University Physics II

This website served the Spring 2008 term of University Physics II. The course has completed, and the site is now closed. Feel free to browse through the site if you wish, but I don't guarantee all the links still work.

Time: 2:45pm - 4:45pm
Place: 08-2365

Today will be our final exam. It will cover everything we have covered this term.

Remember you can bring your formula sheet to the exam. You may use a calculator (not a PDA). Cell phones should be turned off and stowed away. Make sure you have a backup pen or pencil. You will have two hours to complete the exam.

Note: This exam is not in the workshop room. It is down the hall from where we usually take our exams.

Today we will do a review for the final exam. Come prepared with any questions you have on concepts or problems.

Today we will use the properties of interference and diffraction to measure the width of a human hair.

Today's Worksheets:

Diffraction Lab: Download PDF

Today will be our third exam. It will cover everything since the last exam, including the properties of waves, superposition, standing waves, and waves in various materials (such as strings and air), and light.

Remember you can bring your formula sheet to the exam. You may use a calculator (not a PDA). Cell phones should be turned off and stowed away. Make sure you have a backup pen or pencil. You will have 50 minutes to complete the exam.

Note: This exam is not in the workshop room.

Location: 08-2355
Time: 7:00 pm

Today we will work various exercises.

Today's Worksheets:

Interference and Diffraction: Download PDF

Today we will look at how light interacts with a thin film of material.

Today's Worksheets:

Thin Films: Download PDF

Our final exam has been scheduled as follows:

Date: 21 May 2008
Time: 2:45pm - 4:45pm
Place: 08-2365

Today we will finish diffraction and interference. We will show how in general both diffraction and interference occur at the same time. We will also look at diffraction gratings.

Today's Worksheets:

Multiple Slits: Download PDF

Today we will look at the interference of light and the double slit experiment. We will also review for our third exam.

Today's Worksheets:

Double Slit: Download PDF

The schedule for Exam 3 has been updated. The date of the third exam was correctly listed in the syllabus as May 13, but was incorrectly listed in the schedule as May 6. This has been corrected.

Just to be clear, the third exam is May 13.

Today we will look at thin lenses. We will see how various types of images can be formed by such lenses.

Today's Worksheets:

Thin Lenses: Download PDF

Today we will begin by interacting with some reflection/refraction applets. Some of the effects will surprise you.

Today's Worksheets:

Reflection and Refraction: Download PDF

Today we will work on exercises involving sound.

Today's Worksheets:

Sound Problems: Download PDF

Today we will look at the Doppler effect. We will also look at various types of waves.

Today's Worksheets:

Doppler Effect: Download PDF

Comparing Waves: Download PDF

Today we will begin with a demonstration of beats. We will then do a mini-lab measuring sound.

Beat Frequencies: Download PDF

Measuring Sound: Download PDF

Today will be our second exam. It will cover everything we have done since the last exam, including SHM, waves, torque and equilibrium, and physical pendula.

Remember you can bring your formula sheet to the exam. You may use a calculator (not a PDA). Cell phones should be turned off and stowed away. Make sure you have a backup pen or pencil. You will have 50 minutes to complete the exam.

Note: This exam is not in the workshop room.

Location: 08-2355
Time: 7:00 pm

Today we will look at waves as they travel along a string. We will also review for the second exam.

Today's Worksheets:

Waves on a String: Download PDF

Today we will look at how superposition can create effects such as standing waves.

Today's Worksheets:

Superposition and Standing Waves: Download PDF

Today we will look at waves, which is a kind of traveling simple harmonic motion. There are two general kinds of waves, transverse and longitudinal. We will look at their similarities and differences.

Today's Worksheets:

Introduction to Waves: Download PDF

Today we will measure the acceleration due to gravity (g) using a physical pendulum.

Today's Worksheets:

Physical Pendulum: Download PDF

Today we are going to look at examples of simple harmonic motion in detail. As we will find, the simple pendulum is only approximately SHM. We will look at how a "small angle" trick allows us to find SHM in simple pendula. We will also look at how damping (friction) affects the motion of a pendulum.

Today's Worksheets:

SHM Problems: Download PDF

Today we will undertake our second long lab. This one will determine the behavior of a mass on a spring. Some of it will remind you of a lab from last term. This is a very long lab, and will take at least the whole workshop.

