ENGINEERING PHYSICS I RETURN to ENG PHYSICS I (PC 210)

INSTRUCTOR: Thomas C. Gibbons | Questions? Contact me at tgibbons@eicc.edu

Eastern Iowa Community College District | Clinton Community College

TEXTBOOK: Young and Freedman, "University Physics", Addison-Wesley, 11th Ed.

Lecture MWThF 10:30 - 11:30 AM, Lab 10:30 AM - 12:40 PM Tu

FALL, 2005-2006 SCHEDULE FOR MWF (10:30-11:30 AM - This part meets with the College Physics class)

FALL, 2005-2006 SCHEDULE FOR THURS. (10:30-11:30 AM, Engineering Physics only -- includes calculus applications)

 

 

 

THIS IS THE PART OF THE SCHEDULE IN COMMON WITH COLLEGE PHYSICS

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 APPROXIMATE DATES

TOPICS

TEXTBOOK CHAP/PAGES

 Aug 26 through Aug 29

 Description of Physics & Units

Ch. 1, PP. 1 - 13

 Aug 30 through Sep 6

Moving Objects (in a straight line)

Ch. 2 (except sec. 2-6)

(Calculus-based parts of Ch 2 will be covered during the Thursday sessions.)

Sep 7 through Sep 12

Objects Moving in 2 Dimensions (baseballs & other projectiles)

Chap. 3, pp. 87-97

Sep 13 through Sep 16

Introduction to Vectors

Ch. 1, PP. 14 - 17

Sep 19

Summary of Newton's Laws of Motion (Force, Mass, Reference Frames, Units, etc.)

Chapter 4

Sep 20 through Sep 27

Newton's 1st and 3rd Laws (objects at rest, statics, vector problems)

Ch. 5, PP. 154 – 160

Ch. 3, PP. 105 - 106

Sep. 28

TEST NUMBER ONE

Over the above material

Sep 30 through Oct 7

Newton's Second Law (How force and motion are related) - friction forces

Ch. 5, PP. 161 - 179

Oct 10 through Oct 14

Circular Motion (Using Newton's 2nd Law in 2 dimensions)

Ch. 3, PP. 98 - 100

Ch. 5, PP. 181 – 187

Oct 17 through Oct 21

Newton's Law of Gravitation

Ch., 12, pp. 436 - 444

Oct 24

Satellite Motion

Ch. 12, pp. 447 - 452

Oct 25 through Nov. 1

Work, Potential Energy, Kinetic Energy, Energy Conservation, Power

Chapter 6, pp. 207 - 219 & pp. 227 - 231

Ch. 7, pp. 241 - 264

Nov 2

TEST NUMBER TWO

Over material since Test 1

Nov 4 through Nov 11

Impulse and Momentum, Momentum Conservation, recoil & Collisions

Chapter 8 [but calculus-based parts done in the Thurs session (see below)]

Nov 14 through Nov 18

Rotation, Angular velocity, Angular Momentum, Torque, Center of Mass

Chapters 9 & 10 (except sections 10-3 and 10-7), Ch. 11, pp 404 - 414

Nov 21

Elastic Materials, Stress, Strain

Chapter 11, pp. 414 - 423

Nov 23 through Nov 30

Periodic Motions, Vibrations, Chaos

Chapter 13 (calculus-based parts in Thurs. session)

Dec 2

TEST NUMBER THREE

Over material since Test 2

Dec 5 through Dec 13

Fluids at rest, fluids in motion

Chapter 14

During final exam period (Dec 14,15,16--as scheduled in the college's final exam schedule)

FINAL EXAMINATION

COVERS THE ENTIRE COURSE

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THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE IS FOR THE EXTRA THURSDAY ENGINEERING PHYSICS LECTURE. IT CONTAINS THE APPLICATIONS OF CALCULUS TO PHYSICS AND IS SOMEWHAT MORE ADVANCED THAN THE ABOVE SCHEDULE. (Back to Top)

TEXTBOOK: Same as above.

TESTS: there will be (nearly) weekly quizzes on this material. These are the engineering physics quizzes described in the section on grading. Credit for engineering physics requires a separate passing grade on these quizzes.

APPROXIMATE DATES

TOPICS

TEXTBOOK READING

Aug 25, Sep 1

Vectors, Unit Vectors, Use of unit vectors for vector addition and subtraction.

Chap. 1, pp. 14 - 24

Sep. 8, 15

Vector Multiplication using dot and cross products with applications.

Chap. 1, pp. 24 - 32

Sep 22, 29, Oct 6, 13

Additional Statics problems involving friction, inclined planes, torque, etc.

Chap. 5, pp.154 - 164

Chap. 5, pp. 171 - 178

Chap. 11, pp. 404 - 414

Oct. 20

Variable force problems; using derivatives to calculate velocity, acceleration, and force.

Chap. 2 except sec. 2-6

Oct.27, Nov 3, 10

Simple harmonic motion problems (oscillations); calculus problems involving differentiation of trig functions.

Chap 13 (especially sec. 13-2, pp. 478 - 486)

Nov. 17

Two and three dimensional motion problems using a vector formulation; circular motion.

Chap. 3, pp. 78 - 87

Chap. 3, pp. 98 - 100

Chap. 5, pp. 181 - 183

Dec. 1, 8*

Calculation of motion when the force is given; applications of the integral; force depends on time.

Chap. 2, pp. 62 - 67

 

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More applications of the integral, velocity dependent forces

Problems involving work and energy and a variable force.

Chap. 5, pp. 163 - 164

Chap. 5, pp. 178 - 181

Chap. 6

Chap. 7

* -- The second semester of Engineering Physics will continue where this semester ends. Some or all of the topics listed for the last week or two will be moved to the second semester if there is not enough time during the first semester.

 

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