Two times each weak, 1-16 weeks.
M & W 15:20-16:55
@509 XueLou
Office Hour:
W 12:00-13:00 @ 233 LihuaLou
About the score:
Your total score consists of your homework (20%) + In-class tests & engagement (10%) + final test (70%).
Textbook:
University Physics with Modern Physics – 12th
by Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman
Physics I:
- Chp.1 – Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors (CP1, Summary)
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- To learn three fundamental quantities of physics and the units to measure them
- To understand vectors and scalars and how to add vectors graphically
- To determine vector components and how to use them in calculations
- To understand unit vectors and how to use them with components to describe vectors
- To learn two ways of multiplying vectors
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- Chp.2 – Motion Along a Straight line (CP2, Summary)
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- To describe straight-line motion in terms of velocity and acceleration
- To distinguish between average and instantaneous velocity and average and instantaneous acceleration
- To interpret graphs of position versus time, velocity versus time, and acceleration versus time for straight-line motion
- To understand straight-line motion with constant acceleration
- To examine freely falling bodies
- To analyze straight-line motion when the acceleration is not constant
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- Chp.3 – Motion in Two or Three Dimensions (CP3, Summary)
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- To use vectors to represent the position of a body
- To determine the velocity vector using the path of a body
- To investigate the acceleration vector of a body
- To describe the curved path of projectile
- To investigate circular motion
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- Chp.4 – Newton’s Laws of Motion (CP4, Summary)
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- To understand the meaning of force in physics
- To view force as a vector and learn how to combine forces
- To understand the behavior of a body on which the forces balance: Newton’s First Law of Motion
- To learn the relationship between mass, acceleration, and force: Newton’s Second Law of Motion
- To relate mass and weight
- To see the effect of action-reaction pairs: Newton’s Third Law of Motion
- To learn to make free-body diagrams
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- Chp.5 – Applying Newton’s Laws (Summary)
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- To use Newton’s first law for bodies in equilibrium
- To use Newton’s second law for accelerating bodies
- To study the types of friction and fluid resistance
- To solve problems involving circular motion
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- Chp.6 – Work and Kinetic Energy (Summary)
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- To understand and calculate the work done by a force
- To understand the meaning of kinetic energy
- To learn how work changes the kinetic energy of a body and how to use this principle
- To relate work and kinetic energy when the forces are not constant or the body follows a curved path
- To solve problems involving power
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- Chp.7 – Potential Energy and Energy Consavation (Summary)
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- To use gravitational potential energy in vertical motion
- To use elastic potential energy for a body attached to a spring
- To solve problems involving conservative and nonconservative forces
- To determine the properties of a conservative force from the corresponding potential-energy function
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- Chp.8 – Momentum, Impulse, and Collisions (Summary)
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- To learn the meaning of the momentum of a particle and how an impulse causes it to change
- To learn how to use the conservation of momentum
- To learn how to solve problems involving collisions
- To learn the definition of the center of mass of a system and what determines how it moves
- To analyze situations, such as rocket propulsion, in which the mass of a moving body changes
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- Chp.9 – Rotation of Rigid Bodies (Summary)
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- To describe rotation in terms of angular coordinate, angular velocity, and angular acceleration
- To analyze rotation with constant angular acceleration
- To relate rotation to the linear velocity and linear acceleration of a point on a body
- To understand moment of inertia and how it relates to rotational kinetic energy
- To calculate moment of inertia
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- Chp.10 – Dynamics of Rotational Motion (Summary)
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- To learn what is meant by torque
- To see how torque affects rotational motion
- To analyze the motion of a body that rotates as it moves through space
- To use work and power to solve problems for rotating bodies
- To study angular momentum and how it changes with time
- To learn why a gyroscope precesses
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- Chp.11 – Equilibrium and Elasticity (Summary)
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- To study the conditions for equilibrium of a body
- To understand center of gravity and how it relates to a body’s stability
- To solve problems for rigid bodies in equilibrium
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- Chp.12 – Gravitation (Summary)
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- To calculate the gravitational forces that bodies exert on each other
- To relate weight to the gravitational force
- To use the generalized expression for gravitational potential energy
- To study the characteristics of circular orbits
- To investigate the laws governing planetary motion
- To look at the characteristics of black holes
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- Chp.13 – Periodic Motion (Summary)
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- To describe oscillations in terms of amplitude, period, frequency and angular frequency
- To do calculations with simple harmonic motion
- To analyze simple harmonic motion using energy
- To apply the ideas of simple harmonic motion to different physical situations
- To analyze the motion of a simple pendulum
- To examine the characteristics of a physical pendulum
- To explore how oscillations die out
- To learn how a driving force can cause resonance
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- Chp.14 – Fluid Mechanics (Summary)
- Chp.15 – Mechanical Waves (Summary)
- Chp.16 – Sound and Hearing (Summary)
Assignments: (should be returned to jxu@ustb.edu.cn within one week)
- hw01 (1.16, 1.17, 1.31, 1.38, 1.50, 1.54, 2.32, 2.35, 2.38, 2.39, 2.40)
- hw02 (3.12, 3.14, 3.29, 3.35, 3.36)