EXAMINATION TIMES:

EXAMS
DATES & TIMES TOPICS
CHAPTERS

#1
Wed. Jan. 21
12am
Rotational Motion
Rotational Equilibrium
10
12

#2
Wed. Feb. 4
12 am
Pressure & Fluid Flow
Oscillatory Motion 13
14

#3
Wed. Feb. 18
12 am
Ideal Gas & Temperature
Kinetic Theory
17
18

#4
Tue. March 9
12 am
Thermodyamics
Second Law and Entropy
19
20

Final
Mon. March 15
1-4 pm
Comprehensive
10-20

You may bring one page - both front and back - of equations, concepts, and conversion factors for each exam. This is cumulative in that you can bring the note(s) from all the previous exams. For example, on the third exam you can have 3 pages of note; one page for the current exam, #3, plus the notes you used on exams #1 and #2; a total three pages all together. The worked out solutions to problems is not considered to be acceptable notes.

One a one time bases only, you may make arrangements with me to make up a missed exam or to take an exam at a different time; provided your rationale is reasonable. Moreover, you must be able to match the score you make on the make-up exam on at least one of your other exam scores in order for me to accept your make-up score as legitimate.

CLASS GRADE:
Your overall letter grade in class is determined by the total points accumulated on:

Four one-hour exams, each worth 1/4 of your final grade if you do not take the final or each worth 1/5 of your final grade if you take the final.
Comprehensive final exam, worth 2/5 of your final grade. The final count like two exams.

LETTER GRADE SCALE

SCORE
92
90
88
82
80
78
72
70
68
62
60

GRADE
A
A-
B+
B
B-
C+
C
C-
D+
D
D-

You are allowed to drop one of your four hour-exams if you take the final exam. Alternately, you can drop the final if you are satisfied with your average grade on the four one-hour exams.

INSTRUCTOR:

Dr. Richard Vawter

Office: 170 Bond Hall

Office Hours: 10-11 am & 1-2 pm daily

Phone: 650-3823 (Office)

vawter@physics.wwu.edu
http://www.ac.wwu/~vawter

TEXTBOOK:

Physics for Scientist & Engineers (Vol. 2)
Douglas Giancoli
Pearson/Prentice Hall
Third Edition, 2000

PHYSICS 122 OUTLINE

TOPICS for EXAM #1

Rotational Motion

Kinematics (Chapter 10)
Angular Velocity
- Radians and Degrees
- Tangential Linear Velocity
Angular Acceleration
- Instantaneous and Average
- Tangential Linear Acceleration
Circular Motion
- Centripetal Acceleration
Rotational Energy
Rotational Dynamics (Chapter 10)
- Rotational Inertia
- Moment of Inertia
- Parallel-Axis Theorem
Torque
Angular Momentum
- Conservation of Angular Momentum
Rotational Equilibrium (Chapter 12)

TOPICS for EXAM #2

Fluids (Chapter 13)

Density
Fluid Pressure
- Pressure Variation in an Incompressible Fluid
- Pascal's Principle
- Compressible Fluid/Gas Model
Archimedes' Principle
- Buoyant Force
Equation of Continuity
- Conservation of Mass
- Flow Rate
Fluid Dynamics
- Bernoulli's Equation (Conservation of Energy Density)

Oscillations (Chapter 14)

Simple Harmonic Motion
- Equations of Motion - x(t), v(t), a(t)
- Amplitude and Phase Angle
- Period and Frequency
Dynamics of Simple Harmonic Motion
- Hook's Law & Spring Constant
- Differential Equation of SHM
Energy Conservation & SHM
- Potential & Kinetic Energy
Pendulums
- Simple, Physical, & Torsion Pendulums

TOPICS for EXAM #3

Thermal Properties of Matter (Chapter 17 )

Temperature Scales
- Celsius, Absolute, & Fahrenheit
Thermal Equilibrium
- Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Equation of State of Ideal Gas
- Liquid, Solid, & Gaseous States
- Avogadro’s Number
Heat Transfer
- Conduction
  - Thermal Conductivity
  - Building Insulation (R-Values)
- Convection & Radiation
Thermal Expansion and Contraction

Kinetic Theory (Chapter 18)

Model of an Ideal Gas
- Pressure & Molecular Motion
- Temperature & Molecular Motion
- Specific Heats
- Monatomic & Diatomic Ideal Gasses
Maxwell-Boltzmann Speed Distribution of Ideal Gas
- Average Speed & Energy
- Most Probable Speed & Energy
- Mean Free Path

TOPICS for EXAM #4

Thermodynamics (Chapter 19)

Heat Capacity and Latent Heat
- Storage of Heat Energy
Phase Changes
- Latent heat of Fusion & Vaporization
Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
- Calories & Joules
Work
- Work done or by an Expanding or Contracting Ideal Gas
- Pressure-Volume Diagrams
First Law of Thermodynamics (Conservation of Energy)
- Internal Energy, Heat, & Work
Thermal Process
- Isobaric (Constant Pressure)
- Isothermal (Constant Temperature)
- Isochoric (Constant Volume)
- Adiabatic (Constant Heat)

Second Law of Thermodynamics (Chapter 20)

Heat Engines
- Thermal Efficiency
Refrigerators & Heat Pumps
- Coefficient of Performance
Reversible & Irreversible Thermal Process
Carnot Cycle
- Maximum Thermal Efficiency of an Heat Engine
- Cyclic Process
- Heat Flow and Work per Cycle
Entropy
- Irreversible Processes
Entropy & Second Law
- Order and Disorder

EXAMS	DATES & TIMES		TOPICS	CHAPTERS
#1	Wed.	Jan. 21 12am	Rotational Motion Rotational Equilibrium	10 12
#2	Wed.	Feb. 4 12 am	Pressure & Fluid Flow Oscillatory Motion	13 14
#3	Wed.	Feb. 18 12 am	Ideal Gas & Temperature Kinetic Theory	17 18
#4	Tue.	March 9 12 am	Thermodyamics Second Law and Entropy	19 20
Final	Mon.	March 15 1-4 pm	Comprehensive	10-20