General Physics I, II
普通物理 I, II

PHYS10000AA, AB, AC; Scholl Year 104
01-08-2016 Updated
Chia-Liang Cheng 鄭嘉良                                      
Vice President; and

Professor,
Department of Physics, 
National Dong Hwa University  
1, Sec 2, Da-Hsueh Rd., Shou-Feng, Hualien, 974 Taiwan  
Adm A106
(O), B417(Lab)
+886-3-8632021(O), +886-3-8633698 (Lab) 
+886-3-8632020 (Fax)
E-mail: clcheng@mail.ndhu.edu.tw

Class hours: Tue 11:10-12:00 am, Thu 10:10-12:00 am 
Classroom:  Sci. I (A108) 
Office Hours: Mondays, 10-12 am

TA: Ashek-I-Ahmed B417, ashekiahmed@gmail.com;

You can come to B417 anytime you have a question, there will be someone there to help you. Tel:8633698
   


  Homework and Quizes problems

Note, these lecture notes are based on Serway, and Halliday text books. For your reference only.
 
Class Notes
Chapter7
Chapter8
Chapter9
Chapter10
Chapter11
Chapter12

Chapter13
Chapter14
 
Chapter15
Chapter16
Chapter17
Chapter18

Chapter19
Chapter20
Chapter21
 

Chapter22
Chapter23
Chapter24
Chapter25
Chapter26
Chapter27
Chapter28

Chapter29

 
Chapter30
Chapter31
Chapter32
Chapter33
Chapter34
Chapter37
Chapter38
Grades (First semester) Final Scores available
Grades (Second semester)
Textbook: Physics for Scientists and Engineers with modern Physics,
Serway, Jewett, Ninth edition, Thomson Brooks/Cole, international edition

Principles & Practice of Physics,
Global edition, Eric Mazur, Pearson

Reference:
1. Fundamentals of Physics, Halliday, Resnick, Walker
six or seventh edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc..
  2. "Lectures on Physics I, II, III", Richard P. Feynman, 
Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. Inc. (1963).
3. "Physics for Scientists and Engineers", Serway, Beichner
Fifth edition, Saunder College Publishing, 2000
Exams: Mid term: One in each semester
To be determined in class
Final: One in each semester
To be determined in class
Quizzes Quiz will be given in class one week after finishing each chapter on problems assigned for homework. Each quiz will have one or two problems, 10 points each.
All the exam problems will be given in English. All the quizzes will be ONLY from the homework problems assigned but may with some variations.
Homework: Homework will be assigned and posted in the internet. It must be handed in during the class at the due day and will be graded. The solutions will be posted in the internet in this page for your reference.  (To be determined)
Grading: 上學期:
Midterm: 20% (One exam)
Final: 20%
Quizzes: 20%
Class Notes and home work: 25%
Class Interaction: 15% (+1% each positive feedback in class)
Class Attendance: -1% each no show


下學期
Midterm: 25% (One exam)
Final: 25%
Quizzes: 20%
Class Notes and home work: 15%
Class Interaction: 15% (+1% each positive feedback in class)
Class Attendance: -10% each no show without reason (starting 02/26/2015)

About this course:

        This course is designed to be taught for freshman of Science and Engineering majors; and the whole course will be conducted in English
        The lectures are designed as a two-semester course for first-year college students. General physics is one of the most basic courses for science and Engineering majors. It is essential and absolutely important for any science courses you will take in the future. You are strongly suggested to do home works and practice as many problems as you can (by yourself, of course), as this is almost the ONLY way to do your general physics right. Do not hesitate to ask questions in or out of class. There is no stupid question in physics. Do ask!

         Although you have had almost 4 years of physics in your high school days, it is NOT THE SAME.  One obvious difference is the textbook will be in English (so will the examine problems). This is a tough obstacle to most freshmen. There is only one way to get this over; that is, you study harder (especially in the first six chapters when the physics is easier, you should also concentrate on the English).  However, most importantly, you should treat the general physics from a different prospective.  More mathematics will be involved in treatment of the physics problems. Therefore, the solution to a problem sometime is not the most important part, it is the PHYSICS (the physics picture your will build in your mind) that is important in the learning of this course.

         Due to the enormous amount of the material in the textbook, we will make choices and skip some parts that are not critical to the subject or future applications. However, we will try to cover all the materials if possible to provide you with a broader view toward the General Physics.    
        The lectures of this year will start from Chapter 7 of Serway and end in Chapter 38. You will have another course, Modern Physics that follows this course as a bridge between General Physics and Quantum Physics. However, it depends on the responds of the class, we may go into the modern physics parts (part 5, Chap. 39-45) if possible.

Class Contents and Schedules:

First Semester
(08-01-2015 ~ 01-31-2016)
Midterm: 20% (One exam)
Final: 20%
Quizzes: 20%
Class Notes and home work: 25%
Class Interaction: 15% (+1% each positive feedback in class)
Class Attendance: -1% each no show

General Notes: We will split the class into groups of 5 each, total 8 groups. Every Monday morning, each group should hand in two problems and solutions from textbook or other sources. There will be total 16 problems each week. Each Thursday, we will have a quiz on these problems.

