GENERAL PHYSICS II
PHYSICS DEPARTMENT - UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

15-PHYS-202
SUMMER  QUARTER  2002

(created by Dr. Robert Endorf
modified by Dr. Rostislav Serota)

 

READING ASSIGNMENTS AND EXAM SCHEDULE

TEXT:       FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS - EXTENDED  by Halliday, Resnick and Walker (6th Edition)
 
Week of:     Reading Assignments and Exams:
 June 17       CH. 16: OSCILLATIONS
                   Kinematics and Energy in SHM; Connection to Circular Motion; Springs; Pendulums
 June 24       CH. 22: ELECTRIC CHARGE
                  Properties of Charged Matter; Conservation of Charge; Coulomb’s Law; Principle of Superposition for Multiple Charges
    CH. 23: ELECTRIC FIELDS
                  Electric Fields; Field Lines; Fields of Continuous Charge Distribution; Motion of Charges in an External Field; Electric Dipoles
 July 1     CH. 24: GAUSS’ LAW
                  Electric Flux; Gauss’ Law; Applications of Gauss’ Law; Conductors and Electric Fields 
 July 8     CH. 25: ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
                   Electric Potential Energy; Equipotentials;  Determining Potentials from Fields and Charges;  Potentials and Fields near Conductors

    1st Exam:  Friday,  July 12,  10:00 AM, Braunstein 300

 July 15     CH. 26: CAPACITANCE
                  Capacitors; Energy in Capacitors and Electric Fields; C’s in Series and  Parallel, Dielectrics
 July 22     CH. 27: CURRENTS AND RESISTANCE
                  Electric Current; Current Density; Resistance and Resistivity; Ohm’s Law; Electric Power
    CH. 28: CIRCUITS
                Work, Energy and Emf, Kirchhoff’s Rules; Measuring Instruments; RC Circuits
 July 29     CH. 29: MAGNETIC FIELDS
                  Magnetic Fields; Magnetic Forces on Charges, Currents and Current Loops; Hall Effect
 August 5     CH. 30: MAGNETIC FIELDS DUE TO CURRENTS
                  Ampere’s Law; Gauss’ Law for Magnetism; Biot-Savart Law; Applications; Magnetic Dipoles

    2nd Exam:  Friday,    August 9,    10:00 AM, Braunstein 300

 August 12     CH. 31: INDUCTION AND INDUCTANCE
                  Magnetic Induction; Faraday’s Law;  Lenz’s Law; Motional Emf; Generators and Motors;
                  Inductance and Inductors; Energy in Inductors and Magnetic Fields; RL Circuits
 August 19    CH. 33: ELECTROMAGNETIC OSCILLATIONS AND ALTERNATING CURRENTS 
                  LC oscillations; RLC Circuit; AC Circuits; Impedance; Power in AC Circuits; Transformers
 August 26  
  FINAL EXAM - Wednesday, August 28,  8:00 PM - 9:50 PM,  Braunstein 300