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click here for the 203 Spring-2012 web page.
General Physics 203 Spring 2013 www.physics.rutgers.edu/~croft/
Instructor:Prof. Mark Croft/Serin W113/445-5500-x2524/croft-AT-physics.rutgers.edu/MW 6:55-7:50 PM
Text: 4th Edition. Vol 1. of Physics by J. S. Walker(ISBN 9780321597519),(Peaeson Education, Inc./Prentice Hall;Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458)
Recitations:
Bismayan Chakrabarti (Course Admn.)PIC [bismayan AT physics.rutgers.edu,ARC238, 445-5500x3968] Office Hr.= Fri. 2-3 pm
Meng Ye PIC [mengye AT physics.rutgers,Serin E279, 445-5500x4735] Office Hr.= Thurs. 1:30-2:30pm & Fri. 10:30-11:30am
Wenbo Wang PIC [wenbowang AT physics.rutgers.edu,ARC221, 732-445-5500x2750] Office Hr.= Wed. 2:00-3:00pm, Fri. 11:00-12:00am
sec index day-time place instr. sec index day-time place instr.
01 40390 M 10:35-11:30 AM SEC-206 Ye 06 42769 M 5:15-6:10 PM SEC-205 Ye
02 42490 M 12:15-1:10 PM SEC-206 Ye 07 42959 M 5:15-6:10 PM SEC-208 Wang
03 42491 M 12:15-1:10 PM SEC-207 Wang 08 43113 T 3:35-4:30 PM SEC-211 Chakrabarti
04 42492 M 1:55-2:50 PM ARC-205 Ye 09 44702 T 5:15-6:10 PM SEC-206 Wang
05 42768 M 3:35-4:30 PM ARC-206 Chakrabarti 11 44121 M 8:25-9:20 PM SEC-210 Chakrabarti
12 44442 M 8:25-9:20 PM SEC-207 Wang
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Note:Involves entering last-name first-name and last-6-digits-of-student-number.
click here for homework solutions directory [get password info in lecture].
Note: problems listed, and solutions posted after recitation.
click here for lecture note directory
Note: lec1-....pdf means lecture of week 1 in pdf format
selected formulas
Exam 1 scale.
Exam 2 scale (as of 4-10-13).
Final Exam scale.
!!Announcements:
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0000] EXAMS
!!!Cumulative Final Exam Tues. May 14, 4-7 PM (Content discussed in lecture only.)
(Locations to be finalized)
Location=ARC 103 Location=Physics LH
Sec Instructor Sec Instructor
05 Chakrabarti 03 Wang
08 Chakrabarti 07 Wang
11 Chakrabarti 09 Wang
01 Ye 12 Wang
02 Ye
04 Ye
06 Ye
Note: No graphing calculators or formuls storage calculators allowed.
Note: All questions about exams should be asked in lecture.
Note: Final Makeup on W May 15, 10:00 AM -Report to Croft Office = Serin 113
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1] Winter weather Rutgers class status link
2] Note the exam dates and times.
3] Recitation Quizzes are a major part of the grade! Do not miss them !!
4] Lecture Notes in the lecture note directory linked above.
5] Students may go to any office hr. in the course. The instructor's pictures are accessible by clicking on their names.
Lectures Schedule (subject to revisions)
Week/Lecture Day-Date Topic Reading: Chapter
1/1 W Jan.23, Intro and math concepts Ch 1, Ch 3, App. A
2/2 M Jan.28, Math concepts:Kinematics in 1D Ch 3, App. A:Ch 2
2/3 W Jan.30, Kinematics in 1D Ch 2 const. acc. demo bowlingball-incline demo
Galileo's Ball on incline
3/4 M Feb. 4, Kinematics in 1D & 2D Ch 4 Projected vs. dropped ball comparison.
3/5 W Feb. 6, Kinematics in 2D "Shoot the Monkey" analysis "Shoot the Monkey" discussion "WWI naval cannon question"
Trajectories
Projectile Motion
Projectile Motion vary friction.
4/6 M Feb.11, Forces and Newton's Laws(NL) Ch 5,Ch 6(not Circ. Mot.) human rocket demo Force/reaction-force demo video.
balloon force/reaction force demo Table cloth and dishes
4/7 W Feb.13, Forces and Newton's Laws Ch 6
5/8 M Feb.18, NL-Applications/Circular motion Ch 6 centrifugal force demo> wine-glass-waiters tray demo
5/9 W Feb.20, Circular motion/Work and Energy Ch 6,Ch 7
6/ Sun. Feb.24, EXAM#1: (3:00-420 PM) on chapters 1,2,3,4,5,6 (Further discussion of items on/not-on test discussed in lecture only.)
