DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS LEHIGH UNIVERSITY Physics 10 General Physics 1 Fall 2012 SYLLABUS (Please read carefully) Physics 10 is the first part of introductory physics; it is meant mainly for students oriented to the biological and environmental sciences and is a little less mathematics based compared to the course (Phys 11) taken by engineers and physics majors. Subjects covered include mechanics, energy, momentum conservation, thermodynamics, and fluids. The purpose of this course is to introduce you to these topics as well as to the principle structure of physics and the strategies to solve complex problems by extracting the basic underlying concepts. Instructor (Lectures) Prof. Volkmar Dierolf vod2@lehigh.edu Rm LL 216 Contact: P. Gescek pjn0@lehigh.edu for appointment Assistant (Recitation) Dr. Paola Cereghetti Rm LL 406 cereghetti@lehigh.edu Class Meetings: Lectures Tuesday and Thursdays at 9:20 AM LL 316, Recitation: Monday and Wednesday, as assigned by the Registrar, LL 514/511 Class Notes can be found on CourseSite These notes are supplied just for your convenience and do not replace the textbook. Since physics is an intensive subject, keeping up to date is essential. Consequently, you are expected to attend all classes and to do all assignments on time. Keep in mind this is a 4-credit class and you are hence expected to spend in the order of 16hrs per week on this class. It is our experience the effort pays off in this class and we have hence structured the grading point distribution to give plenty of incentives to work hard. Physics is a lot like learning to play the violin. Practice, Practice, Practice, Text: General Physics, 2nd Edition, by Sternheim and Kane (John Wiley & Sons, 1991). We cover about half of the book. You may find the Physics 11 textbook to be useful as a supplement for alternative discussions of some topics. Clickers from Turning Points will be an integral part of class. They will be used for in-class-quizzes but also for other interactive activities such a solving problems in
small groups. It is therefore mandatory that each student have his/her personalized clicker. We will register your clicker during the first recitation section.
Quizzes, Hour Tests, and the Final Examination: Dates for Hour Tests are given on the assignment sheets. There will be no makeup on hour tests (see grading below). Tests are closed book; you are allowed to prepare an equation sheet for each hour test and three sheet for the final examination. In every lecture, we will have a short quiz to test concepts and reading assignments. We will have 23 in-class quizzes (during each class except when a review is scheduled) In-class quizzes will be graded as follows: Proper Answer: 3pts Wrong answer: 1pts, No answer 0 pts. However, the maximum number of points that you can achieve is 50pts. The quizzes will be done using the Clicker-System. The quiz question will be clearly marked, as In-class quiz and the system will record your individual response. In all other cases, the Clicker System will be used without recording your individual response (anonymous mode). Your homework and recitation session grades will consist of two parts: Homework points for the assigned problems are earned by making a serious attempt to do all the problems in an assignment. Opportunities for extra credit by additionally assigned problems will be given as well. In-Recitation problems. In many recitation sessions (at least once per week), example problems will be discussed on the board and in groups that then have to be handed in. Grading: Your numerical grade in the course will be determined as follows: Two Hour Tests 200 Homework (including in- class problems) 100 Clicker Quizzes 50 Final Examination 150 Total 500 If you miss an Hour Test for a valid reason, your grade on the corresponding part of the final examination will be substituted for the missing grade. Using the Assignment Sheets The reading assignments should be completed before the class meeting listed. The Clicker tests may include questions from the reading material. Some assigned
material will not be presented in lectures or recitations; you will be expected to learn this material through your own reading and through homework problems. Homework assignments refer to the "Exercises" and "Problems" sections of the text, rather than the "Questions ". Each homework is due at the time listed. Homework Solutions will be distributed in the recitation section Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: If you have a disability for which you are or may be requesting accommodations, please contact both your instructor and the Office of Academic Support Services, University Center C212 (610-758-4152) as early as possible in the semester. You must have documentation from the Academic Support Services office before accommodations can be granted.
