TTU Physics 1408-003 - Principles of Physics I (Mengyan, Fall 2015)
Course Information
Class Meeting Time: TR 14:00 to 15:20 in SC 007
Instructor: Dr. P. W. Mengyan
Course E-Mail: Rick.Mengyan 'at' ttu_dot_edu
Office: SC 019; Office Hours: M,W,F 13:30 to 14:30; Tu, Th 15:30 to 16:30. Other times by appointment
Required Text: Serway and Jewett. Physics for Scientists and Engineers (With Enhanced WebAssign).
9th ed. (Brooks/Cole, 2014).
Purchase package directly from publisher here (Click me!!!).
[This link may not be available until a few days after the semester begins. The Varsity Bookstore and the Texas Tech Barnes and Noble have these in stock.
Required Lab Text: Only available through Texas Tech Society of Physics Students, in room SC 004 from 09:00 to 15:00 on 24-28 Aug 2015 and must be purchased no later than 15:00 28 Aug 2015
Lecture Syllabus: Fall 2015 PHYS 1408-003 (pdf, HTML)
Lab and Discussion Syllabus: Fall 2015, PHYS 1408-(All Sections) (pdf)
Homework, additional course resources: will all be mediated through WebAssign (Course ID: ttu 1822 1560)
WebAssign Student Support: https://webassign.com/support/student-support/
WebAssign Quick Start Guide: Click here to download!
WebAssign Full Student Guide: Click here to download!
Tentative Schedule of Course Content
| Cl # | Wk | Day | Date | Chapters / Content | |
| 1 | 1 | Tues | 25-Aug-15 | Intro, 1,2 | Syllabus, expectations, WebAssign access; Measurement, 1-D |
| 2 | 1 | Thurs | 27-Aug-15 | 2 | Scientific method & Problem solving process; 1-D Motion |
| 3 | 2 | Tues | 1-Sep-15 | 2,3,4 | 1-D Motion |
| 4 | 2 | Thurs | 3-Sep-15 | 3,4 | Vectors, 2-D Motion |
| 5 | 3 | Tues | 8-Sep-15 | 4,5 | 2-D Motion; Laws of motion |
| 6 | 3 | Thurs | 10-Sep-15 | 5 | Laws of motion/Forces/FBD's |
| 7 | 4 | Tues | 15-Sep-15 | 5,6 | Laws of motion/Forces/FBD's |
| 8 | 4 | Thurs | 17-Sep-15 | Review 1-5; 6 | Review for Exama 1; Circular motion & Other applications of Newton's laws |
| 9 | 5 | Tues | 22-Sep-15 | Exam 1 | |
| 10 | 5 | Thurs | 24-Sep-15 | Review Exam 1; 7, 8 | Review Exam 1; Work and Energy |
| 11 | 6 | Tues | 29-Sep-15 | 7,8,9 | Conservation of Energy; Linear momentum |
| 12 | 6 | Thurs | 1-Oct-15 | 8,9 | Momentum, Collisions, Center of mass, rockets |
| 13 | 7 | Tues | 6-Oct-15 | 9 | Collisions, Center of mass, rockets |
| 14 | 7 | Thurs | 8-Oct-15 | 9, 10 | Collisions, Center of Mass |
| 15 | 8 | Tues | 13-Oct-15 | Review 5-9 for Exam 2; 10 | Rotation of rigid objects |
| 16 | 8 | Thurs | 15-Oct-15 | 10, 11 | Rotational kinematics, Torque/newtons 2nd law, Moment of inertia, kinetic energy, rolling |
| 17 | 9 | Tues | 20-Oct-15 | Exam 2 | |
| 18 | 9 | Thurs | 22-Oct-15 | Review Exam 2, 11 | Angular momentum; collisions |
| 19 | 10 | Tues | 27-Oct-15 | 12,13 | Torque - rotational equilibrium; Universal law of gravitation; grav potential; kepler's laws |
| 20 | 10 | Thurs | 29-Oct-15 | 14 | Fluid mechanics |
| 21 | 11 | Tues | 3-Nov-15 | 15 | Oscillatory motion; SHOs |
| 22 | 11 | Thurs | 5-Nov-15 | Review for Ex 3; 16-18 | Review for Exam 3; Waves |
| 23 | 12 | Tues | 10-Nov-15 | Exam 3 **** Moved to 19 Nov 2015 | |
| 24 | 12 | Thurs | 12-Nov-15 | Review Exam 3; 16-18 | Waves |
| 25 | 13 | Tues | 17-Nov-15 | 19 | Thermodynamics; Temperature, Ideal gas law |
| 26 | 13 | Thurs | 19-Nov-15 | 20 | First law: Heat, internal energy, work, energy transfer |
| 27 | 14 | Tues | 24-Nov-15 | 22 | Engines, entropy, second law |
| 14 | Thurs | 26-Nov-15 | **No Class: Thanksgiving** | ||
| 28 | 15 | Tues | 1-Dec-15 | Last day of class | Overall review |
| Tues | 8-Dec-15 | Final Exam: 16:30 - 19:00 |