| 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 11 | Introduction to free vibrations |
| Jan 18 | Linear approximations (No class Monday - MLK jr. Day) |
| Jan 25 | Damped oscillations |
| Feb 1 | Forced oscillations and resonance |
| Feb 8 | Coupled oscillating systems |
| Feb 15 | Coupled systems of many oscillators |
| Feb 22 | Waves in continuous media |
| Feb 29 | Waves in 3 dimensions |
| Mar 8 | Impedance and reflections |
| Mar 10 | (Thursday) Midterm exam - Solutions - Distribution of grades |
| Mar 14 | No classes - spring break |
| Mar 21 | Geometric optics I |
| Mar 28 | Geometric optics II |
| Apr 4 | Polarization |
| Apr 11 | Interference phenomena |
| Apr 18 | Diffraction phenomena |
| Apr 25 | Review |
| May 3 | Final exam - Tuesday, May 3, 7:00-9:00 pm |
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| Assignments: | Assignment 1 - Due January 22nd... Solutions.
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| Assignment 2 - Due January 29th... Solutions.
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| Assignment 3 - Due February 5th... Solutions.
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| Assignment 4 - Due February 12th... Solutions.
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| Assignment 5 - Due February 26th... Solutions.
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| Assignment 6 - Due April 1st... Solutions.
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| Assignment 7 - Due April 8th...Solutions.
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| Assignment 8 - Due April 29th... Solutions.
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| Lecture notes: | are to be found here... |
