Department of Physics and Astronomy

Basic Units

Vectors

Velocity

Uniform Acceleration

Measuring g

Velocity, Position and Acceleration

Motion of the Center of Mass

Central Forces

Deformation by Central Forces

Projectile Motion

Measuring Inertia

Inertia of Rest

Force, Mass, and Acceleration

Accelerated Reference Frames

Action and Reaction

Recoil

Finding Center of Gravity

Exceeding Center of Gravity

Stable, Unstable, and Neutral Equilibrium

Resolution of Forces

Static Torque

Dynamic Torque

Friction

Pressure

Gravity

Conservation of Energy

Impulse and Thrust

Rockets

Collisions in One Dimension

Moment of Inertia

Rotational Energy

Transfer of Angular Momentum

Conservation of Angular Momentum

Gyros

Material

Hooke's Law

Coefficient of Restitution

Static Pressure

Atmospheric Pressure

Density and Buoyancy

Siphons, Fountains, Pumps

Flow Rate

Bernoulli Force

Viscosity

Vorticies

Pendula

Physical Pendulums

Springs and Oscillators

Simple Harmonic Motion

Driven Mechanical Resonance

Coupled Oscillations

Lissajous Figures

Transverse Pulses and Waves

Longitudinal Pulses and Waves

Standing Waves

Impedance and Dispersion

Compound Waves

Wave Properties of Sound

Doppler Effect

Interference and Diffraction

Beats

Coupled Resonators

Pitch

Miscellaneous Instruments

Resonance and Strings

Resonance Cavities

Resonance in Bars and Plates

Thermometry

Solid Expansion

Properties of Materials at Low Temperature

Heat Capacity and Specific Heat

Convection

Conduction

Radiation

Heat Transfer Applications

Mechanical Equivalent of Heat

Adiabatic Processes

PVT Surfaces

Phase Changes - Liquid to Solid

Phase Changes - Liquid to Gas

Cooling by Evaporation

Vapor Pressure

Molecular motion

Constant Pressure

Constant Temperature

Constant Volume

Heat Cycles

Producing Static Charge

Coulomb's Law

Induced Charge

Electrostatic Machines

Electric Field

Gauss' Law

Capacitors

Energy Stored in a Capacitor

Resistance Characteristics

Resistivity and Temperature

Conduction in Solutions

Conduction in Gasses

Plating

Cells and Batteries

Piezoelectricity

Circuit Analysis

RC Circuits

Magnets

Magnetization

Temperature and Magnetism

Magnetic Fields

Fields and Currents

Forces on Magnets

Force on Moving Charges

Force on Current

Inductance

Induced Currents and Forces

Eddy Currents

Transformers

Motors and Generators

RLC Circuits - AC

Tesla Coil

Reflection from Flat Surfaces

Reflection from Curved Surfaces

Refractive Index

Refraction

Total Internal Reflection

Thin Lens

Radiation Pressure

Black Body

Diffraction through One Slit

Interference From Two Sources

Gratings

Thin Films

Synthesis and Analysis of Color

Scattering

Dichroic Polarization

Circular Polarization

Birefringence

Physiology

Photoelectric

Spectra