6/10 M Feb.25, NO LECUTRE BUT GO TO RECITATION
6/10 M Feb.25, EXAM#1 Makeup PLH (NO LECUTRE BUT GO TO RECITATION)
6/11 W Feb.27, Work and Energy/Pot. Energy Ch 7,Ch 8 Spring & SHM pendulum/energy demo>
7/12 M Mar. 4, Energy Cont.: Impulse and momentum Ch 8,Ch 9 Air-track simulation. Elephant gun-pistol recoil 9.4 times 30-06
7/13 W Mar. 6, Impulse and momentum/Rotational kin. Ch 9,Ch 10 cannon recoil in movie
7/14 M Mar.11, Rotational kinematics/dynamics Ch 10,Ch 11 right hand rule for rotation
8/15 W Mar.13, Rotational dynamics Ch 11 ang mom demo-1 ang mom demo-2 rotation demo Torque-rotation video
force direction (torque)/rotation
9/ SPRING BREAK Mar. 16 - 24 Read Ch 12 and Ch 13
8/16 M Mar.25, Rotational dynamics/Gravity Ch 12 Moments of Inertia
Newton's Mountain
Gravity simulation-solar system
10/17 W Mar.27, Gravity/Oscillations Ch 13 Spring & SHM
10/18 M Apr. 1, Oscillations Harmonic & CircularMotion Simulation friction-case-study
11/19 W Apr. 3, Oscillations/Waves Ch 14 Resonance Theory Simulation
resont glass shattering demo Tacoma Narrows Bridge
11/ Sun. Apr. 7, EXAM#2 3:00-420 PM on chapters 6,7,8,9,10,11 (Further discussion of items on/not-on test discussed in lecture only.)
13/22 M Apr. 8, NO LECUTRE BUT GO TO RECITATION
13/22 M Apr. 8, EXAM#2 Makeup PLH 6:30
12/20 W Apr.10, Waves & Sound Ch 14 Earthquake Video
12/21 M Apr.15, Waves & Sound Ch 14 Pulse propagation-reflection
SH wave propagation-reflection-interference-standing wave
singing rod demo Color- Tacoma Narrows Bridge Col.
Standing Wave Superposition with the Reflected Wave
13/23 W Apr.17, Fluids Ch 15 buoyancy discussion beans/ball demo Ducks-buoyancy density demo
Bernoulli effect discussion Bernoulli ball demo Bernoulli effect & train ride.
14/24 M Apr.22, Fluids & Intro. to Temperature Ch 16 pressure demo can crush demo
LN2 pressure demo nail bed demo
14/25 W Apr.24, Temperature/Heat & Phases Ch 17 Kenetic Theory Simulation constrained explosion
15/26 M Apr.29, Phases and Phase Changes/Thermo Ch 18 States_of_Matter Simulation
Gas_Properties Simulation
15/27 W May. 1, Thermodynamics Ch:17 P:5,25,27,33 This happens when you don't properly vent a sealed storage tank b
16/28 M May. 6, Thermodynamics Ch 18 Homework discussed P:3,10,23(what is T change),36,47,66
!!!Cumulative Final Exam May 14, 4-7 PM
RECITATION/HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS (from Walker, 4th Ed., Vol. 1.)(subject to revisions)
Recitation Schedule
Wk/Rec. Day Date Class Assignment (CQ=Concptual Questions & P=Problems)
2/1 M Jan.28/T Jan.29 Ch1: CQ:; P: 8,26,31a,35,51
(No Quiz) Ch3: CQ:2; P: 5,12,20,37,42,60
3/2 M Feb. 4/T Feb.5 Ch2: CQ: P: 3,15,33,42,44,46,56,74,81,90,107
4/3 M Feb.11/T Feb.12 Ch4: CQ:; P: 10,11,19,23,29,43,49,75,86
5/4 M Feb.18/T Feb.19 Ch5: CQ:; P: 5,20,30,36,39,49 Ch6 P: 20,23,37,44!,45!,47!,48
6 Sun. Feb.24, EXAM#1: (3:00-420 PM) on chapters 1,2,3,4,5,6 (Further discussion of items on/not-on test discussed in lecture only.)
