Course Webpage for PHYS-205A (2021 Spring) at SIU--Carbondale

Course Webpage for
PHYS 205A: University Physics (2021 Spring)
Department of Physics, Southern Illinois University--Carbondale
Last updated: May 6, 2021. (This page is no more maintained.)

General information:
- Instructor: K. V. Shajesh (Office: Neckers 491, Tel.: +1-618-453-5212)
- Class meetings: MWF 12:00-12:50 PM, using Zoom.
- Zoom Meeting ID: 934 4515 4889.
- Office hours for instructor: MWF 9:00-11:00 AM.
- Syllabus for the course. The Provost Office has put together a Syllabus Attachment to assist the student. It lists and provides web links for many elements that are important for a student.
Resources:
- Assigned Textbook:
- Classroom lectures will be collected as a YouTube Playlist at SIUC PHYS-205A (2021 Spring).
  Formal Lecture Notes from previous semesters.
- Equation Sheet: While working on homework you can use any reference, however, aim towards limiting your reference to the contents in the Equation Sheet.
- Grades will be posted on SIU MyCourses (password protected).
  Submission of Quizzes, Homework, and Exams, will use SIU MyCourses (password protected).
- Physics Help Desk Schedule. Contact Cynthia J. Prescott (cindyprescott@siu.edu) at the Physics department office for more information.
- PHYS-206A serves as a Tutorial Session for PHYS-205A. Concurrent enrollment in PHYS-206A is recommended. Check out SIUC PHYS-206A (2021 Spring).

COURSE CONTENT: WEEKS 01-04

Mathematical concepts:
1. Units and dimensions: Conversion of units
2. Dimensional analysis
3. Significant digits
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures: [L0120, L0122]
Homework No. 01 and Solutions.
Q-0120 and Q-0122 in Quizzes.
Examples in Chapter 1 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 1 of Textbook. Say, problems 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 14, 18, 32, 34, 38, 48, 52, 62, 63.
Powers of ten: A 1977 educational film describing the relative scale of the universe, by Charles and Ray Eames.
Motion in one dimension:
1. Time, position, velocity, acceleration
2. Graphical analysis of motion
3. Using concepts from calculus in analysis of motion
4. Motion with uniform velocity
5. Motion with uniform acceleration (free fall)
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures: [L0125, L0127, L0129]
Homework No. 02 and Solutions.
Q-0125, Q-0127, and Q-0129 in Quizzes.
Examples in Chapter 2 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 2 of Textbook. Say, problems 2, 4, 7, 9, 13, 20, 21, 28, 31, 35, 38, 41, 44, 46, 48, 52, 53, 55.
Feathers and bowling ball drop (BBC Video)
Vector algebra:
1. Vectors and scalars
2. Magnitude and direction of a vector
3. Rectangular components of a vector
4. Addition and subtraction of vectors
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures: [L0201, L0203]
Homework No. 03 and Solutions.
Q-0201 and Q-0203 in Quizzes.
Examples in Chapter 3 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 3 of Textbook. Say, problems 1, 7, 11, 15, 26, 36, 39, 51, 58, 63.
What is a vector? by David Huynh (YouTube video, TED-Ed)
Motion in two dimensions:
1. Projectile motion
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures: [L0205, L0208, L0210]
Homework No. 04A and Solutions.
Q-0205, Q-0208, and Q-0210 in Quizzes.
Examples in Sections 4.1 to 4.4 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 4 of Textbook. Say, problems 3, 9, 13, 15, 20, 23, 32, 34, 37, 38, 39.
Components of velocity in projectile motion (National Science Foundation, USA, YouTube video)
Monkey and hunter (National STEM Centre, UK, YouTube Video)
Galileo's ship experiment (YouTube Video)
Midterm Exam 01 Cover Sheet.
Midterm Exam 01 and Solutions, on February 15 (Monday).

