Pick Up Handouts!

• Course syllabus
– Policies
– Grading scheme
– Exams & quizzes
• Tentative class calendar
– Pre-lecture reading assignments
– Homework schedule
• CHIP user’s guide
– Homework
– Grades

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 Welcome to PHYSICS 220
Prof. Wei K. Cui

– Forces
– Kinematics
– Energy and Momentum
– Rotations
– Fluids
– Oscillations/Waves/Sound
– Thermodynamics

http://www.physics.purdue.edu/phys220

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 Class Format
• Lecture Sections:
– Time: Monday, Wednesday 10:30 - 11:20 & 11:30 - 12:30
– Lecture Room: PHYS 114
– Instructor: Prof. Wei Cui
– Office Hours: Monday, Thursday 9:00 - 10:20
– Office: PHYS 313 Phone: 49-45395 Email: cui@physics.purdue.edu
(please use subject: PHYS 220)
• Recitation Sections:
– Time: Friday 10:30 - 11:20 & 11:30 - 12:30
– Instructor: Dr. Laura Cayon Office Hours: Wednesday 11 AM - 3 PM
– Office: PHYS 345 Phone: 49-45191 Email: cayon@purdue.edu
– CHIP coordinator: Dr. V.K. Saxena, PHYS 176
• Laboratory:
– Coordinator: Dr. A. Lewicki, Office: PHYS 142
– Lab Room: PHYS 121

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 Textbook
The textbook is College Physics, Vol I, second
edition, by Giambattista, Richardson,
Richardson (McGraw-Hill).

We will cover almost all of the topics in this

volume, at a rate of one chapter per week!
Very Fast!

The textbook publisher has also made available a very nice web
site containing additional questions, solutions, animations, etc.
You can find this at: http://www.mhhe.com/grr/

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 iClicker
• We will use iClicker for interactive lecture and recitation
quizzes
– One point for each quiz, with two quizzes per class
– One point for attendence
• iClicker can be purchased at the Purdue bookstore
• Registration:
– You must register your iClicker on CHIP!
• Use serial number at the back of your iClicker
• Go to CHIP -> Student Gradebook
• DO NOT register on the iClicker web site!
• See “Quick Guide to CHIP” (handout)
– Deadline: 9 am on January 14, 2008
• We will start to use iClicker during the 2nd week of class

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 Homework
• We will use CHIP (Computerized Homework In
Physics) for homework assignments
• The homework is due by 10 am on Fridays
• Homework is computer graded (CHIP)
– 100% if completed before the deadline
– 75% if completed within three days of the deadline
– 50% if completed after three days but within one week
of the deadline
– 0% after one week past the deadline
– There is a limit on the number of attempts allowed; see
syllabus or “Grading Policy Details” in CHIP

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 Exams and Grades
• Exams:
– There will be two evening exams and a final exam. All exams are
closed-book, but relevant formulae and constants will be provided
where needed.
– Exam 1: Feb 13, 2008, 19:00 - 21:00
– Exam 2: Mar 24, 2008, 19:00 - 21:00
• Grades:
– The final grade will be determined on the following basis:
• 300 points final exam
• 300 points two evening exams (150 points each)
• 150 points laboratory
• 100 points CHIP homework
• 50 points recitation quizzes
• 100 points lecture quizzes
– No excused quizzes; two lowest scores will be dropped.
– You must pass (50% or better) the lab in order to pass the course.

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 Tips
• Pre-lecture reading
– Come to the lectures prepared!
• Things to pay attention to
– Concepts, connections, motivation: Lecture
– Problem solving: Recitation + Homework
– Hands-on lab
• Taking notes
– Lecture notes can be downloaded from the course web site
– But they are sketchy … you need to fill in details
• Post-lecture reading
– See if there are still things you do not understand
• Seeking help
– See us during our office hours!

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 About Me
An astrophysicist who loses sleep over black holes

Want to learn more? Visit http://www.physics.purdue.edu/~cui

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 Units
Prefix Power
• To communicate the result of a (abbreviation) of Ten
measurement for a quantity, a unit must Peta (P) 1015
be defined! Tera (T) 1012
– Defining units allows everyone to relate to Giga (G) 109
the same fundamental amount Mega (M) 106
– Always write down units and carry the units Kilo (k) 103
through all of the calculations
Hecto (h) 102
• We use SI system Deci (d) 10-1
– Length: meters Newton (N): kg m/s2
Centi (c) 10-2
– Mass: kilograms 1 meter = 3.281 ft
Milli (m) 10-3
– Time: seconds 1 kg = 2.205 pounds
Micro (µ) 10-6
• Dimensional Analysis: Nano (n) 10-9
– Both sides of an equation must have the Pico (p) 10-12
same dimensions Femto (f) 10-15
– Can be used to verify equations, answers

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 Force
• Quantifies the “interaction” between two objects
• Four Fundamental Forces
– Gravitational force
– Electromagnetic force
– Strong force
– Weak force

• Force is a vector
– Has magnitude and direction
– Be careful when you add two forces!

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 Vector

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 Forces in PHYS 220
• Non-Contact -- Gravitational Force (F=G m M /r2 )
– G = 6.7×10-11 m3/(kg s2)
– Earth: Mass = 6x1024 kg, radius = 6.4x106 m
– Example: Calculate the gravitational force on a 3 kg book held 1
meter above the surface of the earth.
r is from center of
F = G M m / r2 the Earth.
= (6.7x10-11 m3 / (kg s2)) (6x1024 kg) (3 kg)/ (6.4x106 + 1)2 m2
= 29.4 kg m/s2 (Newtons)
– Near surface of earth F = Weight = m(GMearth/rearth2) = m g
with g = GMearth/(rearth)2 = 9.8 m/s2
• Contact (fundamentally E+M)
– Normal: Perpendicular to surface
– Friction: Parallel to surface
– Anything touching the object: Rope -> Tension
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 Newton’s First Law
Objects at rest remain at rest and objects in motion remain in motion
in a straight line unless acted upon by an external agent

- external agents are called Forces

- Forces change the state of motion of an object

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 Newton’s First Law
If no net force acts on a body (FNET = 0) there is no acceleration
acting on the body, i.e. it moves with constant velocity

F3
F2 F1
M

F4
Any reference frame for which Newton’s laws are valid is
called an
inertial frame of reference
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 Newton’s Second Law
The net force on a body is equal to the product of the mass of the
body and the acceleration of the body

F = ma 1 N = 1 kg x m/s2

- This is a vector equation

- The direction of the net force is the same as the
direction of the acceleration
- In 3 dimensions Fx = max Fy = may Fz = maz

2N
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 Forces are Vectors
y
F4 θ F1
F4
F3 F2 F3
F5

F5 F1 F2
x
Fx = F1cosθ + F2 – F3 F2 = Fx2 + Fy2
Fy = F1sinθ + F4 – F5 tanθF = Fy/Fx
Fx = max Fy = may
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 Trigonometry

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 Summary of Concepts
• Newton’s Laws of Motion
– 1st: inertia
– 2nd: F=ma
• Force:
– Vector
– Non-Contact: Gravitional force
– Contact: Friction and Normal

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