PHYSICS 2

(Fall ‘99 Tentative Schedule, Day Class)

Time & Place: Mon. & Wed. 11am-12:30pm, Franklin Hall 221

Lab: Tue. 1-4pm, Franklin Hall 221

Text: Physics For Scientists and Engineers, 4th ed. by R. Serway

Instructor: Dean Arvidson; Dept. phone (323) 953-4318; arvidson@citymail.lacc.cc.ca.us

Office & Hours: Franklin Hall 209B; Mon. & Wed. 12:45-2:45pm; Mon & Tue. 6:30-7:00pm, or by appointment!

WK DATE TOPIC LAB CH

1 Aug. 16, 17, 18 Fluids, Pressure, Pascal’s Principle Lec. Buoyant Forces 15

2 Aug. 23, 24, 25 Fluid Dynamics, Mechanical Waves Lec. Bernoulli’s Equation 15, 16

  1. Aug. 30, 31 1D Waves, Interference, Flex Day (No Class) Lab demo, Problem Solving 16
  2. Sept. 8 Labor Day! Speed and Energy of Waves Holiday 16

5 Sept. 13, 14, 15 TEST 1, Sound Waves: Speed and Intensity LAB #1: Damped HM 17

6 Sept. 20, 21, 22 Doppler Effect, Standing Waves LAB #2: Standing Waves 17, 18

7 Sept. 27, 28, 29 Strings, Air Columns, Resonance, Beats Lec. Resonance Demos 18

8 Oct. 4, 5, 6 TEST 2, Temperature, Zeroth Law of TD LAB #3: Gas Thermometers 19

9 Oct. 11, 12, 13 Thermal Expansion, Thermal Energy Lec. Specific Heat 19, 20

10 Oct. 18, 19, 20 Latent Heats, First Law of TD LAB #4: Thermal Expansion 20

11 Oct. 25, 26, 27 TEST 3, Kinetic Theory of Gases LAB #5: Thermal Conductivity 20, 21

12 Nov. 1, 2, 3 Molar Specific Heat, Equipartition of Energy Lec. Adiabatic Processes 21

13 Nov. 8, 9, 10 Boltzmann Distribution, Second Law of TD LAB #6:Adiabatic Compression 21, 22

14 Nov. 15, 16, 17 Heat Engines, Carnot Engine, Entropy LAB #7: Heat Engine 22

15 Nov. 22, 23, 24 TEST 4, Nature of Light, Huygens Principle Lec. Reflection, Refraction 35

16 Nov. 29, 30, Dec. 1 Geometric Optics, Flat & Spherical Mirrors LAB #8: Geometric Optics 35, 36

17 Dec. 6, 7, 8 Refraction and Thin Lenses Review for Final 36

18 Dec. 13 FINAL EXAM (12:30 – 2:30pm) All

Problem Problem sets will be assigned for each chapter, and some problems may be collected. It is vitally important for

Sets: your comprehension of Physics to practice solving a wide variety of Physics problems. There will also be some optional extra credit problems assigned from each chapter.

Labs: The laboratory experiments should be educational, and are an essential part of the class. A written report is due one week after completion of each experiment, or when announced. There may be some assignments taken from the book Mathematica Exercises in Introductory Physics. Details will be discussed in class!!

Tests and Each of the 4 tests will cover 2 chapter’s worth of material. The questions will primarily be quantitative

Grading: word problems similar to the problem sets, and will also include some conceptual questions. Your grade will be based on: Lab Reports = 25%; Tests = 50%; Final = 25% (or Final %20; and Homework %5). There will be a total of 800 points for the course, and your grade will be determined as follows: A > 85%, B > 70%, C > 50% of the total points.

Attendance: Regular attendance to both class and lab periods is essential!! After three unexcused absences a student may be dropped from the class.