PHYSICS 211

COURSE OUTLINE

FALL 2008

Chapter 1
Sep. 3	Introduction – Taylor Series - Vectors
Sep. 5	Vector Differentiation, Newton's Laws
Sep. 8	Newton's Laws Applications, Curvilinear coordinates
Chapter 2
Sep. 10	Projectile Motion with Air Resistance I
Sep. 12	Projectile Motion with Air Resistance II
Sep. 15	Complex Numbers, Charged Particle in Magnetic Field
Chapter 3
Sep. 17	Linear Momentum, Rocket Motion, Center of Mass
Sep. 19	Angular Momentum and Torque on Many-Particle Systems
Sep. 22	Moment of Inertia
Chapter 4
Sep. 24	Work and Energy, Line Integrals
Sep. 26	Vector Calculus I, The Gradient
Sep. 29	Vector Calculus II, The Divergence and the Curl
Oct. 1	Conservation of Mechanical Energy, Potential
Oct. 3	Equilibrium, Examples
Oct. 6	Central Forces, Particle Interactions
Oct. 8	Discretionary Lecture
Chapter 5 (omit 5.7-5.9)
Oct. 10	Solving the Simple Harmonic Oscillator Equation
Oct. 13	Damped Oscillations
Oct. 15	Driven Oscillations, Resonance
Chapter 6
Oct. 17	Calculus of Variations I
Oct. 20	Calculus of Variations II
Chapter 7 (omit 7.9)
Oct. 22	Lagrange's Equations and Generalized Coordinates
Oct. 24	Examples
Oct. 27	More Examples
Oct 29	Even More Examples
Oct 31	More Examples yet, Lagrange Multipliers
Nov. 3	Energy Conservation Revisited
Chapter 8 ( omit 8.8)
Nov. 5	Central Forces I
Nov. 7	Central Forces II
Nov. 10	Kepler Orbits
Chapter 9 (omit 9.2)
Nov. 12	Non-Inertial Frames, Rotating Frames
Nov. 14	Time Derivatives in Rotating frames, Examples
Nov. 17	The Earth As a Non-Inertial Frame
Nov. 19	Projectile Motion Near the Earth's Surface
Nov. 21	The Foucault Pendulum
Chapter 11 (omit 11.5 - end)
Dec. 1	Two Coupled Harmonic Oscillators
Dec. 3	Elements of Linear Algebra
Dec. 5	The Eigenvalue Problem
Dec. 8	Normal Modes, The Triatomic Molecule
Dec. 10	Review – Course Evaluation
Dec. 12	Final Examination – 8:00 a.m. - A402 Cook

There will be two exams other than the final:

Exam I, week of October 10, chapters 1 – 5

Exam II, week of November 17, chapters 5 – 8

Exact date, time and place TBA