COURSE CONTENT: WEEKS 04-08
Galilean relativity:
1. Relative velocity
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures: [L0212]
Homework No. 04B and Solutions.
Q-0212 in Quizzes.
Examples in Sections 4.6 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 4 (Section 4.6) of Textbook. Say, problems 44, 48, 54.
Frames of Reference: The richness and complexity of the seemingly simple idea of relativity is nicely captured in this 26 minute educational film, titled Frames of reference, released in 1960, starring Profs. Ivey and Hume, and produced by Richard Leacock.
Kinematics of circular motion:
1. Centripetal acceleration
2. Radial versus tangential acceleration
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures: [L0217, L0219, L0222]
Homework No. 04C (Due date moved to Wednesday Feb 24) and Solutions.
Q-0217, Q-0119, and Q-0222 in Quizzes.
Examples in Sections 4.4 and 4.5 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 4 (Sections 4.4 and 4.5) of Textbook. Say, problems 34, 37, 38, 39.
Astronauts and G-forces (Canadian Space Agency, YouTube Video)
Gravitropism (European Space Agency, YouTube Video)
Newton's laws of motion:
1. Mass, force, acceleration, Newton's laws of motion
2. Gravitational force
3. Normal force
4. Tension force
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures: [L0224, L0226, L0301]
Homework No. 05 and Solutions.
Q-0224, Q-0226, and Q-0301 in Quizzes.
Examples in Sections 5.1 to 5.7 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 5 (Sections 5.1 to 5.7) of Textbook. Say, problems 2, 3, 20, 22, 30, 40, 43, 51.
Inertia (Arbor Scientific, YouTube Video)
Horse and cart (Samuel Clausen, YouTube Video, Illustration of Newton's third law of motion)
What does a spring scale measure? (North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, YouTube Video, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
Water level during motion (Mr. Woodward, YouTube Video)
Helium balloon in motion (Imagination Station in Toledo, Ohio, YouTube Video)
Newton's laws of motion (continued)
1. Frictional force at an interface
2. Drag forces in a fluid
3. Forces during circular motion
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures: [L0303, L0305, L0308, L0310]
Homework No. 06 and Solutions.
Q-0303, Q-0305, Q-0308, and Q-0310 in Quizzes.
Examples in Section 5.8 and Chapter 6 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 5 (Section 5.8) and Chapter 6 of Textbook. Say, problems 54, 55, 57, 60, 65.
Friction - Good or Bad? (Curiosity Show, YouTube Video)
Banking of roads (3RDFlix, YouTube Video)
Helium balloon in motion (Imagination Station in Toledo, Ohio, YouTube Video)
Low Reynolds number flows (by Sir Geoffrey Taylor, Cambridge University, Film Notes)
Midterm Exam 02 and Solutions, on March 12 (Friday).

COURSE CONTENT: WEEKS 09-12
Energy
1. Scalar (dot) product
2. Work done by a force
3. Kinetic energy
4. Potential energy
5. Force exerted by a linear spring
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures: [L0315, L0317, L0319, L0322]
Homework No. 07 and Solutions.
Q-0315, Q-0317, Q-0319, and Q-0322 in Quizzes.
Examples in Chapter 7 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 7 of Textbook. Say, problems 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 19, 28, 29, 31, 32, 40, 41.
Potential energy diagram
1. Conservative force
2. Relation between force and potential energy for a conservative force
3. Stability analysis
4. Power
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures: [L0324, L0326]
Homework No. 08 and Solutions.
Q-0324 and Q-0326 in Quizzes.
Examples in Chapter 8 of Textbook, and sections 7.8 and 7.9.
Problems at end of Chapter 7 of Textbook, say, problems 47, 49, 52, 54, and Chapter 8 of Textbook, say, problems 4, 6, 15, 18, 21, 23, 29, 31.
Linear momentum
1. Impluse
2. Linear momentum
3. Inelastic collisions
4. Elastic collisions
5. Center of mass
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures: [L0329, L0331, L0402, L0405]
Homework No. 09 and Solutions.
Q-0329, Q-0331, Q-0402 and Q-0405 in Quizzes.
Examples in Chapter 9 of Textbook, say, problems 2, 5, 8, 22, 23, 25, 35, 41, 45, 46, 49.
Midterm Exam 03 and Solutions, on April 9 (Friday).

