Course Announcements
« PHYS310 Fall 2011
Third Exam Instructions
Mon 14Nov2011 9:17AMThe third exam will consist in 3 problems (100 points total). The problems will be very similar to the homework problems, and the problems solved in class.
To get full credit when solving the exam problems, please pay attention to the directions in the text of the assignments. Make sure to write down all the steps of the solution starting from fundamental laws and principles. You may be asked to specify the chosen reference frame, to apply all forces on a body, to draw the free body diagram, to write Newton's laws, and to find the projections of Newton's second law on the axes, etc. You may also be asked to derive well known formulas, so you will have to write down all steps of the derivation.
Regardless of your math background, you are supposed to know matrix algebra, and to know how to solve certain differential equations that can be solved by direct integration, as well as the solutions of the differential equations that cannot be solved (i.e. harmonic oscillator, etc.). In the latter case you should be able to plug the known solution in the equation to get the major relationships between the constants.
Third Exam Reminder
Mon 14Nov2011 9:16AMThird exam: Monday November 21 in class (11:30-1:20 am)
Material covered: Chapters 1-9 up to and including Section 9.2 (Principal Axes of a Rigid Body), with an emphasis on material covered since the last exam (Chapters 7-9)
Bring: ID, scientific calculator, writing ustensils, and one formula sheet (one letter sheet of paper, both sides allowed)
Third exam instructions
Wed 12Oct2011 10:27AMThe third exam will consist in 3 problems (100 points total). The problems will be very similar to the homework problems, and the problems solved in class.
To get full credit when solving the exam problems, please pay attention to the directions in the text of the assignments. Make sure to write down all the steps of the solution starting from fundamental laws and principles. You may be asked to specify the chosen reference frame, to apply all forces on a body, to draw the free body diagram, to write Newton's laws, and to find the projections of Newton's second law on the axes, etc. You may also be asked to derive well known formulas, so you will have to write down all steps of the derivation.
Regardless of your math background, you are supposed to know matrix algebra, and to know how to solve certain differential equations that can be solved by direct integration, as well as the solutions of the differential equations that cannot be solved (i.e. harmonic oscillator, etc.). In the latter case you should be able to plug the known solution in the equation to get the major relationships between the constants.
New TA information
Wed 24Aug2011 10:31AMNew TA contact information and additional office hours have been posted in an updated syllabus