PHYS 115: Physics for Engineers (Fall 2008)

Sections 2 and 3

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Michael Balogh
888-4567 x37518
PHY 254
mbalogh@uwaterloo.ca
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DWE 3516 (Section 002) and RCH 105 (Section 003)
TWR at 9:30-10:20 (Section 002) and 10:30-11:20 (Section 003)
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Required Text

Fundamentals of Physics (8th ed, extended version)
Halliday, Resnick and Walker
Textbook website

Lectures

See the lecture material at https://uwangel.uwaterloo.ca/uwangel/frameIndex.htm

Some material is available here as well:

Tentative Lecture Schedule

Number	Lecture Date	Topic	Chapter[subsection] Covered	Notes	Assignment (due)
1	Sept 9	1D Kinematics	Ch.2[2-5]	Notes	1 (Sept 22)
2	Sept 10	Acceleration	Ch. 2[6-8]	Notes	1 (Sept 22)
3	Sept 11	Vectors	Ch.3[2-6]	Notes	1 (Sept 22)
4	Sept 16	Projectile motion	Ch.4[2-6]	Notes	1 (Sept 22)
5	Sept 17	Circular and Relative Motion	Ch.4[7-9]	Notes	2 (Sept 29)
6	Sept 18	Dynamics	Ch.5[1-6]	Notes	2 (Sept 29)
7	Sept 23	Normal Force	Ch.5[7]	Notes	2 (Sept 29)
8	Sept 24	Tension	Ch.5[7]	Notes	2 (Sept 29)
9	Sept 25	Friction	Ch.6[1-3]	Notes	3 (Oct 6)
10	Sept 30	Uniform circular motion and Newton III	Ch.6[5], Ch.5[8-9]	Notes	3 (Oct 6)
11	Oct 1	Work and Energy	Ch.7[4-5]	Notes	4 (Oct 13)
12	Oct 2	Work and Energy	Ch.7[4-5]	Notes	4 (Oct 13)
13	Oct 7	Springs and Power	Ch.7[6-9]	Notes	4 (Oct 13)
14	Oct 8	Potential Energy	Ch.8[2]	Notes	5 (Oct 20)
15	Oct 9	Conservation of Mechanical Energy I	Ch. 8[3]	Notes	5 (Oct 20)
16	Oct 14	Conservation of Mechanical Energy II	Ch.8[5]	Notes	5 (Oct 20)
17	Oct 15	Conservation of Energy	Ch.8[7-8]	Notes	6 (Nov 3)
18	Oct 16	Centre of mass	Ch.9[1-3]	Notes	6 (Nov 3)
19	Oct 21	Linear Momentum	Ch.9[4-5,7]	Notes	6 (Nov 3)
	Oct 22	Review	Ch.1-9.7	Notes	-
	Oct 23	Review	Ch.1-9.7	Notes	-
20	Oct 28	Impulse	Ch.9[6,12]	Notes	7 (Nov 10)
21	Oct 29	1D Collisions	Ch.9[8-10]	Notes	7 (Nov 10)
22	Oct 30	2D Collisions	Ch.9[11]	Notes	7 (Nov 10)
23	Nov 4	Equilibrium	Ch.12[2-3]	Notes	8 (Nov 17)
24	Nov 5	Center of gravity	Ch.12[4-5]	Notes	8 (Nov 17)
25	Nov 6	Statics	Ch.12[6-7]	Notes	8 (Nov 17)
26	Nov 11	Rotation	Ch.10[1-4]	Notes	9 (Nov 24)
27	Nov 12	Moment of Inertia	Ch.10[5-7]	Notes	9 (Nov 24)
28	Nov 13	Rotational Kinematics	Ch.10[8-10]	Notes	9 (Nov 24)
29	Nov 18	Angular momentum	Ch.11[6-8]	Notes	10 (Dec 1)
30	Nov 19	Angular momentum	Ch.11[9-12]	Notes	10 (Dec 1)
31	Nov 20	Rolling motion	Ch.11[1-3]	Notes	10 (Dec 1)
32	Nov 25	Rolling Motion	Ch.11[4-5]	Notes	10 (Dec 1)
	Nov 26	Exam Review	Ch.5-9	Notes	-
	Nov 27	Exam Review	Ch.10-12	Notes	-

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