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General Physics 203 Spring 2008 www.physics.rutgers.edu/~croft/
Instructor:Prof. Mark Croft/Serin113/445-2524/croft@physics.rutgers.edu/MW 6:55-7:50 PM
Text: 3nd Edition. Vol 1. of Physics by J. S. Walker,(Peaeson Education, Inc./Prentice Hall;Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458)(ISBN0-13-153631-1)
Recitations:
Matthew KlimekPIC [klimek@physics.rutgers.edu,ARC 216,X5-6889] Office Hr.=1 to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays
Prof. Seongshik OhPIC [ohsean@physics.rutgers.edu,Serin W121,X5-4017] Office Hr.=M 9:20-10:20 am & M 2:20-3:20 pm.
Joseph LucidoPIC [lucido@physics.rutgers.edu, ARC224, X5-] Office Hr.= monday from 2-4
Venkateshan KannanPIC [ kven@physics.rutgers.edu, ARC234, X5-] Office Hr.= Monday 4 to 5 pm
sec index day-time place instr. sec index day-time place instr.
01 60452 M 10:35-11:30 AM SEC-206 Oh 06 63636 M 5:15-6:10 PM SEC-205 Klimek
02 63233 M 12:15-1:10 PM SEC-206 Oh 07 63905 M 5:15-6:10 PM SEC-208 Kannan
03 63234 M 12:15-1:10 PM SEC-207 Lucido 08 64108 T 3:35-4:30 PM SEC-211 Klimek
04 63235 M 1:55-2:50 PM SEC-217 Lucido 09 66455 T 5:15-6:10 PM SEC-206 Klimek
05 63635 M 3:35-4:30 PM ARC-206 Oh 11 65576 M 8:25-9:20 PM SEC-212 Klimek
12 66056 M 8:25-9:20 PM SEC-207 Oh
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Note:Involves entering last-name first-name and last-6-digits-of-student-number.
click here for my homework solutions directory
Note: HW1-1.GIF means homework 1 page 1 and just click on file to view.
click here for my lecture note directory
Note: lec1-....pdf means lecture of week 1 in pdf format
selected formulas
Exam 1 Grading Scale
Exam 2 Grading Scale
!!Announcements:
000]Cumulative Final Exam Tues. May. 13 4-7 pm (Arc 103, PLH)(Further discussion of items on/not-on test discussed in lecture only.)
ARC103=exam location Phys. Lec. Hall=exam location
Sec [recit time-place] Instructor Sec [recit time-place] Instructor
01 M 10:35-11:30 AM SEC-206 Oh 06 M 5:15-6:10 PM SEC-205 Klimek
02 M 12:15-1:10 PM SEC-206 Oh 08 T 3:35-4:30 PM SEC-211 Klimek
05 M 3:35-4:30 PM ARC-206 Oh 09 T 5:15-6:10 PM SEC-206 Klimek
12 M 8:25-9:20 PM SEC-207 Oh 11 M 8:25-9:20 PM SEC-212 Klimek
03 M 12:15-1:10 PM SEC-207 Lucido 07 M 5:15-6:10 PM SEC-208 Kannan
04 M 1:55-2:50 PM SEC-217 Lucido
Make-up EXAM procedure: talk to Prof. Croft in lecture.
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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
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: 6:10-7:30 pm (Arc 103, HLL 114) 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, EXAM#1 Makeup PLH
6/11 W Feb.27, Work and Energy/Pot. Energy Ch 7,Ch 8 Spring & SHM pendulum/energy demo>
7/12 M Mar. 3, 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. 5, Impulse and momentum/Rotational kin. Ch 9,Ch 10 cannon recoil in movie
7/14 M Mar.10, Rotational kinematics/dynamics Ch 10,Ch 11 right hand rule for rotation
8/15 W Mar.12, Rotational dynamics Ch 11 ang mom demo rotation demo Torque-rotation video
9/ SPRING BREAK Mar. 17 - 22 Read Ch 12 and Ch 13
force direction (torque)/rotation
8/16 M Mar.24, Rotational dynamics/Gravity Ch 12 Moments of Inertia
Newton's Mountain
10/17 W Mar.26, Gravity/Oscillations Ch 13 Spring & SHM
10/18 M Mar.31, Oscillations Harmonic & CircularMotion Simulation friction-case-study
11/19 W Apr. 2, Oscillations/Waves Ch 14 Resonance Theory Simulation
resont glass shattering demo Tacoma Narrows Bridge
12/ Sun. Apr. 6, EXAM#2 6:10-7:30 pm (Arc 103, H) on chapters 6,7,8,9,10,11 (Further discussion of items on/not-on test discussed in lecture only.)
