PHY 110 Physics For Scientists and Engineers
Spring 2018
MTWR 10:00 Ð 10:50, MLT 214
Instructor: Dr. George Rutherford e-mail ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊMLT 308-AÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ438-2934
Text: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 9th edition, by Serway and Jewett, published by Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning.
Note: While you are not required to purchase the hard-copy of the text, you are required to have electronic access (which includes electronic access to the full text) in order to do the online homework problems. A good compromise might be the publisherÕs ÒhybridÓ version, which includes full electronic access and a paperback version of the text (this limited version of the text does not include the end-of-chapter problems, but they are included in the electronic access). Be sure you purchase "Multi-Term" access if you plan to take PHY 111 and/or PHY 112 in following semesters. The multi-term electronic access is ISBN 9781285858401
WebAssign Class Key is ILSTU 7484 5680
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Here is a link to the User's Guide for Students.
Labs: ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ
Section | Day and Time | Room | TA |
2 | Fri 8:00 - 10:50 | MLT 217 | Dr. Bogue |
3 | Fri 1:00 - 3:50 | MLT 217 | Zachary Temple |
Laboratory Manual for PHY 110 is required and may be purchased at the usual bookstores.
Calculator: A scientific calculator is also required and should be brought to every class or lab meeting.
Course Objectives: This is the first of a three-semester sequence in a calculus-based treatment of fundamental physics topics. This first semester will cover topics in mechanics. The associated laboratory will focus on measurement, data analysis, and presentation skills. Upon successful completion of this course, you should:
Course Format: The course consists of lecture periods and laboratory sessions. Hour exams will occur during the lecture sessions indicated on the tentative schedule. Pop quizzes can occur at any time.
Grading: Your performance will be assessed in a number of ways. There will be three hour-long exams and a comprehensive final exam, several pop-quizzes, electronic homework problems and lab reports. These components will be combined with the following weights to determine your final course grade:
Exams (3 x 10% each) | 30% |
Pop Quizzes (drop lowest) | 15% |
Electronic Homework (drop lowest) | 15% |
Lab Reports (drop lowest) | 20% |
Final Exam | 20% |
Total | 100% |
Letter grades are typically determined by: A: 90%, B = 80 to 89%, C = 70 to 79%, D = 60 to 69%, and F: 59% or below. A curve is possible but not guaranteed. Class behavior and participation can influence letter grades awarded for course averages near the numerical boundaries between letter grades. In addition, your course grade can be reduced even further for rude or disruptive behavior, chronic late arrival to class, use of mobile electronic devices in class, or similar behavior. Cheating or plagiarism is considered grounds for failure in the course.
Quizzes and exams can be a combination of multiple choice, short answer, or show-your-work problems, and they can cover any topic in the text (whether we discuss it in class or not), lectures, or lab. Since one pop quiz grade, one electronic homework grade, and one lab report grade will be dropped before your course average is calculated, no make-ups are allowed in those categories. A make-up or rescheduled exam may be possible in rare cases with sufficiently good reason (sickness, death in the immediate family, official university absence, etc.).
General Advice: The following is a collection of general advice gleaned from more than twenty years of teaching physics.
The following is a tentative schedule of the topics weÕll cover, lab assignments, and exam dates, etc. Remember that it is tentative and subject to change at my discretion.
15-Jan |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Lab 0: Intro to Mathematica |
16-Jan |
Intro to class; Scientific notation; uncertainty; dimensional analysis Unit conversion; 1-d motion |
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17-Jan |
Calculus refresher | A Graphing Notebook |
18-Jan |
More 1-d motion | |
22-Jan |
1-d motion problems and graphs | Lab 1: Making and using graphs |
23-Jan |
Vectors | 1D Motion Problems |
24-Jan |
Problems and demonstrations | Easy Projectile Problems |
25-Jan |
2-d motion; projectile motion | Quiz 1 Solution |
29-Jan |
More projectile motion; uniform circular motion | Lab 0.1 More Mathematica |
30-Jan |
General curvilinear motion; relative motion | |
31-Jan |
Problems and demonstrations | TestData2.txt |
1-Feb |
Laws of motion | Quiz 2 Solution |
5-Feb |
Laws of motion, cont'd. | Lab 2: Intro to DataStudio |
6-Feb |
Friction | |
7-Feb |
Problems and demonstrations | Practice Exam 1 |
8-Feb |
Circular motion | Quiz 3 Solution |
12-Feb |
Resistive forces | |
13-Feb |
Scalar product; Work | |
14-Feb |
Problems and demonstrations | Quiz 4 Solution |
15-Feb |
EXAM 1: Chapters 1 - 5 | |
19-Feb |
Work-energy theorem | Lab 3: Freefall |
20-Feb |
Potential energy and conservative forces | Linear Regression Formulas |
21-Feb |
Problems and demonstrations | |
22-Feb |
More energy problems | Quiz 5 Solution |
26-Feb |
Conservation of energy | Lab 4: Projectile Motion |
27-Feb |
Problems using conservation of energy | |
28-Feb |
Problems and demonstrations | |
1-Mar |
Linear momentum; intro to collisions | |
5-Mar |
2-d collisions | Lab 5: Newton's Second Law |
6-Mar |
Center of mass | Quiz 6 Solution |
7-Mar |
Problems and demonstrations | |
8-Mar |
Angular variables and kinematics | Quiz 7 Solution |
12-Mar |
Spring Break | |
13-Mar |
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14-Mar |
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15-Mar |
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19-Mar |
Torque and kinetics and moment of inertia | Lab 6: Conservation of Energy |
20-Mar |
Continued | Revised Lab 6 Instructions |
21-Mar |
Problems and demonstrations | |
22-Mar |
Conservation of energy in rotation; rolling motion | Quiz 8 Solution |
26-Mar |
Vector cross product | Practice Exam 2 |
27-Mar |
Conservation of angular momentum | |
28-Mar |
Problems and demonstrations | Quiz 9 Solution |
29-Mar |
EXAM 2: Chapters 6 - 10 | |
2-Apr |
Statics, continued | Lab 7: Ballistic Pendulum |
3-Apr |
Statics problems | Wheel Suspension diagram |
4-Apr |
Review of Chapters 13 and 14 | |
5-Apr |
Oscillatory motion; mass on a spring | Quiz 10 Solution |
9-Apr |
Simple harmonic motion; add energy | |
10-Apr |
Pendulum; damped and forced oscillation | |
11-Apr |
Problems and demonstrations | |
12-Apr |
Motion of a disturbance; traveling pulses | Quiz 11 Solution |
16-Apr |
Traveling harmonic waves | Lab 8: Simple Harmonic Motion |
17-Apr |
Sound waves; pressure variation | Quiz 12 Solution |
18-Apr |
Problems and demonstrations | |
19-Apr |
Intensity and sound level | Practice Exam 3 |
23-Apr |
Doppler effect | Quiz 13 Solution |
24-Apr |
Superposition and interference | |
25-Apr |
Problems and demonstrations | |
26-Apr |
EXAM 3: Chapters 11–12, 15–16 | |
30-Apr |
Standing waves | Lab 9: Standing Waves |
1-May |
Continued | |
2-May |
Problems and demonstrations | Practice Final Exam |
3-May |
Review and catch-up |
The final examination time will be announced later in the semester.