COURSE CONTENT: WEEKS 12-16
Rotational motion (topics under this section were rearranged on Wednesday April 21)
- Rotational kinematics
  1. Vector product
  2. Rigid body, Translational versus rotational motion
  3. Rotational displacement versus translational displacement
  4. Rotational velocity, rotational acceleration
  5. Tangential acceleration versus centripetal acceleration
  6. Motion of a perfectly rolling wheel
  Resources:
  Examples covered in classroom lectures: [L0407, L0412]
  Refer Homework No. 10 below.
  Q-0407 and Q-0412 in Quizzes.
  Examples in Chapter 10 of Textbook, say, problems 2, 5, 7, 17, 19, 21.
- Statics
  1. Torque
  2. Static equilibrium
  Resources:
  Examples covered in classroom lectures: [L0414]
  Refer Homework No. 10 below.
  Q-0414 in Quizzes.
  Examples in Chapter 10 of Textbook, say, problems 27, 28.
- Rotational dynamics
  1. Rotational inertia (moment of inertia)
  2. Newton's law of rotational motion
  Resources:
  Examples covered in classroom lectures: [L0416, L0419]
  Homework No. 10 and Solutions.
  Q-0416 and Q-0419 in Quizzes.
  Examples in Chapter 10 of Textbook, say, problems 36, 39, 42, 55.
- Rotational energy
  1. Rotational kinetic energy
  2. Rotational work
  3. Rotational work-kinetic energy theorem
  Resources:
  Examples covered in classroom lectures: [L0421]
  Refer Homework No. 11 below
  Q-0421 in Quizzes.
  Examples in Chapter 10.7 and 10.8 of Textbook, say, problems 39, 42, 44, 55, 59, 60, 64
- Angular momentum
  1. Angular momentum
  2. Conservation of angular momentum
  3. Collisions
  Resources:
  Examples covered in classroom lectures: [L0423]
  Homework No. 11 and Solutions.
  Q-0423 in Quizzes.
  Examples in Chapter 11 of Textbook, say, problems 14, 18, 23, 26, 30, 34, 41, 43, 45.
Newton's law of gravitation
1. Gravitational field versus gravitational force
2. Gravitational potential versus gravitational potential energy
3. Kepler's laws of planetary motion
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures: [L0426, L0428, L0430 canceled]
Homework No. 12 and Solutions (error in solution to Problem 3d, refer lecture dated April 26.)
Q-0426, Q-0428, and Q-0430 in Quizzes.
Examples in Chapter 13 of Textbook, say, problems 12, 15, 18, 26, 30, 36, 43, 47.
Final Exam and Solutions, on May 6 (Thursday, 2:45-4:45 PM).

More information:

Evaluation:

Quizzes 10%

Homework 30%

Midterm Exams (3x15%) 45%

Final Exam 15%

Exam schedule:

Midterm Exam 1 --- February 15 (Monday, during class period)

Midterm Exam 2 --- March 12 (Friday, during class period)

Midterm Exam 3 --- April 9 (Friday, during class period)

Final Exam --- May 6 (Thursday, 2:45-4:45 PM)

Last updated on May 6, 2021 (and is no more maintained) by K. V. Shajesh (kvshajesh@gmail.com).

Midterm Exam 1	---	February 15 (Monday, during class period)
Midterm Exam 2	---	March 12 (Friday, during class period)
Midterm Exam 3	---	April 9 (Friday, during class period)
Final Exam	---	May 6 (Thursday, 2:45-4:45 PM)

Quizzes	10%
Homework	30%
Midterm Exams (3x15%)	45%
Final Exam	15%