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
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Dates |
Topics |
Reading |
HW |
Lab |
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1 |
Jan 3 |
Elasticity, stress, strain. |
11.5-11.8 |
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None |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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8 |
Feb 19 Feb 21 |
Optical instruments. Midterm exam II. |
36.1–36.4 |
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None |
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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 |
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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 |
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11 |
Mar 10 Mar 12 Mar 14 |
Equations of state, kinetic theory. Heat capacities, phase changes. |
16.1–16.4 16.5-16.7 |
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Heat |