Physics 351: Mechanics

Westminster College

Spring 2014

Homework

Due	Reading	Problems
Due	Reading	Problems
Jan. 13	Fowles Ch. 2
Jan. 15
Jan. 17	Folwes Ch. 3.1-3.3
Jan. 20	MLK day observed.
Jan. 22	Fowles 3.4	2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.7, 2.12, 2.16, and C2.1(Hint: use one of your programs from computational as a staring point)
Jan. 24	Fowles 3.5-3.6
Jan. 27	Fowles 3.7-3.8	3.1, 3.3, 3.5, 3.7, 3.10, and 3.15.
Jan. 29	Fowles 3.9
Jan. 31
Feb. 3	Fowles 4.1-4.3
Feb. 5	Fowles 4.4-4.6	3.21(use mathematica), 3.22(I recommend mathematica but you could also do this by hand), C3.2, and C3.4
Feb. 7	Folwes 5.1-5.3
Feb. 10	Folwes5.4-5.6
Feb. 12	Global Motion EOMs	4.1, 4.3, 4.5, 4.7, 4.17, and 4.21.
Feb. 14	Integrating EOMs
Feb. 17	Fowles 6.1-6.4
Feb. 19
Feb. 21
Feb. 24
Feb. 26
Feb. 28
Mar. 3
Feb. 5
Mar. 7	Fowles 7.2	5.1, 5.3, 5.4, 5.8, 5.11, 5.13, and using the equations of motion we found for an object constrained to the surface of a sphere find the path of an object for a range of initial conditions that are geophysically relevant (from ~4mph to jet stream speeds to the equatorial tangential speed.) 6.21, 6.32, C6.2
Mar. 10-14	Spring Break
Mar. 17	Fowles 7.6
Mar. 19	Fowles 7.7
Mar. 21	Review
Mar. 24	Exam
Mar. 26	First batch of presentations
Mar. 28	2nd batch of presentations	Chapter 7 7.1, 7.2, 7.4, 7.7, 7.12, 7.14, 7.23, C7.3
Mar. 31	Fowles 8.1-8.4
Apr. 2	Fowles 8.5-8.7
Apr. 4	Fowles 9.1-2
Apr. 7	Fowles 9.3-5	8.3, 8.5, 8.12, 8.20, 8.23, C8.1
Apr. 9
Apr. 11	Simulation
Apr. 14	Fowles 10.1-4
Apr. 16	Fowles 10.5-6	9.3b, 9.4, 9.7, 9.13
Apr. 22	Exam 2
Apr. 23	Folwes 10.8-10.9
Apr. 25	Fowles 11.1-11.3	10.6, 10.7, 10.25, 10.27, C10.1
Apr. 28	Fowles 11.4-11.6
Apr. 30	URAC
May. 2		11.16, 11.18 and 11.24