Mechanics II UBC
PHYS 270 - Section 941 Summer Term 1, May-June 2008
Instructor: Steven Plotkin
Office: Henn 401, Physics Building
Email: steve*
Course hours: Monday & Wednesday, 8:30-10:30
Friday quiz and tutorial, 8:30-10:30
( Hennings Room 201 (318?))
Note: There will be no classes the week of Mon Jun 15 - Fri Jun 19. Classes will resume Mon Jun 22.
Office Hour: Monday, 5:00-6:00, and by appointment
Graders: Shirin Hadizadeh, Email: shirin*
Shuhang Yang, Email: yangsh*
Graders office hours: Shirin Hadizadeh, Tuesday 5:00-6:00 (Hennings 404)
Shuhang Yang , Wednesday 5:00-6:00 (Hennings 265)
(* append (at) phas dot ubc dot ca, and mention PHYS270 in the subject of your email, please.)

Course Policies:

  1. There will be weekly quizzes, on Fridays at the beginning of tutorial. They will be graded during the tutorial all or none for the correct numerical answers to 3 significant digits (and work shown). If the numerical answer(s) is wrong, the quiz is returned and given as a takehome*. These quizzes are due at the beginning of class on Monday, when solutions will be collected by a grader, posted on Vista , and the problem will typically be gone over in class. The quizzes are then graded all or none for the same credit. Late quizzes will not be accepted and count as zero points. Copying solutions results in a zero and your name is reported to the department head (please do not copy solutions). Even if you miss the deadline, it is still a good idea to do the quizzes. It is the best way to prepare for the the final exam.
  2. Classes officially end on June 26. The date and place for the final exam is Tue, Jun 30, 9:00am-12:00, in Henn 202.
  3. No documents/notes/formulae sheets are allowed at the final exam, however you will need a calculator.
  4. During class, short questions or clarifications from your neighbor are fine, however extensive chatting or long social conversations are inappropriate and not tolerated.
  5. Open notebook computers are not allowed during class. Sorry no exceptions.
  6. Calculators are allowed and essentially required to solve the problems in this course. In particular, at times you will need to invert matrices, or solve transcendental equations (e.g. x=exp(-x)).
* However, on any given week there may be an in-class component to the quiz, i.e. part of the quiz may be in-class only.

Grade:

Your final grade for the course will be computed from:

There will be no makeup Final.

Textbook:

Engineering Mechanics, Statics and Dynamics, (any edition) , by R.C. Hibbeler (or equivalent textbook). Planar kinematics and kinetics (Chs 16-18 in the 11th edition)
A copy of the book will be on course reserve in the main library (I. K. Barber).

Other Resources:


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