6/5 M Feb.25/T Feb.26 Ch6 P: 4,43,44,46,37,67,71,73,90
(No Quiz) Ch7: P: 1,4,12,19,21,24,32,46
7/6 M Mar. 4/T Mar. 5 Ch:8 P: 9,26,28,30,36,40,47,97
8/7 M Mar.11/T Mar.12 Ch:9 P: 4,13,22,24,32,37,36,50,68
9/ SPRING BREAK Mar. 16 - 24 Read Ch 12 and Ch 13
10/8 M Mar.25/T Mar.26 Ch:10 P: 6,11,16,31,47,66,72,111
Ch:11 P: 1,10,15,28,48,56,65,66,93 (posted too late)
11/9 M Apr. 1/T Apr.2 Ch:11 P: 1,10,15,28,48,56,65,66,93 (continued)
Ch:12 P: 5,15,20,35,45,48,56
Sun. Apr. 7, EXAM#2 3:00-420 PM on chapters 6,7,8,9,10,11 (Further discussion of items on/not-on test discussed in lecture only.)
12/10 M Apr. 8/T Apr. 9 Ch:13 P:2,10,14,21,36,50,51,60,69
(No Quiz)
13/11 M Apr.15/T Apr.16 Ch:14 P:1,5,17,23,57,68,69,75,76
14/12 M Apr.22/T Apr.23 Ch:15 P:3,6,15,22,27,34,46,51
15/13 M Apr.29/T Apr.30 Ch:16 P:33,36,38
Ch:17 P:57,60,67
16/14 May.6 No recitation hwk discussed in Lecture
Ch:17 P:5,25,27,33
Ch:18 P:3,10,23(what is T change),36,47,66
!!!Cumulative Final Exam May 14, 4-7 PM
Readings: The weekly reading assignments are listed on the syllabus and should be
completed before the corresponding lectures.
Homework: Only after organizing in your mind what the chapter is about (the
Summary at the end of the Chapter should be useful), should you work on the
homework problems. You will best learn the material by first doing the homework
on your own. It is also useful to study with other students in the course
(not only can you get ideas for those things you didn't understand but
explaining the material is perhaps the very best way to truly learn it yourself).
Finally selected problems will be discussed in recitation.
Solutions to homeworks will be posted on the web.
Examinations: Two 90 min. hour exams (HE); and a final (FIN)180 min. exam. The exams
are closed book, a formulae sheet will be provided and no other notes are allowed!!
The exams are multiple choice. The exam dates are noted on the syllabus.
A scientific calculator with the following specifications is requited for the exams.
1) The calculator must have no cover or removable backing..
2) The calculator must have a memory restricted to less than 10 numbers and no formulas.
3.) The calculator should not be a graphing calculator.
Having a calculator at the test site that exceeds these specifications is grounds for receiving a 0 on the test with no makeup possible.
USE SUCH A CALCULATOR FOR YOUR HOMEWORK FOR PRACTICE.
Having a cell phone in sight at any time at the test site is also grounds for receiving a 0 on the test with no makeup possible. (Emergency arrangements should be made with the lecturer and the head proctor at the exam site)
One or more no. 2 pencils are required for the exams.
Recitation Quizzes: A short quiz, based on recent previous material will be given in
recitation (no quiz first week or on weeks of hour exams).
A calculator is required. There will be no make-up for quizzes.
Grades: The course grade will be determined by your scores on:
HE 1 (20%); HE 2 (20%); FIN (40%); recitation quizzes (20%).
In determining your quiz recitation grade the two lowest scores will be neglected. Also the recitation quiz contribution to the final grade will be appropriately weighted to compensate
for systematic differences in instructors.
Math\Science Learning Center (Allison Rd Classroom Bld./Busch Campus/445-3123/3898
This Learning Center typically provides some support services for this course. Help with the technical parts
of the homeworks may also be possible. Please contact the center for more information.
LRC Tutoring for Physics 203
Tutoring for Physics 203 has typically been available through the in the Learning Resource Centers (LRCs).
The web site for the LRCs is
http://lrc.rutgers.edu/
Each week's tutoring schedule has (in the past) typically been posted on this web site on Friday afternoons.
Questions regarding this resource should be directed to
Joy Moskovitz, Coordinator of Tutorial Services
Rutgers Univ., Kreeger Learning Resource Center
151 College Ave, New Brunswick NJ 08901
732-932-1443, E-mail: jmoskovi@rci.rutgers.edu
Students with Disabilities note this site.