Physics 1B: Principles of Physics, Winter 2007

Last Updated: 2/28/07

Text:  Physics, Douglas C. Giancoli, 6th Edition

Requirement: Physics 1A

 

Lecture: TR 10:30-11:50am, 66 Roessler

Main Website: http://my.ucdavis.edu

Instructor

Prof. Kai Liu , 207 Phy/Geo; 752-4109;
kailiu@ucdavis.edu

Office Hour:  W 1:00-2:00 pm, 207 Phy/Geo
Problem Session: T 5:00-6:00 pm, 113 Walker Annex

Teaching Assistant

Naomi Luce, 104 Phy/Geo

nluce@student.physics.ucdavis.edu
Office Hour: W 3:30-4:30 pm, 104 Phy/Geo

 

 


 

Syllabus

 


 

Schedule

(Subject to change)


HW#1: Ch 11- 4, 6, 8, 9, 14, 16, 20, 26, 29, 32, 33. Due 1/16
HW#2: Ch 11-42, 44, 46, 47, 51; Ch 12-4, 9, 11, 16, 50; Ch 13-6, 10, 26. Due 1/25
HW#3: Ch 13-33, 34, 40; Ch14-13, 14, 24, 26, 28, 37, 39, 40. Due 2/1

HW#4: Ch 15-23, 26; Ch 16-13, 14, 28, 29; Ch 17-4, 6, 9, 13. Due 2/12

HW#5: Ch 17-31, 36; Ch 18- 6, 10, 21, 24, 33, 36, 39; Ch 19-11, 13, 14, 18, 20, 66, 70. Due 2/27

HW#6: Ch 20-31, 36, 37, 49; Ch 23-3, 9, 11, 13, 20. Due 3/8

HW#7: Ch 23-27, 30, 31, 36, 37. Due 3/15


Topics:
    Waves & Sound: Chapters 11, 12
    Heat & Thermodynamics: Chapters 13-15
    Electrostatics: Chapters 16, 17
    Circuits: Chapters 18, 19
    Magnetism: Chapter   20
    Optics: Chapters 23-25

 

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

 

 

1/4

Class Organization

Introduction to Vibration



1/9

SHM Energy & Period
 
SHM Simulation

 

1/11

Pendulum & Resonance

Pendulum Simulation

1/16



Waves

 

1/18

Quiz #1
Sound
Doppler Effect Simulation
Supersonic Plane

1/23


Temperature & Gas Laws

 

 

1/25

Quiz #2

Heat

1/30

 

Heat Transfer

Orbiter Thermal Protection System  
 1 & 2

 

2/1

Quiz #3
Thermodynamics


 

2/6

Charge



 

2/8

Electric Field
 

2/13

Midterm 

 

2/15

Electric Potential
Current

2/20

Ohm’s Law
 

 

 

2/22

Circuits  

2/27

Quiz #4

Magnetism

 

 

3/1

 

Current Induced Magnetism 

 

3/6

Reflection
Simulation: Mirror Trick
Mirror/Lens Simulation

 

3/8

Quiz #5

Refraction

Reflection/Refraction Simulation1
Reflection/RefractionSimulation 2

3/13

Review

 

 

 

 

 

FINAL EXAM :    SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 10:30am - 12:30pm, 66 Roessler

 


 

 

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