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9/1/20211T0 - ReviewIntroduction to the Course-
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9/3/20211T0 - ReviewReview of Vectors; Review of One-Particle MechanicsKinematics of 1 Particle - Survey
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9/6/20212-Labor Day (No Classes)
Set 1 (First attempt 9/9; Final attempt 9/17)
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9/8/20212T0 - ReviewReview of One-Particle MechanicsDynamics of 1 Particle - SurveyAdd/Drop/Audit Last Day
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9/10/20212T0 - ReviewPotential Energy and Equilibrium Zoom - Notes-Project Topics Posted
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9/13/20213T1 - Statistical MechanicsSome Basic StatisticsMulti-Particle Kinematics - Survey Set 2 Posted
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9/15/20213-Project Topics Overview
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9/17/20213-Topic 0 QuizSet 1 Final Due; Set 2 First Due (9/16)Zoom Quiz Day
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9/20/20214T1 - Statistical MechanicsStat Mech of a Gas; Ideal GasSet 3 Posted
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9/22/20214T1 - Statistical MechanicsApplications of Ideal Gas; Equipartition Theorem
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9/24/20214T1 - Statistical MechanicsEquipartition Theorem; EntropySet 2 Final Due; Set 3 First Due (9/23)
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9/27/20215T1 - Statistical MechanicsMicrostate Counting and EntropySet 4 Posted
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9/29/20215T2 - ThermodynamicsTemperature, Heat, and Thermal Energy Flow
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10/1/20215T2 - ThermodynamicsLaws of Thermo: 0th and 1stSet 3 Final Due; Set 4 First Due (9/30)Project Selection Due
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10/4/20216T2 - Thermodynamics1st Law and Constant Pressure ProccessesStates and Processes - SurveySet 5 Posted
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10/6/20216T2 - ThermodynamicsState Variables; Thermodynamic Entropy - AudioPass/Fail Last Day (10/10)
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10/8/20216T2 - ThermodynamicsThermal Reservoirs and EntropySet 4 Final Due; Set 5 First Due (10/7)
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10/11/20217-Columbus Day (no classes)Set 6 PostedColumbus Day (no classes)
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10/12/20217-Topic 1 Quiz - Zoom LinkTues follows Mon Schedule
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10/13/20217T2 - ThermodynamicsProcess Dependence of Heat and Work
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10/15/20217T2 - Thermodynamics
Thermodynamic Processes; 2nd Law and Asymmetry in Nature
Set 5 Final DueMid-semester
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10/18/20218T2 - Thermodynamics
2nd Law for Open Systems and Spontaneous Entropy Production
Entropy; Heat Engines - Survey
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10/20/20218T2 - ThermodynamicsLoss of Work; Heat Engines and 2nd LawProject Outline Due Fri 10/22
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10/22/20218T2 - ThermodynamicsHeat Engine Example and Carnot CycleSet 6 First Attempt Due on 10/21
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10/25/20219T3 - SolidsSimple Solid Model; Stress and StrainSet 7 Posted - first attempt due 10/28
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10/27/20219T3 - SolidsLecture Videos on Stresses and StrainsStresses and Strains - SurveyNor'easter Day
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10/29/20219T3 - SolidsReview of Types of Stress/Strain; Shearing ExampleConstitutive RelationsSet 6 Final Due
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11/1/202110T3 - SolidsThermal Expansion and Thermal Stress
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11/3/202110T3 - SolidsConstitutive Relations; Seesaw Example
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11/5/202110-Topic 2 Quiz
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11/8/202111T4 - FluidsFluids; Gas and GravityFluids 1; Fluids 2Set 8 Posted - First attempt Thu. 11/11
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11/10/202111T4 - Fluids
Liquids and Hydraulics - Pascal's Principle; Thermal Expansion
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11/12/202111T4 - FluidsBernoulli's EquationFluid FlowLast Withdraw Day
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11/15/202112T5 - OscillationOscillator Examples: LC CircuitsTrees; Simple Harmonic OscillationSet 9 Posted - 1st Attempt Thu. 11/18
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11/17/202112T5 - OscillationHarmonic Oscillation With Complex NumbersCircles and Complex Numbers
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11/19/202112T5 - OscillationDriven Ideal Harmonic Oscillator
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11/22/202113-Topic 3 Quiz
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11/24/202113-Follow Thursday's Schedule (No PHY 115 - Watch Videos!)More General OscillationFollow Thurs. Schedule
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11/26/202113-Thanksgiving (no classes)Thanksgiving
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11/29/202114T6 - WavesIntroduction to Waves
Set 10 Posted - Only Attempt due by 12/3
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12/1/202114T6 - WavesEnergy In A Simple WaveWaves
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12/3/202114T6 - WavesSuperposition of Waves - Audio
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12/6/202115T6 - Waves
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