PHYSICS 310

Spring 2000

Date			Topics	Text Chapter	In-Class Problems	Assignment
Jan	31	M	Introduction
Feb	2	W	Vector Operations	Chap 1.1 – 1.4
	3	R	Vector Math	1.5 – 1.7
	4	F	Velocity and Acceleration	1.9 – 1.10
	7	M	Kinematics	1.11 – 1.12
	9	W	Newton’s Laws	Chap 2.1 – 2.2
	10	R	Uniform Acceleration	2.3
	11	F	Energy	2.4
	14	M	Velocity Dependent Force	2.5
	16	W	Examples
	17	R	Review
	18	F	Exam #1	Chap 1 – 2
	21	M	Ordinary Differential Equations	Notes
	23	W	Diff E Q, ctd	Chap 3.1
	24	R	Harmonic Motion	3.2
	25	F	Harmonic Motion	3.2
	28	M	Damped Harmonic Motion	3.3
Mar	1	W	Forced Harmonic Motion	3.4
	2	R	Resonance	3.6
	3	F	Potential Energy	Chap 4.1
Date			Topic	Text Chapter	In-Class Problems	Assignment
	6	M	Projectile Motion	4.2
	8	W	Projectile Motion	4.3
	9	R	Projectile Motion	4.3
	10	F	Charged Particle Motion	4.5
	13	M	Constraints	4.6
	15	W	Review
	16	R	Exam #2	Chap 3 - 4
	17	F	Fictitious Forces	Chap 5.1
			Spring Break
	27	M	Dynamics in Rotating C.S.	5.3
	29	W	Earth’s Rotation	5.4
	30	R	Examples	5.4
	31	F	Gravitation	Chap 6.1
Apr	3	M	Sphere and Particle Interaction	6.2
	5	W	Kepler’s Laws	6.3 – 6.4
	6	R	Kepler’s Laws	6.5
	7	F	Kepler’s Laws	6.6
	10	M	Gravitational Potential	6.7
	12	W	Orbits	6.8 – 6.10
	13	R	Applications
	14	F	Review

Date			Topic	Text Chapter	In-Class Problems	Assignment
	17	M	Exam #3	Chap 5 – 6
	19	W	Systems of Particles	Chap 7.1
	20	R	Systems	7.2
	21	F	Reduced Mass	7.3
	24	M	Collisions	7.5
	26	W	Oblique Collisions	7.6
	27	R	Rocket Motion	7.7
	28	F	Center of Mass	Chap 8.1
May	1	M	Center of Mass	8.1
	3	W	Moment of Inertia	8.2
	4	R	Moment of Inertia	8.3
	5	F	Physical Pendulum	8.4
	8	M	Exam #4	Chap 7 – 8
	10	W	Lagrangian Mechanics	Chap 10.1
	11	R	Lagrangian Mechanics	10.5
	12	F	Lagrangian Mechanics	10.5
	15	M	Applications	10.5

FINAL EXAM: Friday May 19 8:00AM – 10:30 PM