| Week
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Dates
|
Chapter
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General Topics
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Notes
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| 1
|
Sept. 4 ? 7
|
15
|
Density, Pressure in Fluids (15.1,15.2)
|
No Class on Monday
|
| 2
|
Sept. 10 ? 14
|
15
|
Pascal's Principle, Hydraulic Lift, Buoyancy, Archimedes' Principle
|
|
| 3
|
Sept. 17 ? 21
|
15
|
Fluid Dynamics (15.5)
|
|
| 4
|
Sept. 24 ? 28
|
14
|
Simple Harmonic Motion (14.1, 14.2), Energy in the Simple Harmonic Motion (14.3), The Dynamics of SHM (14.4)
|
|
| 5
|
Oct. 1 ? Oct. 5
|
14
|
Vertical Oscillations (14.5), The Pendulum (14.6), Damped Oscillations (14.7), Resonance (14.8)
|
|
| 6
|
Oct. 8 ? 12
|
20
|
The Wave Model (20.1), Wave Speed
|
Midterm I
Week of Oct. 8 (Thanksgiving, Oct. 8)
|
| 7
|
Oct. 15 ? 19
|
20
|
One-Dimensional Waves (20.2), Sinusoidal Waves (20.3), Waves on a string, Transmission and Reflection of Waves
|
|
| 8
|
Oct. 22 ? 26
|
20-21
|
Sound and Light (20.5), Power and Intensity (20.6), Doppler Effect (20.7)
|
|
| 9
|
Oct. 29 ? Nov. 2
|
21
|
Principle of Superposition (21.1), Standing Waves (21.2), Transverse Standing Waves (21.3), Standing Waves and Musical Acoustics (21.4)
|
|
| 10
|
Nov. 5 ? 9
|
21
|
Intensity of Sound Waves (decibels), Ear Response, Vibrating Air Columns, Interference in One Dimension (21.5)
|
Midterm II
Week of Nov. 5
|
| 11
|
Nov. 12 ? 16
|
21
|
The Mathematics of Interference (21.6), Beats (21.8)
|
Holiday Nov. 12 in lieu of Nov. 11 (Remembrance Day)
|
| 12
|
Nov. 19 ? 23
|
22
|
The Interference of Light (22.2) (two-slit interference, thin film interference, Michelson interferometer)
|
|
| 13
|
Nov. 26 ? Nov. 30
|
22
|
The Diffraction Grating (22.3),Single-Slit Diffraction (22.4), Circular Aperture (22.5), Resolution
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