12: Oct 04 --
Static Fluids and Pressure
13: Oct 06 --
Buoyancy and Fluid Flow
14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4
Oct 09 --
Midterm Exam
14: Oct 11 --
Bernoulli's Equation
15: Oct 13 --
Mechanical Waves
Makeup Labs for Labs 1-3 Standing Waves 14.5, 14.6, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
16: Oct 16 --
The Wave Equation and Energy Transport
17: Oct 18 --
Superposition and Boundary Conditions
18: Oct 20 --
Standing Waves and Normal Modes
Velocity of Sound 15.4, 15.5, 15.6, 15.7, 15.8
19: Oct 23 --
The Wave Equation
20: Oct 25 --
Pressure Waves
21: Oct 27 --
Sound, Sound Production and Resonance
Absolute Zero 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5
22: Oct 30 --
Interference; The Doppler Effect
23: Nov 01 --
Temperature, Temperature Scales, Thermometers and Thermal Expansion
24: Nov 03 --
Heat and Calorimetry
Mechnical Equivalent of Heat 16.6, 16.7, 16.8, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5, 17.6
25: Nov 06 --
Phase Changes: Heat of Vaporization, Heat of Fusion
26: Nov 08 --
Heat Transfer
27: Nov 10 --
Ideal Gas
Makeup Lab for Labs 4-6 17.7, 18.1, 18.2
28: Nov 13 --
Kinetic Theory of Gases
Nov 15 --
Midterm Exam
29: Nov 17 --
Heat Capacity and the Equipartition of Energy
18.3, 18.4, 18.6
30: Nov 20 --
Thermodynamic States and Paths Between States
31: Nov 22 --
The First Law of Thermodynamics: Internal Energy
Nov 24 --
Thanksgiving
19.1, 19.2, 19.3, 19.4, 19.5
32: Nov 27 --
Ideal Gas and the First Law
33: Nov 29 --
Adiabatic Processes and the Arrow of Time
34: Dec 01 --
Heat Engines and Refrigerators
Thermodynamics 19.6, 19.7, 19.8, 20.1, 20.2, 20.3
35: Dec 04 --
The Second Law of Thermodynamic
36: Dec 06 --
Entropy
37: Dec 08 --
Statistical Interpretation of Entropy
The Simple Lens 20.5, 20.6, 20.7, 20.8
38: Dec 11 --
Light: Dispersion and Refraction
39: Dec 13 --
Ray Model of Light and Mirrors
40: Dec 15 --
Lenses and the Lens Equation
Makeup Labs for Labs 7-8 33.1, 33.2, 33.3, 34.1, 34.2, 34.3, 34.4

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