Physics 101 2014 W Term 1 Schedule, Syllabus, Learning Goals, Homework

Text: Physics for Scientists and Engineers: An Interactive Approach by

Hawkes/Iqbal/Mansour/Milner-Bolotin/Williams


Week Week
of
General Topics Major Learning Goals
The student should be able to:
Recommended
Text Problems
& Homework
1 Sept.
1
Introduction to
Phys101

Unit Conversion


Density and
Pressure in Liquids
Ch 12: 1-3
Describe macroscopic and
microscopic differences between
solids, liquids, and gases
Use and convert between different
units
Define density, specific gravity and
pressure
Understand the causes of pressure
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Ch 12:
17,19,20,21
2 Sept
8
Pressure Variation
in Fluids, Measuring
Pressure
Ch 12: 3

Pascals Principal
and Hydraulic Lift
Ch 12: 4

Archimedes
Principal and
Buoyancy
Ch 12: 5

Explain and contrast how pressure
changes as a function of position in a
liquid and a gas
Calculate pressure at any point inside a
static liquid
Distinguish between absolute and gauge
pressure
Explain how suction works
Describe how manometers and
barometers are used to measure pressure
Explain what the upper and lower
values in blood pressure measurements
mean
State Pascal's Principle and apply this
principle to basic hydraulic systems
Define buoyancy and explain why an
upward force is exerted on an object
immersed in a fluid
Use Archimedes' principle to determine
the buoyant force on an object
Calculate buoyant forces on floating and
immersed objects
Distinguish the true weight and
apparent weight of an object in a fluid



Ch 12: 24, 26,
27, 28, 29, 30,
31, 33, 34, 35,
36, 37, 40, 42,
43, 44, 45

EWA:

Assignment 0
(practice, not
for marks)

Assignment 1
(for marks)
3 Sept
15
Fluid Flow
Ch12: 6-7

Bernoullis Equation
Ch 12: 8

Turbulence and
Viscosity
Ch 12: 10
Explain what streamlines are
Relate flow rate to flow speed
Use the idea of conservation to
derive the equation of continuity
Explain the connection between
conservation of energy and
Bernoullis equation
Apply Bernoullis equation to show
the interdependence of changing
cross-sectional area, height,
pressure, and velocity for fluids in
pipes
Show Bernoullis principal at work
in examples of fast flowing air
Describe the effects of viscosity and
turbulence in real fluids
Ch 12: 46, 47,
48, 49, 50, 51,
52, 53, 54, 55,
56, 57, 59, 60,
63, 64

EWA:
Assignment 2
4 Sept
22
Periodic Motion

Ch 8: 1
Ch 13: 1-2 (to eq.
13-5)

Periodic Motion and
Simple Harmonic
Motion
Ch 13: 1, 2, 3, 8

Mass Spring
Systems
Ch 13: 2, 4
(Horizontal mass-
spring systems)




Define radians, angular velocity
(angular frequency) , angular
acceleration
Relate angular variables , , to
linear variables s, v, a.
Relate angular frequency to
frequency and period
Define phase and phase constant
Interpret Simple Harmonic Motion
(SHM) as periodic motion of a
particle
Show oscillations in
displacement/velocity/acceleration
vs. time graphs
Write equations for displacement,
velocity, and acceleration of a
particle undergoing SHM
Contrast uniform circular motion to
SHM
Use concept of restoring force to
explain why particles oscillate
State conditions necessary to
produce SHM
Use Hookes Law to relate spring
extension to spring force
Show how natural frequency of SHM
relates to properties of the
mass/spring system m, k
Ch 8: 31, 33,
34, 35, 36

Ch 13: 2, 5, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24,
26, 27, 29, 30,
31, 32, 33, 34,
35, 37, 39, 59,
60, 61, 62, 63

EWA:
Assignment 3
5 Sept
29
Energy in SHM
Ch 6: 3,4
Ch 13: 5

Vertical Oscillations
Ch 13: 4 (vertical
mass/spring
systems)

The Simple
Pendulum
Ch 13:6

Damped Oscillations
Ch 13: 9

Resonance
Ch 13: 10

Elasticity
Ch 10: 5
Define elastic potential energy for a
mass/spring system
Use conservation of energy to relate
potential and kinetic energy in SHM
Calculate phase, displacement,
velocity, acceleration, potential and
kinetic energy at any point in time
for object undergoing SHM
Compare and contrast vertical and
horizontal mass/spring systems
(include discussion of energy
conservation)
Understand the simple pendulum
How is pendulum period related to
physical variables g and L
Understand damped oscillatory
motion
Compare and contrast SHM to
damped oscillatory motion
Determine damping constant from a
graph of displacement vs. time
Identify types of damping,
(under/over/critically damped)
Describe and explain concept of
resonance
Give examples of instances where
resonance is/isnt beneficial
Explain how damping can be used to
prevent destructive resonance
Discuss the limitations of Hooks
Law
Describe what happens on a
microscopic level when a solid is
deformed
Distinguish between elastic and
plastic deformation, between stress
and strain
Define bulk modulus and Youngs
modulus
Write equations for the relationship
between stress and strain for the
three types of deformation of an
elastic solid
Compare and contrast the spring
constant k and Youngs modulus
Ch 6: 53, 54,
55

