Physics 113 - Fall 2013 - University of Rochester
General Physics I - Mechanics
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Photo credit: Andrew Davidhazy
Have a great holiday.
Remember to pick up your final exam from me when you are back on campus in January. It is important to check it over for grading mistakes.
Ponder this:
"22,000 days. It's not a lot. It's all you got. 22,000 days."
- The Moody Blues , in Long Distance Voyager released in 1981
Our Hero!!
Sir Isaac Newton
Listen to the ballad of Sir Isaac Newton (found here). Our man Isaac invented much of what you will study in Physics 113. Before that he did backup vocals for Bon Jovi.
Workshop section schedule/rooms (see below)
Exam grades not as good as you would like? Try the Troubleshooting guide. Some parts of this need updating, but not the exam advice.
Manly's regrade and exam question policy
Exam 1 grade distribution (mean = 69, median = 71)
Exam 2 grade distribution, 5 pt bins, 1 pt bins (mean 65, median 68)
Exam 3 grade distribution (mean = 67, median = 71)
Final exam distribution (mean = 61, median = 62)
Best numerical average distribution (use median of 74) (letter grade thresholds in BNA distribution: 50=C-, 60=C, 64=C+, 67=B-, 70=B, 79=B+, 82=A-, 84=A)
A few potentially useful links:
The Univeristy of Colorado at Boulder interactive simulation on 1-d motion
Projectile motion applet by Chiu-King Ng
Decent page of different physics and mathematics applets
Bored? Check these out (trust me ... these are cool even if you aren't into physics):
FSU magnet lab powers of ten ... perspectives on size scales.
Got Torque? Check this dude out. Holy crap, this is amazing!
Steve Manly, Department of Physics and Astronomy
reach via email: steven.manly@rochester.edu
reach via phone: 585-275-8473
reach via feet: B&L 203E
Manly's office hours: Monday 3-4 pm or Tuesday 2:15-3:30 pm or by appointment ... feel free to drop by without an appt. with the understanding that I might in the middle of something else and need to set up a better time to meet.
Workshop leaders:
Jeff Kleykamp
jkleykam@z.rochester.edu
Office hours: Wednesday 10:45-12:15, B&L 208B
Alicia Gomez
agomez8@z.rochester.edu
Office hours: 2:45-4:15 pm, Friday, POA Library
Shih-han Hung
shihhan@pas.rochester.edu
Office hours: 1-2:30 pm, Monday, B&L 304
Selin Haci
shaci@u.rochester.edu
Tanveer Karim
mkarim2@u.rochester.edu
Office hours: Monday 4-5:30 pm in the POA library
Dilyana Mihalova
dmihaylo@u.rochester.edu
Office hours: Thursday 4:30-6:00 pm in the POA library
Kevin Silverstein
ksilver2@u.rochester.edu
Office hours: 2-3:30 pm, Wednesday, POA Library
Steven Torrisi
storissi@u.rochester.edu
Jun Yin
jyin6@u.rochester.edu
Office hour: 8:30-10:00 am, Friday, Gleason quiet study area
Workshop sections
CRN Days Time Bldg Room TA 61150 M 1525-1805 B&L 269 DM 60911 M 1525-1805 B&L 270 Shaci 60933 M 1650-1930 B&L 208 AG 61107 M 1650-1930 MEL 209 KS 60894 M 1940-2200 MEL 209 KT 61047 T 1650-1930 B&L 208 AG 61121 T 1650-1930 HYLAN 102 JK 61173 T 1650-1930 B&L 315 SH 61054 W 1815-2055 LATT 203 JK 61054 W 1815-2055 MEL 219 Shaci 60900 W 1940-2220 B&L 270 JY 61020 R 1400-1640 LCHAS 160 AG 61018 R 1400-1640 B&L 208 ST 61168 R 1400-1640 B&L 108 SH 61184 R 1815-2055 LATT 203 DM 61072 F 1000-1250 HYLAN 206 DM 61089 F 1000-1250 B&L 108 SH 61139 F 1400-1640 B&L 315 ST
Laboratory:
email physlabs@pas.rochester.edu with question/issues
Also, you can find relevant information on the laboratory website.
Lect. 1 - September 3, 2013 - Intro to class, Science, human bias
Lect 2 - September 5, 2013 - kinematic variables, 1 d motion
Lect 3 - September 6, 2013 - Statistics intro (lab lecture), audio
Lect 4 - September 10, 2013 - Constant acceleration equations, audio
Lect 5 - September 12, 2013 - 1d kinematics, audio
Lect 6 - September 17, 2013 - Vectors, projectile motion, audio
Lect 7 - September 19, 2013 - Projectile motion, gravitation, Newton's Laws, audio
Lect 5 - September 24, 2013 - Newton's Laws, audio
Lect 6 - September 26, 2013 - more Newton's Laws, friction, audio
Lect 7 - October 1, 2013 - Friction, circular motion, work and energy, audio
Lect 8 - October 10, 2013 - Work and energy, audio
Lect 9 - October 15, 2013 - Work, energy, springs, audio
Lect 10 - October 17, 2013 - Springs, force and potential energy, audio
Lect 11 - October 22, 2013 - gravitation, audio
Lect 12 - October 24, 2013 - gravitation, momentum conservation, audio
Lect 13 - October 29, 2013 - center of mass coordinates, audio
Lect 14 - October 31, 2013 - rotational kinematics, audio
Lect 15 - November 5, 2013 - rotational motion, audio
Lect 16 - November 7, 2013 - rotational motion, audio
Lect 17 - November 12, 2013 - rotational dynamics, precession, audio
Lect 18 - November 14, 2013 - rotational dynamics, static equilibrium, audio
Lect 19 - November 19, 2013 - static equilibrium, audio
Lect 20 - November 21, 2013 - Static fluids, audio lost due to technical issue
Lect 21 - November 26, 2013 - fluid dynamics, audio
Lect 22 - December 3, 2013 - fluid dynamics, simple harmonic motion, audio
Lect 23 - December 10, 2013 - SHM, waves, audio
Lect 24 - December 12, 2013 - waves, audio
typical P113 student at start of class in September
same student just after P113 exam after having worked hard doing all the problem sets and coming to closure with the solutions each week
same student walking out of P113 exam having used a study strategy of cramming
Problem set 1, due morning of Sept. 6
Problem set 2, due at noon on Sept. 13
Problem set 3, due at noon on Sept. 20
Problem set 4, due at noon on Sept. 27
Problem set 5, due at noon on Oct. 11
Problem set 6, due at noon on Oct. 18
Problem set 7, due at noon on Oct. 25
Problem set 8, due at noon on Nov. 1
Problem set 9, due at noon on Nov. 15
Problem set 10, due at noon on Nov. 22
Problem set 11, due at noon on Dec. 13
Workshop 1, for workshops starting week of Sept. 16
Workshop 2, for workshops starting week of Sept. 23
Workshop 3, for workshops starting week of Sept. 30
Workshop 4, for workshops starting week of Oct. 14
Workshop 5, for workshops starting week of Oct. 21
Workshop 6, for workshops starting week of Oct. 28
Workshop 7, for workshops starting week of Nov. 4
Workshop 8, for workshops starting Nov. 12 (Tuesday is start of cycle)
Workshop 9, for workshops starting Nov. 19
Workshop 10, for workshops starting Dec. 2
Workshop 11, for workshops starting Dec. 9