University of California, San Diego
Physics 1A - Mechanics

H. E. Smith   Spring 2004

Physics 1A - Lectures, Reading
& Homework



Click on the date below (e.g. Jan 5) for a PDF file of Prof. Smith's Lecture Notes. (NB - notes are generally organized by topic and will not always correspond precisely to material covered on a particular day.)

Week Date  Topics Chapter Homework
1 Mar 29 M Introduction, Units 1 HW #1
  Mar 31 W Displacement, Velocity 2 HW #1 Solns
  Apr 2 F 1D Motion with Constant Acceleration 2  
2 Apr 5 M ILD: Motion; Reading Quiz #1 - Ch. 3 2 HW #2
  Apr 7 W 2D Motion: Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration 3 HW #2 Solns
  Apr 9 F Quiz 1 1 & 2  
3 Apr 12 M Projectile Motion  HW #3
 Apr 14 W More Projectile Motion 3 HW #3 Solns
  Apr 16 F Force, Newton's 1st Law: Inertia 4  
4 Apr 19 M Newton's 2nd Law: F=ma; Reading Quiz #2 - Ch.4 4 HW #4
  Apr 21 W Newton's 3rd Law & Friction; ILD Newton's Laws 4 HW #4 Solns
  Apr 23 F Quiz 2 3 & 4  
5 Apr 26 M Work; Reading Quiz #3 - Ch. 5 5  
  Apr 28 W Kinetic Energy; Work Energy Theorem 5  
  Apr 30 W Potential Energy; Conservative Forces 5  
6 May 3 M ILD on Energy; Potential Energy: Springs 5 HW #5
  May 5 W Momentum; Reading Quiz #4 - Ch. 6 6 Old HW #5 Solns
  May 7 F Quiz 3 5 Ch #5 Solns
Ch #6 Solns
7 May 10 M Impulse, Collisions 6 HW #6
  May 12 W Problems on Momentum, Energy 6 Old HW #6 Solns
  May 14 F Rotational Motion; Reading Quiz 5 - Ch.7 7  
8 May 17 M Centripetal Force, Acceleration 7 HW #7
  May 19 W Gravity; Orbital Motion 7 HW #7 Solns
  May 21 F Quiz 4 6 & 7  
9 May 24 M Torque and Equilibrium; Reading Quiz 6 - Ch. 8 8 Ch #8 & 9 HW
  May 26 W Center of Gravity 8 Ch #8 & 9 Solns
  May 28 F Pressure in Fluid 9 More Ch #9 Solns
10 May 31 M Memorial Day: No class. 9
  Jun 2 W Archimedes Principle; Reading Quiz #7 9
  Jun 4 F Fluids in Motion: Bernoulli's Eqn 9 Review Problems
FINAL Jun 7 M FINAL EXAM, 8-11am,WLH 2005. 1-9 



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