Physics 10 Schedule and Assignments Fall 2011 Weeks and Dates Subjects Reading assignments Writing assignment Aug. 27 M (Recitation) Aug. 28 T (Lecture) Aug. 29 W (Recitation) Aug. 30 R (Lecture) Sept. 3 Sept. 4 Sept 5 Sept 6 Sept 10 Sept 11 Sept 12 Sept 13 Sept 17 Sept 18 Sept 19 Sept 20 Basic Math Concepts (Vectors) Test and Registration of Clicker Introduction of the Course Displacement, Velocity, acceleration HW-1 Acceleration of Gravity, Models in Physics and finding the motion using integration HW 2 Velocity and acceleration in 2D HW3 Week 1 Sections 1.1 1.5 HW 1: Review Questions: 1-1, 1-5, 1-8, 1-12, & 1-13 Exercise 1-2, 1-5, 1-7, 1-10 Sections 1.6 1.9 HW 2: Exercise 1.8, 1.16, 1.28, 1.29, 1.42, 1.43,1.99 Week 2 Sections 2.1 2.4 HW 3: 1.44, 1.58, 1.85, 1.90, 1.108 Projectiles Sections 2.5-2.6 HW 4: 2.3, 2.7, 2.17, 2.30, 2.35 HW4 Newton s three laws of motion HW5 Week 3 Sections 3.1 3.6 Misconceptions about the laws of motion HW 5: 2.38. 2.42, 2.44, 2.45, 2.49 Examples of Newton s laws Sections 3.7 3.12 HW 6: 3.7, 3.18, 3.37, 3.42, 3.46, 3.108, 3.109 HW6 Week 4 Equilibrium of rigid bodies Sections 4.1 4.6 HW 7: 3.50, 3.52, 3.54, 3.55, 3.56, 3.104, 3.105 HW7 The center of gravity Sections 4.7 4.10 HW 8: 3.102, 3.103,4.2, 4.8, 4.10, 4.12
Week 5 Sept 24 HW8 Sept 25 Torque, Angular Acceleration Sections 5.1 5.4 HW 9: Sample Hour Test 1 and the moment of inertia Sept 26 HW9: Sample Hour Test 1 Sept. 27 Hour Test Chapter 1-5 up to Homework 9 Week 6 Oct 1 Discuss Hour Test 1 Oct. 2 27 Satellites Sections 5.7 5.9 HW 10: 4.17, 4.24, 4.27, 4.30, 4.40, 4.42, 4.43: Oct. 3 HW10 Oct. 4 Work, energy and how to use Sections 6.1 6.6 HW 11: 5.3, 5.12, 5.19, 5.38, them to solve mechanics 5.43, 5.78 problems Week 7 Oct 8,9 Pacing Break Oct 10 HW11 Oct. 11 Gravitational potential energy Sections 6.7, 6.9-6.12 Week 8 Oct.15(R) HW 12 Oct. 16(L) Oct. 17 Oct. 18 Oct. 22 Oct.23 Oct 24 Oct 25 Linear Momentum and collisions HW 13 HW 12: 6.5, 6.8, 6.11, 6.13, 6.18. 6.39 Section 7.1 7.4 HW 13: 6.35, 6.44, 6.48, 6.51, 6.52, 6.91 Angular Momentum Sections 7.5-7.9 HW 14: 7.3, 7.5, 7.6, 7.13, 7.20 HW 14 Week 9 Simple harmonic motion Sections 9.1 9.4 HW 15: 7.24, 7.28, 7.39, 7.42, 7.49,7.57, 7.61, 7.79 HW15 Forced Oscillation and resonance Sections 9.5 9.7 HW 16: 9.3, 9.6, 9.12, 9.16, 9.60:
Week 10 Oct. 29 HW 16 Oct. 30 Forced Oscillation and resonance HW 17: 9.30, 9.32, 9.34, 9.38, 9.40, 9.57 Oct. 31 HW 17: Sample Test 2 Oct 31 Hour Test 2 Chapter 5-9 until HW 16 Nov. 1 Week 11 Nov 5 Discuss HT 2 Nov 6 Stress, Strain, Buckling shearing and twisting Section 8.1 8.6 HW 18: Nov 7 Nov 8 Nov 12 Nov 13 Nov 14 Nov 15 Nov 19 Nov 20 Nov. 21, 22 Nov 26 Nov 27 Nov 28 Nov 29 HW 19 Temperature and the behavior Section 10.1 10.8 HW 19: 8-1, 8-6, 8-14, 8-17, 8-27, of gases 8-30, 8-36, 8-38, 8-45 Week 12 HW 19 First and second law of thermodynamics HW 20 Sections 11.1 11.3 HW 20: 10.15, 10.18, 10.25, 10.32, 10.35, Review questions Q11-1 to Q11-9 Carnot theorem Sections 11.4 11.7 HW 21: 11.3, 11.5, 11.6, 11.9, Refrigerators and heat pumps 11.10, 11.14 HW21 Week 13 Thermal properties of matter Sections 12.1 12.7 HW 22: 11.19, 11.21,11.27, 11.29, 11.32, 11.33, 11.35 Thanksgiving Break HW 22 Bernoulli s equation and applications HW 23 Bernoulli s equation and applications Week 14 Sections 13.1 13.4 HW 23: 12-10, 12-14, 12-20, 12.22, 12-31, 12-47, 12-50 Sections 13.5 13.10HW 24: 13-1, 13-11 13-12, 13-22, 13-44, 13-53
Dec. 3 Dec 4 Dec 5 Dec 6 TBA TBA HW24 Week 15 Viscosity and laminar flows Section 14.1 14.3 HW 25: 13-25, 13-28, 13-32, 13-34, 13-35, 13-56, 14-2, 14-5, 14-7, 14-11,14-17, 14-19 HW 25 Review of Basics Concepts Sections 14.4-14.5 Review and Final Exam Review Session Discuss sample test Final exam Location: TBA Week 16 Chapters 1-14