PHYSICS 221: UNIVERSITY PHYSICS, SPRING 2001

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT MARTIN

GEOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY AND PHYSICS DEPARTMENT

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Office Hours: M: 3-4, T,W,Th,F 2-3 plus open office hours at other times.

Classes/Labs:This class normally meets MWF from 12:00 to 12:50 PM in EPS 119

Textbook: Fundamentals of Physics, David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker, John Wiley&Sons, Inc. This textbook was also used for P220.

References: For a comparable alternative text see College Physics, by Sears, Zemansky and Young; Principles of Physics, by Bueche; Physics by Giancolli. For easy reading see Conceptual Physics, P. Hewitt, Sixth Edition

Course Description:

Physics 221, a 4 credit-hour course, is the second of a three-semester calculus-based physics sequence. P220 and P221 are required for engineering and BS Chemistry majors at UTM. It also provides the necessary background for the engineering students intending to transfer as well as chemistry and mathematics majors. This course covers such fundamental topics as electric charge and field, electric potential, Gauss’s law, capacitance and resistance, electric circuits (AC and DC), magnetic field, induction, a synopsis of Maxwell’s equations, if time allows geometrical and physical optics. The labs are included.

Prerequisites:

Mathematics 251 and Physics 220 are prerequisites for this course. You are expected to be fluent in algebra and trigonometry and have a working knowledge of such mathematical operations as differentiation and integration. See Appendix E and page A12 of the text.

Laboratory:

Laboratory work –an integral part of this course—may include the usage of such methodologies as significant figures, error analysis and propagation, graphs and slopes, and linear regression. The experiments are included in the course are listed on my web page. Laboratory reports will be collected and graded. Usually the lab reports will be due week after the day of the experiment.

Laboratory work is scheduled in rooms EPS 224. I will provide more information about the labs and their operation.

Homework:

Homework problems will be assigned during the lecture, and will be graded. Due date for the homework will be announced in class. Late homework will not be accepted without a valid excuse.

Tests:

Five tests are scheduled during the semester ( Jan. 26, Feb. 23, , March 30, April 27,

and Final examination on May 9, 7:45-9:45 am) . The relative weighs for quizzes, laboratory and examinations and the scale for the course grade are provided below.

WEIGHTS: Quizzes 10%, Laboratory 10%, Homework 15%, Midterms 40%, Final 25%.

Grade Scale: 90-100=A, 80-89=B, 65-79=C, 50-64=D, < 50 =F

Elevator Policy:

In case there are physically disabled students in the class and both elevators fail to work in the EPS building, an alternate class meeting will be arranged only for the disabled students. You may call me at my office number or the department office at x7430 and leave a message. I will call you and arrange a special make-up session for you depending on the circumstances.

Week of

Chapter to read

Lab Topics(tentative)

Jan. 8

Ch. 22 Electric charge

Exp.1 :Electric Field Mapping

Jan. 15

Ch.23 Electric Field

Exp.2: DC Circuits

Jan. 22

Test 1 (22,23) on Jan. 26

continue Ch. 23 & Ch. 24 Gauss’s law

Demo/instructions for the lab, or exercises in class

Jan. 29

Continue Ch. 24 &

Ch. 25: Electric Potential

Exp. 3: RC Circuit

Feb. 5

cont. 25

Exp. 4: Magnetic force on a wire

Feb. 12

Ch. 26:Capacitance

Exp. 5: Internal Resistance of a Battery

Feb. 19

Test 2(24,25,26) on Feb. 23

Continue Ch. 26&

Ch. 27: Current and Resistance

Exp. 6: Resistivity

Feb. 26

Cont. Ch. 27

Ch. 28: Circuits

March 5

cont. 28&

Mid term report Due

March 19

Ch.29:Magnetic Field

March 26

Test 3 (27,28,29)

on March 30

Cont. Ch. 29&

Ch. 30: Magnetic Fields due to Currents

April 2

Continue Ch. 30

April 9

Ch.31: Induction and Inductance

April 16

Continue Ch. 31

Ch. 32: Magnetism of Matter

April 23

Test 4 (30,31,32)

cont. Ch. 32

FINAL EXAM