Introductory Mechanics PHYS 1303-002
Fall 2016
WARNING: DO NOT USE.
THIS MATERIAL IS FROM A PREVIOUS SEMESTER FOR HISTORICAL INFORMATION
ONLY.
Satisfies a Level I
Pure & Applied Science Pillar (when taken with PHYS 1105 lab course) and a
Quantitative Reasoning Proficiency & Experience of the University
Curriculum.
LECTURER: Dr. Simon Dalley
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Contact:
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Phone (214)
768-2109
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Office 207
Fondren Science
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E-mail: <sdalley@physics.smu.edu>
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Text: Fundamentals of Physics, Vol 1, 10th
Edition (Wiley), by David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker ISBN
978-1-118-23072-5.
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Classes: MWF, 10:00am-10:50 am, 158
Fondren Science Building
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classes. Join sessions by either
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Office Hours: Tu 4 - 5 pm, We 5-6 pm, 207
Fondren Science.
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TA help (James): M 3-4pm, Tu-Fr 4-5 pm, 157 Fondren Science.
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Syllabus
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Relativity Notes and Practice
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Final
exam practice problems ; Final Exam Rubric
; In-Class Concept Questions
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Disability Accommodations, Religious Observances,
Extracurricular Activities, Absence
ADDITIONAL
PHYSICS OPPORTUNITIES
· Society of Physics Students.
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Undergraduate Physics Research
at SMU
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Physics Degree
Programs
INTERESTING MECHANICS LINKS
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Meet Galileo,
who founded Mechanics, and Newton,
who perfected it.
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Shoot
the monkey. Aiming straight at the monkey always hits (can you prove it?)
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View
Hubble telescope pictures of other
(spiral) galaxies performing circular motion; see also the effects of the
rapidly rotating Pulsar
Neutron star in the Crab Nebula.
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Non-Inertial
frames of reference give rise to fictitious forces, such as the Coriolis force
that governs large scale weather
patterns on Earth.
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Conservation
of Energy for the entire universe implies existence of Dark
Energy
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Check out
a crash test video of
how your
car absorbs the impulse of a collision.
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Follow the
collisions of elementary particles (protons, quarks, electrons,..) performed at
the largest machines in the world, such as the ATLAS
experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
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Play with
an orbit
simulator to understand how “freely falling” objects can stay
above Earth’s surface.
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Kepler’s
1st law,
Kepler’s 2nd
Law
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Dark Matter melodrama.
Galaxy rotation
violates Kepler’s 3rd law (apparently)
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(Disastrous)
resonant oscillation
of the Tacoma bridge