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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

PHYS*2440 Fall 2010Mechanics I

The objective of this course is to continue the development of a strong foundation in classicalmechanics for students in the various physics-related majors. This foundation will bestrengthened further in the subsequent course PHYS*2450 (Mechanics II).

Prerequisites: One of MATH*1210, MATH*2080, IPS*1210. (preferred)One of PHYS*1000, PHYS*1080, PHYS*1110, IPS*1220. (preferred)

Professor: Luis Lehner Office: MacN 452E-mail: llehner@perimeterinstitute.ca

Lab/Tutorial Instructors:

Paul Finlay Office: MacN 406 E-mail: pfinlay@physics.uoguelph.ca

Ryan Massey Office: MacN 415B E-mail: rmassey@physics.uoguelph.ca

Lectures: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:30 to 1:20 pm THRN 1307

Laboratories/Tutorials: Up to 3 hours per week, alternating weeks

2 laboratory sections: Tues 2:30 pm to 5:20 pm MacN 414Thurs 2:30 pm to 5:20 pm MacN 414

1 tutorial section: Thurs 7:00 to 8:50 pm MacK 029

Required Textbooks:

J.R. Taylor,An Introduction to Error Analysis -- The Study of Uncertainties in PhysicalMeasurements (2ndEdition), University Science Books, 1997. [This book will be useful forPHYS*2460, as well as for all subsequent physics courses that have laboratory work.]

G.R. Fowles and G.L. Cassiday,Analytical Mechanics (7th Edition), Saunders CollegePublishing, 2005. [This textbook will also be used in PHYS*2450.]

Required Lab Manual: Available for printing from the Physics Dept. websitewww. physics.uoguelph.ca -- click on Student Info and just follow the links for PHYS*2440.

Course Content:

* Error Analysis (approx. 2 weeks) [ref. Taylor, Ch. 1-5, 11]* One-dimensional Motion (approx. 1-2 weeks) [ref. Fowles & Cassiday, Ch. 2]* Oscillations -- Including Complex Numbers (approx. 2-4 weeks)

[ref. Fowles & Cassiday, Ch. 3 & App. B]* Gravitation and Central Forces (approx. 2-3 weeks)

[ref. Fowles & Cassiday, Ch. 6]* Two- and Three-dimensional Motion (approx. 1-2 weeks)

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[ref. Fowles & Cassiday, Ch. 4]

Evaluation: Labs (1 formal lab report 12%, 3 informal reports 6% each) 30%Assignments (approx. 3-4) 20%Midterm Exam (Thurs. Oct. 22, 7:00-9:00 p.m., MacK029) 20%Final exam (Tues. Dec. 15, 8:30-10:30 a.m.) 30%

Illness, etc.:

If you miss a lab report due-date because of illness or for compassionate reasons, please seeyour laboratory instructor for possible academic consideration. If you miss an assignment due-date or the midterm exam, please see your course professor, and if you miss the final exam,please see your Program Counsellor.

For more details, refer to the Undergraduate Calendar(http://www.uoguelph.ca/registrar/calendars/undergraduate/current/)-- go to Section VIII Undergraduate Degree Regulations and Procedures, and click on theheading Academic Consideration, Appeals and Petitions.

(Not) Working With Other Students:

All work submitted for grading in this course must be each individual student's own work. Whilestudents are encouraged to share thoughts and ideas, it is not acceptable to share assignment

solutions, experiment reports, etc. The assignments and experiment reports are not groupprojects. It is suggested that you do not show your written solutions, experiment reports, etc., toother students.

Help:

One of your best sources of help is your lab/tutorial instructor.

In addition, Luis Lehner is happy to answer questions in his office (MacN 452) during his officehours:

Mon. 1:30-2:30 p.m.; Wed. 11:30-12:30 p.m.; Fri. 1:30-2:30 p.m

If you wish to obtain help from Luis at another time, please see him before or after lectures toarrange a mutually convenient time to see him in his office. Short questions can often behandled in the lecture room just before or after lectures. Also feel free to email him to arrange ameeting.

Laboratories & Tutorials:

The weekly laboratories and tutorials are co-ordinated with those in PHYS*2460 (Electricity &Magnetism I). If you are registered in both courses, in a given week you will have a laboratory inone of the two courses (2440 or 2460) and a tutorial in the other course. You will not have both

a lab and tutorial in one course in the same week.

For PHYS*2440, laboratories are held in MacN 414.For PHYS*2460, labs are held in MacN 302 or SCIE 1303 (Microcomputer Lab).Tutorials are held in MacK 029 (usually) for both courses.

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Tentative Laboratory & Tutorial Schedule for PHYS*2440 & 2460 Fall 2010

Tutorials: usually MacK 029 on Thursdays 19:00-20:50

Mechanics Lab: MacN 414

Electricity & Magnetism Lab: MacN 302 or SCIE 1303

Week Mechanics I (2440) Electricity & Magnetism I (2460)

Sept. 6-10 No lab, no tutorial. No lab, no tutorial.

Sept. 13-17

Tutorial(MacK 029)

Stats & Errors No tutorial or experiment

Sept. 20-24Tutorial(MacK 029)

Stats & Errors

Lab Intro to Maple, Data Analysis withSpreadsheets (SCIE 1303)

Sept. 27 Oct. 1Lab -- Expt. #1 -- Statistics & Errors

(MacN 414)Tutorial(MacK 029)

Oct. 4-8 Tutorial(MacK 029)Lab Data Analysis with Spreadsheets

and Maple (MacN 302)

Oct. 11-15 Tutorial in Lab Room (MacN 414)during lab times, drop in help

Tutorial(MacK 029)

Oct. 18-22Midterm Exam (MacK 029)

Thurs. Oct. 21, 7:00-9:00 p.m.Lab: DC circuits (MacN 302)

Oct. 25-29Lab -- Expt. #2 (Underdamped

Oscillator) (MacN 414)Midterm Exam (MacK 029, Thursday Oct.

28, 7:00-9:00 p.m.)

Nov. 1-5 Tutorial(MacK 029)Lab Capacitance (MacN 302)

Nov. 8-12Lab -- Expt. #3 choose 1 of several

experiments (MacN 414)Tutorial(MacK 029)

Nov. 15-19 Tutorial(MacK 029)Lab -- Solution of Laplaces Eqn.

(SCIE 1303)

Nov. 22-26Lab -- Expt. #4 choose 1 of several

experiments (MacN 414)Tutorial (MacK 029)

Nov. 29- Dec. 3 No lab, no tutorial No lab, no tutorial.