PDF version: | Download syllabus and course schedule here. |
Instructor: | Jones |
Email: | mjones@physics.purdue.edu |
Title: | Waves and Oscillations |
Offering: | Spring, 3 credit hours. |
Room : | Phys 112 |
Time : | M,W,F 3:30-4:20 pm |
Prerequisites: |
Phys 272H,
Phys 241 |
Text: | A. P. French, Vibrations and Waves, M.I.T. Introductory Physics Series |
| Eugene Hecht, Optics - 4th Edition, Addison Wesley (strongly recommended) |
Grading: | 40% assignments, 30% midterm, 30% final
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| Lowest assignment grade discarded. |
Description: |
The physics of waves and oscillations including sound, elastic, and electromagnetic waves.
Topics range from the theory of simple harmonic oscillators, transverse modes of a continuous
string, and physical optics including interference, Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction,
and resolution, diffraction of X-rays and electrons by crystals. |
Schedule: |
Week of Jan 12 | Introduction to free vibrations |
Jan 19 | Linear approximations (No class Monday - MLK jr. Day) |
Jan 26 | Damped oscillations |
Feb 2 | Forced oscillations and resonance |
Feb 9 | Coupled oscillating systems |
Feb 16 | Coupled systems of many oscillators |
Feb 23 | Waves in continuous media |
Mar 27 | (Friday) No class. |
Mar 2 | Impedance and reflections |
Mar 9 | Waves in 3 dimensions |
Mar 12 | (Thursday) Midterm exam - 8:00 pm, room 114 (not 112) |
| solutions - Distribution of grades. |
Mar 16 | No classes - spring break |
Mar 23 | Geometric optics I |
Mar 30 | Geometric optics II |
Apr 6 | Polarization |
Apr 13 | Interference phenomena |
Apr 20 | Diffraction phenomena |
Apr 27 | Review |
May 5 | Final exam 1:00 pm, room 112 |
| DRC testing in room 110 at 12:00 pm. |
| distribution of grades |
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Assignments: | Assignment 1 - Due February 2nd...
Solutions.
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| Assignment 2 - Due February 9th...
Solutions.
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| Assignment 3 - Due February 18th...
Solutions.
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| Assignment 4 - Due March 6th...
Solutions.
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| Assignment 5 - Due April 1st...
Solutions.
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| Assignment 6 - Due April 10th...
Solutions.
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| Assignment 7 - Due April 17th...
Solutions.
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| Assignment 8 - Due April 29th...
Solutions.
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Lecture notes: | are to be found here... |