Ch 13: 44, 45,
46, 47, 48, 49,
50, 51, 52, 54,
65, 65, 66, 67,
68

Ch 10: 56, 58,
60, 61, 62

EWA:
Assignment 4
6 Oct 6 Travelling Waves
Ch 14: 1-4

1-D Harmonic
Waves
Ch 14: 5-7
Understand that mechanical waves
are due to oscillations of particles
and move because of elastic
interaction with neighbouring
particles
Distinguish between longitudinal
and transverse waves
Distinguish motion of a wave from
motion of particles in the medium
Distinguish wave speed from
particle speed
Understand basic properties of
periodic waves (waveform,
wavelength, period, wave speed, )
Calculate wave speed for a string
Describe 1D sinusoidal waves
mathematically
Distinguish phase from phase
constant and phase difference
Know relationship between wave
speed, wavelength, and period
Use snapshot (D vs. x) and history (D
vs. t) graphs to represent travelling
waves
Convert between snapshot and
history graphs
Ch 14: 15, 17,
18, 20, 21, 22,
23, 24, 25, 26,
30, 31, 33, 35,
38, 39, 40, 41,
42, 44, 45, 46,
47, 48, 49, 50,
51, 52, 54, 55,
56

EWA:
Assignment 5
7 Oct
13
Sound and Light
Ch 15: 1
Ch 26: 3 (up to
Gausss Law), 4

Power and Intensity
Ch 15: 1, 6
Identify forms of energy in a wave
and describe energy transport
Describe sound in terms of loudness,
pitch
Describe light in terms of colour and
brightness
Compare and contrast sound and
light waves
Calculate speed of sound in a
material based on bulk modulus and
density
Calculate speed of sound in air at 1
atm for various temperatures
Define power and intensity of a wave
Convert intensity from W/m
2
to dB
Determine the sound intensity level
as a function of distance from the
source
Ch 15, 15, 16,
17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, 32,
33, 34

EWA:
Assignment 6

8 Oct
20
Doppler Effect
Ch 15: 7

Superposition and
Interference
Ch 14: 9,10

Transmission and
Reflection of Waves
Ch 14: 11

Explain the Doppler effect for sound
and calculate frequency shifts for
moving sources and observers
Use the Doppler effect for light and
calculate the speed of galaxies
relative to us
Demonstrate how the principal of
superposition applies to wave
behavior
Define constructive and destructive
interference
Illustrate the reflection and
transmission of wave pulses at a
boundary
Recognize when a pulse will be
inverted upon reflection
Ch 15, 35, 36,
37

Ch 14: 59, 60,
61, 62, 63, 64,
65, 66, 67, 68,
69

EWA:
Assignment 7
9 Oct
27
Standing Waves
Ch 14: 12-13

Standing Waves in
Wind Instruments
Ch 15: 4
Define standing waves
Show mathematically that standing
waves are due to the superposition
of two waves travelling in opposite
directions
Explain how standing waves can be
produced in a string and calculate
allowable frequencies/wavelengths
Explain how standing waves can be
produced in an air column and
calculate allowable
frequencies/wavelengths
(depending on open-open, closed-
closed, or open-closed tube)
Represent possible wave patterns in
a string or wind instrument as
equations or diagrams
Describe what overtones are in the
context of musical instruments
Ch 14: 70, 71,
72, 73, 74, 75,
76, 77, 78, 79,
80, 81, 82

EWA:
Assignment 8
10 Nov
3
Interference of 2-D
Waves, Beats
Ch 15:5
Represent plane waves in diagrams:
Wave fronts and rays
Explain how an interference pattern
can be produced by two sources of
sound of the same wavelength
In 2-D, find locations of constructive
and destructive
Understand beats and calculate the
beat frequency produced by two
sound sources
Ch 15: 28, 31,
55, 59

EWA:
Assignment 9
11 Nov
10
Interference of Light
Ch 15: 2
Ch 28: 1-2

Youngs Double-Slit
Experiment
Ch 28: 3

Thin Film
Interference / Air
Wedge
Ch 28: 5

Michelson
Inteferometer
Ch 28: 2
Describe similarities and differences
between interference in sound and
light
Explain interference at a point in
space as a difference in optical path-
length from two sources
Know Huygens wave principal and
how it can be used to explain many
phenomena involving light, including
diffraction
Describe Youngs double-slit
experiment in terms of interference
of light-waves
Determine locations of bright and
dark fringes in the double-slit
experiment
Determine conditions for
constructive / destructive
interference of light reflected from /
transmitted through thin films and
air wedges
Understand the basics of how
interferometers work
Explain how the Michelson
interferometer can be used for
precision measurement of distances
and refractive indices
Ch 15: 24, 25

Ch 28: 15, 17,
19, 23, 24, 31,
33, 34, 35, 38,
39, 40

EWA:
Assignment
10
12 Nov
17
Diffraction Gratings
Ch 28: 4

Single-Slit
Diffraction
Ch 28: 6

Realistic Double-Slit
Ch 28: 7

Circular Aperture
Resolution
Ch 28: 8
Understand principal of diffraction
grating
Explain how a diffraction grating can
be used to create a spectrometer
Describe the diffraction of waves
emerging from a single slit or
circular aperture
Compare and contrast interference
patterns from double-slit, diffraction
grating, and single-slit
Describe the double-slit interference
pattern in the realistic case where
slits arent infinitely thin
Explain the Rayleigh criterion for the
resolution of two objects
Calculate the resolution limit of a
simple telescope due to diffraction

Ch 28: 21, 22,
25, 27, 29, 36,
37, 41, 43, 44,
45, 46

EWA:
Assignment
11
13 Nov
24
Catch-up / Misc.


EWA:
Assignment
12