Week

Date

Chapter

Contents

1

09/10 0 Introduction
Class designs; how to study

2

09/15, 09/17

Chap.1-6 Introduction, continued
Review, Chapters 1-6
You should have read these materials last week. Only concepts will be discussed in class.
How to study

3

09/22, 09/24 Chap. 7,8 Each group hand in 1st problems and solution on Monday.
Chap. 7, Energy of a system
Chap. 8, Conservation of Energy

Online Material CH. 1-8: (Please click here)

4

09/29, 10/01 Chap. 8, 9
Chap 8, Conservation of Energy
Chap 9 Linear momentum and collisions

5

10/06, 10/08

Chap. 10, 11 Quiz 1
Quiz 1, solution

The quiz will be on the materials of Chap 7-8, and the problems at the end of each chapter.

Rotation of a rigid Object about a fixed axis
Angular momentum
Online Material CH. 9-11: (Please click here)

6

10/13, 10/15

Chap. 12 Static equilibrium and elasticity
No Class on 10/15, 2 hr

7

10/20, 10/22 Chap. 13, 14
No Class on 10/20, 1 hr

Midterm Exam 1, 10/22/2015 (two hours)
Midterm Exam 1 solution Ch 1-11

Universal gravitation
Fluid mechanics

8

10/27, 10/29

Chap. 15 Oscillatory motion

9

11/03, 11/05 Chap. 15 Quiz 2, on Chap 12 (11/05)
Quiz 2, solution

Oscillatory motion
Online Material CH.12-15:(Please click here)

10

11/10, 11/12 Chap. 15
Chap. 16
Chap. 17

Quiz 3, on Chap 13 (11/12)
Quiz 3, solution

Oscillatory motion
Wave motion
Sound wave

11

11/17, 11/19 Chap. 16
Chap. 17

Wave motion
Sound wave

12

11/24, 11/26

Chap 18

Superposition and standing wave

13

12/01, 12/03

Chap. 19 Quiz 4, on Chap 14-16 (10:10-11:00, 12/01)
Quiz 4, solution

No class on 12/03

Wave motion
Sound wave

Online Material CH.16-17:(Please click here)

14

12/08, 12/10 Chap. 19, 20
Temperature
The first law of thermodynamics

15

12/15, 12/17 Chap.20 Quiz 5, on Chap 17-18 (12/17)
Quiz 5, solution

The first law of thermodynamics

Online Material CH.18-19:(Please click here)

16

12/22, 12/24
Chap. 21
Chap. 22
 

The kinetic theory of gases
Heat engines, entropy, and the second law of thermodynamics

Online Material CH.20-21:(Please click here)

17

12/29, 12/31
Chap. 21
Chap. 22
 
Quiz 6, on Chap 19-20 (12/31)
Quiz 6, solution

Heat engines, entropy, and the second law of thermodynamics

18

01/05, 01/07   Final Exam, 01/07/2016
Chap 10-22
Final exam 1
Final Exam 1 solution
       

Class Contents and Schedules:

103-2
Second Semester (02-24-2015~ 07-31-2015)

Grading policy:

103-2, 2015
Midterm: 25% (One exam)
Final: 25%
Quizzes: 20%
Class Notes and home work: 15%
Class Interaction: 15% (+1% each positive feedback in class)
Class Attendance: -10% each no show without reason (starting 02/26/2015)

Week

Date

Chapter

Contents

1

02/24, 02/26 22 Decide grading policy(2/24)
Heat engines, entropy, and the second law of thermodynamics

2

03/03, 03/05 23 Electric fields

Online Material CH.22-23:(Please click here)

3

03/10, 03/12 24, 25 Gauss's Law
Electric potential
Quiz 7, (3/12) Chap 22-23
Quiz 7 solution

Online Material CH.24-25:(Please click here)

4

03/17, 03/19 26 Capacitance and Dielectrics

5

03/24, 03/26 27, 28 Current and Resistance
Direct Current Circuit
 

6

03/31, 04/02 28 No Class on 04/02, Spring Break
Direct Current Circuit

Online Material CH.26-28:(Please click here)

7

04/07, 04/09 29 Magnetic fields
Quiz 8, (04/09) Chap 24-27
Quiz 8 solution

8

04/14, 04/16 30 Source of the Magnetic fields

9

04/21, 04/23 31 Faraday's law

10

04/28, 04/30 32
Midterm Exam 2, 04-30-2015, close-book examine
Midterm Exam 2 Solution

Inductance

11

05/05, 05/07 33 Alternating Current Circuits
Quiz 9 moved to 05/19

12

05/12, 05/14 33 Alternating Current Circuits

13

05/19, 05/21 34 Electromagnetic Waves
Quiz 9, (05/19) Chap 28-32
Quiz 9 Solution

14

05/26, 05/28 0 Electromagnetic Waves

15

06/02, 06/04 37 Quiz 10, (06/04) Chapter 33-34
Quiz 10 solution

Interference of Light

16

06/09, 06/11 37 Interference of Light Waves
 17 06/16, 06/18 38 Diffraction Patterns and Polarizations

18

06/23, 06/25 Final Week Final Exam 2, Chapter 22-38
10:10 am-12:00, 06-25-2015,

Final Exam 2 solution 

 

 
 

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