Physics H7A Outline

Physics H7a:
Honors Mechanics
Outline

Note: typos in KK that have been noted are here in [PS|PDF], courtesy of M. Strovink and Y. Kolomensky

Lab handouts: To get some idea of the labs, you can look at old (not necessarily up to date!) handouts, at http://physics.berkeley.edu/courses/labs/7a/7a.shtml. These cannot substitute for the up to date handouts that will be distributed in the lab itself (i.e. you should purchase a syllabus card).

Week No.	Week beginning	Reading and Labs	Topic	Problem set	Due 5 pm on	solutions	Section examples
1	Jan. 23	KK1	Intro, vectors, kinematics	"informal" and Problem Set 1 [PS\|PDF\|GIF]	Feb.1	informal solns [PS\|PDF] and PS1 solns [PS\|PDF]
2	Jan. 28	KK1,2 Lab: Kinematics 1 & 2	Polar Coordinates, Units, Newton's Laws	Problem Set 2 [PS\|PDF\|GIF]	Feb. 8	PS2 solns [PS\|PDF]	Note 1.1, Ex. 1.16, Prob. 1.8
3	Feb. 4	KK2	Newton's Laws, Forces	Problem Set 3 [PS\|PDF\|GIF1,GIF2]	Feb. 15	PS3 solns [PS\|PDF] and misscanned prob. 6 [PS\|PDF]	Ex. 2.7, 2.9
4	Feb. 11	KK3 Lab: Dynamics	Momentum, Center of Mass	Problem Set 4 [PS\|PDF]	Feb. 22	Problem Set 4 Solns [PS\|PDF] correction to solutions	Prob. 2.34
5	Feb. 18 (18 holiday)	KK4	Work, Energy	mt1 review in PS\|PDF from earlier H7a class h7a mt1 review Solutions from Noah [PS\| PDF]			center of mass example
6	Feb. 25	Exam +KK4,5	Work, Energy, cont.	Exam Feb. 27 Problem Set 5 [PS\|PDF]	Mar. 8	MT 1 Solns [PS\|PDF] PS 5 Solns [PS\|PDF]
7	Mar. 4	KK6	Angular Momentum Fixed Axis Rotation	Problem Set 6 [PS\|PDF]	Mar. 15	PS 6 Solns [PS\|PDF]	Example 6.4, 6.18
8	Mar. 11	KK7 Lab: Collisions	Angular momentum Rigid Body Motion	Problem Set 7 [PS\|PDF]	Mar. 22	PS 7 Solns [PS\|PDF]	Ex. 6.13,yo-yo,7.11 time permitting
9	Mar. 18	KK8 Lab: Rotations	Noninertial systems and fictitious forces	Problem Set 8 [PS\|PDF]	Apr. 5	PS8 solns [PS\|PDF]	Eotvos?
10	Apr. 1	KK9	Central Force Motion	Problem Set 9 [PS\|PDF]	Apr. 12	PS 9 solns [PS\|PDF]
11	Apr. 8	F1,KK10, note 10.1, 10.2 + F 43-45,77-89, 62-70, 92-96 (same material)	Harmonic Oscillator, Damped, Forced	Practice Midterm [PS\|PDF]		Practice Midterm Solutions [PS\|PDF]	Exam review, K&K 1-9 Basic things you should know are here [PS\|PDF] info you'll be given in exam is here [PS\|PDF]
12	Apr. 15	Exam + F 19-27, F5	Superposition, Fourier Series, Coupled Oscillators, Normal Modes	Exam Apr. 17 Problem Set 10 [PS\|PDF]	Apr. 26	MT 2 Solns [PS\|PDF] PS 10 Solns [PS\|PDF]	Harmonic Oscillator chain example [PS\|PDF]
13	Apr. 22	F5,6	Many Oscillators, Wave Equation, Transverse Waves	Problem Set 11 [PS\|PDF]	May 3	PS 11 solutions [PS\|PDF]	notes on chain of springs [PS\|PDF] some Fourier Transforms (PDF)
14	April 29	F7, pp. 45-62, 253-264 Lab: Oscillations	Waves, travelling, phase and group velocity	Problem Set 12 [PS\|PDF]	May 10	PS 12 Solns [PS\|PDF	Notes on solving the wave equation with boundary and initial conditions [PS\|PDF]
15	May 6	F 274-279, Feynman vol. 2, 2.1,2,3,4,5, 40.1,2,3 (on reserve in physics library) Lab: Waves	Doppler Effect, Fluids		no homework last week (i.e. on material of week 15)
16	May 13 (last lecture, review)				Practice final exam (plus one practice problem) [PS\| PDF]		Practice final solns [PS\| PDF]
-	May 20 12:30-3:30 pm 343 Le Conte		Final Exam			Final Solns [PS\|PDF]	Basic things you should know are here [PS\|PDF] info you'll be given in exam is here [PS\|PDF]