12/20 M Apr. 7, EXAM#2 Makeup PLH Earthquake Video
12/21 W Apr. 9, Waves & Sound Ch 14 singing rod demo Color- Tacoma Narrows Bridge Col.
13/22 M Apr.14, Waves & Sound Standing Wave Superposition with the Reflected Wave
13/23 W Apr.16, 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.21, Fluids & Intro. to Temperature Ch 16 pressure demo can crush demo
LN2 pressure demo nail bed demo
14/25 W Apr.23, Temperature/Heat & Phases Ch 17 Kenetic Theory Simulation constrained explosion
15/26 M Apr.28, Phases and Phase Changes/Thermo Ch 18 See the Kenetic Theory Simulation at this link
15/27 W Apr.30, Thermodynamics Ch:17 P:1,17,19,25,40(drop)This happens when you don't properly vent a sealed storage tank b
16/28 M May 5, Thermodynamics Ch 18 Homework discussed P:1,8,22(what is T change), 34,42,45,63
!!!Cumulative Final Exam Tues. May. 13 4-7 pm (Arc 103, PLH)
RECITATION/HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS (from Walker, 3rd 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: 5,23,28a,32,47
Ch3: CQ:2; P: 1,8,14,30,35,50
3/2 M Feb. 4/T Feb. 5 Ch2: CQ: P: 3,13,29,38,40,41,51,68,72,81,97
4/3 M Feb.11/T Feb.12 Ch4: CQ:; P: 7,8,16,20,23,37,43,65,76
5/4 M Feb.18/T Feb.19 Ch5: CQ:; P: 4,16,23,29,32,42 Ch6 P: 15,18,32,36!,37!,39!,40!
6 Sun Feb.24, EXAM#1: 6:10-7:30 pm (TBA) 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: 4,43,44,46,47,67,71,73,90
Ch7: P: 1,4,9,15,17,18,25,37
7/6 M Mar.03/T Mar.04 Ch:8 P: 6,17,18,20,26,28,34,85
8/7 M Mar.10/T Mar.11 Ch:9 P: 4,8,17,19,27,31,32,41,55
9/ SPRING BREAK Mar. 17 - 21
10/8 M Mar.24/T Mar.25 Ch:10 P: 6,11,14,26,41,55!,60,95
Ch:11 P: 1,7,12,22,43,51,57,58,78
11/9 M Mar.31/T Apr. 1 Ch:12 P: 4,14,19,30,39,40,48
11/ Sun Apr 6, EXAM#2 6:10-7:30 pm (TBA) on chapters 6,7,8,9,10,11 (Further discussion of items on/not-on test discussed in lecture only.)
13/10 M Apr. 7/T Apr. 8 Ch:13 P:2,8,10,17,29,42,43,49,58
14/11 M Apr.14/T Apr.15 Ch:14 P:1,5,12,16,47,57,58,63,64
15/12 M Apr.21/T Apr.22 Ch:15 P:3,6,13,20,25,29,36,41
16/13 M Apr.28/T Apr.29 Ch:16 P:12(drop),27,30,32
Ch:17 P:,47,50,57
17/14 Apr. 30 No recitation hwk discussed in Lecture
Ch:17 P:1,17,19,25,40(drop) ,
Ch:18 P:1,8,22(what is T change), 34,42,45,63
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.