Physics 6B                      Introduction to Physics II                 Winter 2003

 

MWF 11:00–12:10, Thimann Lecture Hall, Room 3.

 

Instructor:  Robert Johnson

Office: 323 Natural Sciences II; Phone 459-2125

Mailbox:  343 Natural Sciences II (SCIPP mailroom).

E-mail: johnson@scipp.ucsc.edu

Course web page: http://scipp.ucsc.edu/~johnson/phys6b/phys6b.html

Office hours:     1:00 to 2:00 pm, Mon.;  1:30 to 3:00 pm, Wed.; 12:30 to 1:30 pm Fri.

 

Syllabus

 

Dates

Topics

Reading

HW

Lab

1

Jan 3

Elasticity, stress, strain.

11.5-11.8

 

None

 

2

Jan 6

Jan 8

Jan 10

Waves and wave motion.

Wave speed and energy.

Wave interference, standing waves.

19.1-19.4

19.5-19.8

20.1-20.3

 

 

1

 

Waves

 

3

Jan 13

Jan 15

Jan 17

Normal modes.  Harmonic content.

Interference, resonance.

Sound and hearing.

20.4-20.5

20.6-20.7

21.1-21.3

 

 

2

Speed of

Sound

4

Jan 22

Jan 24

Midterm Exam I.

Beats, Doppler effect, shock waves.

Jan 24 is the last day to add/drop!

 

21.4-21.6

 

3

None

 

 

5

Jan 27

 

Jan 29

Jan 31

Electromagnetic spectrum and light waves, reflection, refraction.

Internal reflection, dispersion.

Polarization, scattering, Huygen.

33.8,

34.1-34.3

34.4–34.5

34.6-34.8

 

 

 

4

 

Polarization of Light

 

6

Feb 3

Feb 5

Feb 7

Geometric optics, reflection.

Geometric optics, refraction.

Light, interference.

35.1–35.5

35.6–35.7

37.1–37.4

 

 

5

Geometric Optics

 

7

Feb 10

Feb 12

Feb 14

Light, interference.

Light, diffraction.

Light, diffraction.

37.5–37.7

38.1–38.4

38.5–38.9

 

 

6

Wave Optics

8

Feb 19

Feb 21

Optical instruments.

Midterm exam II.

36.1–36.4

 

 

 

None

 

9

Feb 24

Feb 26

Feb 28

Optical instruments.

Pressure in fluids, buoyancy.

Surface tension, Fluid flow.

36.5–36.7

14.1–14.4

14.5–14.7

 

 

7

 

None

 

 

10

 

Mar 3

Mar 5

Mar 7

Turbulence and viscosity.

Temperature, thermal expansion.

Spec. heat, calorimetry, heat transfer.

14.8-14.9

15.1–15.5

15.6–15.8

 

 

8

 

Fluids

 

11

Mar 10

Mar 12

Mar 14

Equations of state, kinetic theory.

Heat capacities, phase changes.

16.1–16.4

16.5-16.7

 

 

Heat