Friday Presentations
Homework Sets & Exams
Trig Cheat Sheet
Set Due Topic  
    Assignment Solutions
0 09/2/24 Remembering Math All
1 09/4/24 Constant Acceleration (Kinematics) 1, 2, 3 M1 , P2, 4
2 09/06/24 Projectiles 1, 2, 3
3 09/11/24 Fun with NSL 1, 2, 3, 4
4 09/16/24 More Fun with NSL 1, 2, 3
    Handout: Moments of Inertia  
5 09/18/24 Rotational Dynamics 1, 2, 3, 4
6 09/23/24 Static Equilibrium (Schematics) 1, 2, 3
7 09/27/24 Drag 1, 2
8 09/30/23 Conservation Laws 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
9 10/4/24 Equilibrium & Stability 1 M, 2 M, 3, 4
  10/11/24 Exam 1: Kinematics, NSL, Conservation Laws  
    Essential Physics, Section Review  
10 10/9/24 SHM 1, 2, 3
11 10/14/24 Simple & Damped Harmonic Motion 1, 2, 3, 4
12 10/23/24 Damped Harmonic Motion 1 E, 2 M, 3
13 10/25/24 Driven Harmonic Motion 1
14 10/30/24 Mech-Elec Connection 1, 2 E M, 3
15 11/4/24 Plane Pendulum 1
  11/6/24 Exam 2: Harmonic Oscillations  
    (Outline of Topics, Essential Knowledge)  
16 11/11/24 Euler's Equation 1, 2, EC
17 11/18/24 Fun with Lagrange, Constraint 1, 2, 3, 4
18 11/22/23 The Hamiltonian 1, 2
19 11/27/23 Rocket Science 1, 2, 3
20 12/4/24 Orbital Transfers & Orbit of Mars 1, 2, 3
21 12/4/23 Motion on Earth 1, 2, 3, 4
    (Coriolis & Centrifugal Forces)  
       
       
       

 
       
       
       
       
       
Mathematica is a very powerful programming language created and maintained by Wolfram that I've used for over a decade to perform math and create plots. SLU does have a Mathematica license and it's available to all students, faculty, and staff. However powerful, the fact that it is proprietary and expensive means it's not the most useful tool for students to use. For those of you who use it, I will post pdf's of my Mathematica files. However, my goal is to create all the plots I use in this course with Python.
Python is an open source programming language that I am learning to replace Mathematica because Mathematica is so expensive. I use Jupyter Notebooks available through the Anaconda distribution. I suggest you download and install Anaconda on your computer and start learning Python along with me if you don't already use it.
     

 

Friday Presentations
Date Presenter
September 6  
September 13  
September 20 Aileen: SNe Host Galaxies
September 27  
October 4 Andrew Van Slyke: Physics of Skiing
October 11  
October 25 Owen Beebe: Hydrogen as a Fuel
November 1 Will Hoyt: Physics of the Achilles Tendon
November 8  
November 15 Muhammed Alkhaqani: Physics of the Immune System
December 6  

 

 

 

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