Introduction to Mechanics

Fall 2008

Homework:

Part 1 http://www.masteringphysics.com COURSE ID: MPFLORES96224

Homework due 6/17

Part 2: TEXTBOOK

1. due 9/10: Chapter 1: 3,5,8,9,34,35,42,49,50,68,74

2. due 9/24 Ch 13: 11,12,13,16,18,20; Ch 3: 9,12,16,26

3. due 10/8 Ch 4: 4,16,28,29,38,41,43,47,48,49

4. EXTRA CREDIT: DUE 10/22

5. Due 10/29

6. Due 11/12: Ch 7: 62,63,73, ; Ch 8: 43,46,97,109

7. Due 11/26 Ch 9: 8,14,20,22,27,34,39,54,70,98

Contact: flores@rowan.edu

856-256-4856

Office Hours

Tuesday 3:00-4:00 PM, Thursday 9:30 - 10:35 AM or by appointment

Evaluation:

Fall and spring:

Quiz + Homework (30%)+ Mastering Phys (10%) 40%

Midterm 10%

Lab 25%

Final 25%

Laboratories:

Fall 08
Force Table 9/3
Gravitational Acceleration 9/10

Problem solving session (NO LAB) 9/17

Intro to Motion 9/24

Hook’s law and simple harmonic motion 10/1

Problem solving session (NO LAB) 10/8

Centripetal Force 10/15

Midterm (NO LAB) 10/22

Conservation of Energy in Pendulum 10/29
Collisions air track 11/5

Problem solving session (NO LAB) 11/12

Friction 11/19
Rotational Inertia 11/26
Ballistic Pendulum 12/3

Problem solving session (NO LAB) 12/10

Grade Cutoffs:

A = 94
A- = 90 C = 74
B+ = 87 C- =70
B = 84  D+ = 67
B- = 80 D = 64 

C+ = 77 D- = 60 F < 60

Level and Objectives

This course is the first part of an introduction to classical physics. This four-semester credit course serves as a general education requirement for students in chemistry, physics, math and engineering. It is also a general education elective for students in other fields. Physics I requires working knowledge of algebra, vectors, trigonometry, and basic derivatives and integrals.

The objectives of Intro Mechanics

• To introduce the student to the laws of physics and their applications to a variety of macroscopic problems.
• To teach the student how to read and write physical phenomena by means of equations.
• To familiarized students with approaches and techniques of physics useful in other sciences and technology.
• To enhance students conceptual understanding of physics by an extensive use of class demonstrations and/or class activities.

Textbook: * University Physics, Young & Freedman, 12th Ed.; Web-based Mastering Physics access  (for Physics with Calculus)
                     * College Physics, (for Phys. no Calculus)
                     * Lab: Experiments in physics, see physics web page http://www.rowan.edu/physics

* Additional online homework: Mastering Physics

Topics:

1. Classical Mechanics

Units and Vectors
Motion in 1D
Motion in 2 D

Simple Harmonic Motion
Laws of Motion

Conservation of:
Energy
Momentum

Angular Momentum
 Equilibrium & Elasticity
 Gravitation

Attendance Policy

Students are expected to be present at each schedule class. Students who are absent for reasons of illness, death in family, etc. should inform their instructors as soon as possible. Faculty is under no obligation to make special provisions for students absent for capricious reasons.

Course Requirements

Students are required to attend classes and labs, to do homework, to take tests and to write lab reports.

Notes:

• Late homework or late lab report has a penalty of 10% off per day (Saturdays and Sundays or other holidays do not count). In your late homework or lab report you must write the date when you hand in.
• If you miss class or lab for health reasons you must have a doctor’s note.
• If you miss a quiz you will not be able to make it up. If you have a valid excuse the quiz you missed will not count toward your grade, but you must still hand in the homework.
• During the lab period you are expected to do the data analysis and have the instructor approve your work. You may have to repeat the experiments if necessary.
• Academic Honesty Policy (from Student Handbook): cheating, falsification, plagiarism and facilitating academic dishonesty is penalized with an F for first time offenders.
• Withdrawal from a course after Mid-Semester is considered exceptional and includes a mark stating whether the student was passing or failing the course.
• Students will be provided with formulas for every test or quiz..

Summer 08

Bi-weekly Quiz 25%

Mastering Physics 20%

Lab    25%

Mechanics Exam (June 28) 30%

LABS

Force Table
Intro to Motion

Gravitational Acceleration
Conservation of Energy in Pendulum 6/13
Centripetal Force Ballistic Pendulum 6/18
Centripetal Force 6/20
Rotational Inertia 6/25
Coefficient of Linear Expansion 6/27
Specific Heat 7/2
Law of Ideal Gases 7/5