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PHYS 1303
Introductory Mechanics
Summer 2014
PHYS 1303
Introductory Mechanics
Summer 2014 |
LECTURER: Dr. Simon Dalley
WARNING: THIS MATERIAL IS FROM
A PREVIOUS SEMESTER FOR INFORMATION ONLY. Go to physics.smu.edu/courses to find
current material.
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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.
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Text: Fundamentals of Physics, 9th
Edition (Wiley), by David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl
Walker
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Lecture: MTuWThF, 11:00am-12:50 pm, 158 Fondren Science Building
· Office Hours: The hour before class in 207 Fondren Science
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Contact
Instructor:
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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>
WARNING: THIS MATERIAL IS
FROM A PREVIOUS SEMESTER FOR INFORMATION ONLY. Go to physics.smu.edu/courses to
find current material.
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Syllabus (class chapters, homework/quiz due
dates, test dates and content)
· Quiz questions (consult syllabus to find out which quiz is due when)
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Ideal homework assignment
layout
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Test
Practice Questions
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Final exam Practice Questions
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Test answers (available
after each test)
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I will not be using
the WileyPlus online system, but you may use that
resource here.
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Disability Accommodations, Religious Observances,
Extracurricular Activities, Absence
RESOURCES
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Meet Galileo,
who founded Mechanics, and Newton,
who perfected it.
o
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 (2011 Physics Nobel Prize)
o
Check out
a crash test video of
how your
car absorbs the impulse of a collision.
o
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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Dark Matter melodrama.
Evidence from galaxy rotation.
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(Disastrous)
resonant oscillation
of the Tacoma bridge
o
Listen to sound
clips of varying intensity and frequency to determine your threshold of
hearing
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