TTU Physics Department.

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 Text

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