Physics 201   Fall 2001

Demos: Section 1

Class # Day Lecture Date Sections in Text Subject Demos
1 W Aug. 29 1.1-1.9 Measurement, vectors None
2 M Sept. 3 2.1-2.5 Acceleration None
3 W Sept. 5 2.6-2.8,3.1-3.5 Motion in two dimensions The Nickel and Piece of Paper
The Monkey and the Hunter
Projectile Motion II (balls on ramps)
4 M Sept. 10 4.1-4.5 Newton's Laws Hit the Nail on the Head
Tablecloth Jerk
Water Rocket

W Sept. 12 Drop Deadline
5 W Sept. 12 4.6-4.9 Gravitation, normal and friction forces Weighing
Coefficient of Friction

F Sept. 14 Add Deadline
6 M Sept. 17 4.10-4.13 Static and dynamic equilibrium Force and Tension
Hanging Masses
7 W Sept. 19 5.1-5.8 Uniform circular motion Centripetal acceleration
Spinning tray
8 M Sept. 24 6.1-6.3 Work and potential energy Conservative System (Bowling ball)
9 W Sept. 26 6.4-6.10 Conservation of energy, power Loop-the-loop
Pendulumn with a moveable peg
10 M Oct. 1 7.1-7.6 Impulse and momentum, center of mass Egg in a Sheet
Fire extinguisher rocket car
11 W Oct. 3 Test 1 Chapters 1 - 4
12 M Oct. 8 8.1-8.8 Momentum and energy, rotational kinematics Ballistic Pendulum
Center of mass of Virginia
Center of mass toys
Collisions, elastic and inelastic
13 W Oct. 10 9.1-9.4 Rotational dynamics, torque Rolling objects and moment of inertia
Moment of inertial wheel
The falling rigid body

M Oct. 15 Reading holidy
14 W Oct. 17 9.5-9.7 Rotational energy and momentum Gyroscopes
Precession of a bicycle wheel
Vector naure of angular momentum
Air gyro
15 M Oct. 22 10.1-10.6 Simple harmonic motion Pendula, spring and simple

W Oct. 24 Widthdrawal deadline
16 W Oct. 24 10.7-10.9 Stress and strain Forced Oscillations
Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse
17 M Oct. 29 11.1-11.6 Fluids, pressure Hydrostatic pressure dependence on depth
Pascal's vases
Hydraulic press
Magdeburg Hemispheres
Archimedes' principle I
Archimedes' principle II
Cartesian diver
18 W Oct. 31 Test 2 Chapters 5 - 9
19 M Nov. 5 11.7-11.12 Fluid flow Venturi tube
Air flow dynamics
20 W Nov. 7 12.1-12.11 Temperature and heat Boiling by cooling
Boiling by reducing pressure
21 M Nov. 12 13.1-13.5 Heat transfer Miscellaneous phenomena using heat
Thermal conductivity
Light the match
22 W Nov. 14 14.1-14.4 Kinetic theory of gases Brownian motion
Radiometer effect
Boyle's Law
23 M Nov. 19 15.1-15.6 First Law of thermodynamics Steam engines
Heat engines

W Nov. 21 Thanksgiving
24 M Nov. 26 15.7-15.13 Heat engines and refrigerators Reversible and irreversible processes
25 W Nov. 28 Test 3 Chapters 10 - 14
26 M Dec. 3 16.1-16.12 Waves and sound Transverse waves
Longitudinal waves
Bell in a vacuum
Doppler buzzer
27 W Dec. 5 17.1-17.8 Superposition and interference Standing waves
Interference of sound waves
Tuning fork beats
Transverse waves
Singing tubes and rods
Breaking a wine glass

Modified: 5 August 2001