PHYS 325 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Course Schedule
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| 1 |
Monday
8/27/2018 |
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Tuesday
8/28/2018 |
Newton's laws |
Taylor: 1.1-1.6 | |||
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Wednesday
8/29/2018 |
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Thursday
8/30/2018 |
One-dimensional particle dynamics |
Taylor: 1.6, 4.6 | |||
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Friday
8/31/2018 |
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| 2 |
Monday
9/3/2018 |
Labor Day Holiday | |||
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Tuesday
9/4/2018 |
1D continued, drag, v-dep. forces |
Taylor: 2.1-2.4 | |||
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Wednesday
9/5/2018 |
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Thursday
9/6/2018 |
2D particle dynamics |
Taylor: 2.4-2.7, 1.7 | |||
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Friday
9/7/2018 |
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| 3 |
Monday
9/10/2018 |
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Tuesday
9/11/2018 |
1D rocket motion, conservative forces in 3D |
Taylor: 3.2, 4.1-4.6 | |||
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Wednesday
9/12/2018 |
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Thursday
9/13/2018 |
Central force motion, conserved angular momentum |
Taylor: 4.8 T&M: 5.1, 5.2 |
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Friday
9/14/2018 |
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| 4 |
Monday
9/17/2018 |
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Tuesday
9/18/2018 |
Gravitation |
T&M Chapter 5 | |||
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Wednesday
9/19/2018 |
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Thursday
9/20/2018 |
Orbital motion, Kepler's Laws. |
Taylor: Chapter 8 T&M: Chapter 8 |
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Friday
9/21/2018 |
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| 5 |
Monday
9/24/2018 |
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Tuesday
9/25/2018 |
Orbital motion continued |
Taylor: Chapter 8 T&M: Chapter 8 |
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Wednesday
9/26/2018 |
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Thursday
9/27/2018 |
Tides |
Taylor 9.2 | |||
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Friday
9/28/2018 |
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| 6 |
Monday
10/1/2018 |
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Tuesday
10/2/2018 |
Tides -- continued see lecture notes for lecture 10 |
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Wednesday
10/3/2018 |
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Thursday
10/4/2018 |
Midterm 1 One single-sided sheet of notes, US letter sized permitted. |
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Friday
10/5/2018 |
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| 7 |
Monday
10/8/2018 |
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Tuesday
10/9/2018 |
Linear Oscillators: Simple harmonic oscillators |
T&M 3.1.-3.4 Taylor 5.1-5.3 |
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Wednesday
10/10/2018 |
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Thursday
10/11/2018 |
Linear Oscillators: damping; initial conditions Lecture 13 |
Taylor 5.5, 5.6, T&M 3.6 | |||
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Friday
10/12/2018 |
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| 8 |
Monday
10/15/2018 |
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Tuesday
10/16/2018 |
Forced vibrations |
Taylor 5.5 | |||
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Wednesday
10/17/2018 |
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Thursday
10/18/2018 |
Resonance, Fourier series |
Taylor 5.6, 5.7 | |||
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Friday
10/19/2018 |
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| 9 |
Monday
10/22/2018 |
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Tuesday
10/23/2018 |
Fourier series continued, solutions for periodic driving |
Taylor 5.7-5.8 | |||
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Wednesday
10/24/2018 |
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Thursday
10/25/2018 |
Impulse response function, Greens function and fourier transform |
T&M 3.9 | |||
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Friday
10/26/2018 |
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| 10 |
Monday
10/29/2018 |
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Tuesday
10/30/2018 |
Begin non-inerital reference frames |
Taylor Chapter 9, T&M Chapter 10 | |||
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Wednesday
10/31/2018 |
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Thursday
11/1/2018 |
Dynamics in non-inertial reference frames |
Taylor Chapter 9, T&M Chapter 10 | |||
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Friday
11/2/2018 |
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| 11 |
Monday
11/5/2018 |
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Tuesday
11/6/2018 |
Coriolis force |
Taylor Chapter 9, T&M Chapter 10 | |||
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Wednesday
11/7/2018 |
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Thursday
11/8/2018 |
Begin planar rigid body rotation |
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Friday
11/9/2018 |
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| 12 |
Monday
11/12/2018 |
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Tuesday
11/13/2018 |
Planar rgid body motion, continued |
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Wednesday
11/14/2018 |
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Thursday
11/15/2018 |
Midterm II -- IN CLASS! 12-1:20 pm |
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Friday
11/16/2018 |
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| 13 |
Monday
11/19/2018 |
Fall break | |||
| 14 |
Monday
11/26/2018 |
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Tuesday
11/27/2018 |
Begin: Calculus of variations |
Taylor Chapter 6 | |||
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Wednesday
11/28/2018 |
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Thursday
11/29/2018 |
Calculus of variations continued |
Taylor Chapter 6 | |||
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Friday
11/30/2018 |
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| 15 |
Monday
12/3/2018 |
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Tuesday
12/4/2018 |
Lagrangian mechanics |
Taylor Chapter 7 | |||
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Wednesday
12/5/2018 |
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Thursday
12/6/2018 |
Lagrangian mechanics continued |
Taylor Chapter 7 | |||
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Friday
12/7/2018 |
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| 16 |
Monday
12/10/2018 |
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Tuesday
12/11/2018 |
Noether's theorem |
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Wednesday
12/12/2018 |
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Thursday
12/13/2018 |
Reading Day | ||||
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Friday
12/14/2018 |
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| Final Exam: December 17, 8 am - 11 am Formula Sheet sample exam solutions | |||||
The final exam is closed books and notes. See the sample exam for a list of the equations that will be given to you. You are permitted one two-sided 8 1/2 x 11" set of notes with which to supplement the eqns given to you.