PHYSICS 131-01
SPRING 2000
Instructor: Purrington
Office: 5050 Stern Hall
Phone: 862-3177
e-mail: danny@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu
Text: Halliday, Resnick, and Walker, Fundamentals of Physics
Class Hours: T-ThH 9:30, W 2
SYLLABUS
Week of:
Jan. 10 (one class) Chapter 1 Measurement, units
Jan. 17 Chaps. 2, 3 1-D kinematics, vectors
Jan. 24 Chaps. 4,5 2-, 3-D kinematics, Newtonian dynamics
Jan. 31 Chaps. 6,7 Newtonian dynamics II, work and kinetic energy
Feb. 7 Chap. 8 Potential energy, energy conservation
EXAM, Feb. 10, Chaps. 1-7
Feb. 14 Chap. 9 Systems of particles
Feb. 21 Chaps. 10, 11 (part) Collisions, rotational kinematics/dynamics
Feb. 28 Chap. 11, 12 Torque, angular momentum
Mar. 6 Mardi Gras/Spring Break (no classes)
Mar. 13 Chap. 13,14 Static equillibrium, gravitation
Mar. 20 Chap. 15 Fluids
EXAM, Mar. 23, Chaps. 8-12
Mar. 27 Chap. 16 Simple Harmonic Motion
Apr. 3 Chaps. 17, 18 Waves, sound
Apr. 10 Chap. 19 Thermodynamics
Apr. 17 Chap. 20 Kinetic theory
EXAM, Apr. 20, Chaps. 13-18
Apr. 24 Chap. 21 Second law of thermodynamics