Today's Worksheets:

Simple Harmonic Motion Lab: Download PDF

Today we are going to examine some of the general concepts of simple harmonic motion. We will look at two examples of SHM, a simple pendulum and a mass on a spring.

Today's Worksheets:

Simple Harmonic Motion: Download PDF

Today we will do a short lab on elasticity. We will show how some materials (such as springs) follow a linear relationship, while other materials do not. This will lead us into a discussion of simple harmonic motion.

Today's Worksheets:

Elasticity: Download PDF

Today we will see how torque is used to calculate the forces on extended objects. We will look at several examples.

Today's Worksheets:

Extended Forces: Download PDF

Today will be our first exam. It will cover rotational motion, moment of inertia, torque, rolling without slipping, and angular momentum.

Remember you can bring your formula sheet to the exam. You may use a calculator (not a PDA). Cell phones should be turned off and stowed away. Make sure you have a backup pen or pencil. You will have 50 minutes to complete the exam.

Note: This exam is not in the workshop room.

Location: 08-2355
Time: 7:00 pm

Today we will continue our discussion of moment of inertia, and look at some more complicated shapes in 3D. We will also review for the first exam.

Today's Worksheets:

Calculating Moments of Inertia: Download PDF

The equation sheet for your exam can be found here.

For those of you who have had my class before, this format is a little different. On the sheet there is space for 10 equations. They can be any 10 equations you want, but only 10. You will be able to bring this sheet to the exam, but you will also hand it in with your name on it at the end of the exam. The moments of inertia will be provided to you, so you don't need to count them as part of your 10 equations.

Today we will continue to work on angular momentum, this time working some more sophisticated problems.

Today's Worksheets:

Angular Momentum Exercises: Download PDF

Today we will work on angular momentum.

Today's Worksheets:

Angular Momentum: Download PDF

Today we will continue our discussion of moment of inertia, and look at several moment of inertia problems.

Today's Worksheets:

Calculating Moments: Download PDF

Swinging Rods: Download PDF

Today we will discuss the proper format for Big Lab reports. We will also look at rolling objects. This involves both rotational and translational motion.

We will also work problems in class.

Today's Worksheets:

Rolling and Ramps: Download PDF

Uncertainties: Download PDF

Today we will continue our discussion of torque and moment of inertia. We will also collect data for the first big lab. It is an experimental measurement of Moment of Inertia.

Today's Worksheet:

Moment of Inertia Lab: Download PDF This report will be due in 1 week.

Today we will calculate some moments of inertia. We will also look at the vector component form of the cross product. The these will be useful when we introduce torque.

You also have a worksheet for homework to prepare you for your first big lab on Wednesday.

Today's Worksheets:

Calculating Moments: Download PDF

Cross Products: Download PDF

Homework:

Prelab Exercise: Download PDF

Today we will discuss the concept of Moment of Inertia and the Parallel Axis Theorem. Measuring Pi is due today, and should be handed in at the beginning of class. If we have time, we will then work some problem exercises.

Today's Worksheet:

Moment of Inertia and Parallel Axis: Download PDF

Today we will continue our discussion of rotation. We will also discuss measurement and uncertainty.

We will start with general discussion of the Right Hand Rule and the vector cross product.

Then we will have a general discussion of uncertainty, graphs and error bars. A detailed discussion of these topics can be found here:

Uncertainty
Graphing
Calipers

Finally we will do an exercise on measuring pi.

Today's Worksheets:

Right Hand Rule: Download PDF

Uncertainties: Download PDF

Measuring Pi: Download PDF

This last exercise requires graph paper, which can be downloaded here.

Your webassign accounts have now been configured, and you all should be able to access them. The first homework has also been posted. If you have read through the instructions (http://koberlein.rit.edu/courses/312/exercises/) and still have problems accessing things, let me know.

Today's workshop will start with a general introduction to the course. We will go over the workshop format and related items. For arts and crafts everyone will make a nametag so I can relate faces to names.

Today's Worksheets:

Intro to Rotation: Download PDF

Rotational Kinematics Download PDF

Also, as you form your lab groups, you might want to share contact information. A contact sheet is available here.

Welcome to the website for my Spring 2008 University Physics II course. Here you will find all the resources for this course.