Phys 224 – Fall 2008: Material covered in class
Class	1	27-Aug-08	Wednesday	Introduction, review of procedures & rules, etc
				Download Power Point file presented in class
Class	2	29-Aug-08	Friday	Simple Harmonic Motion; Spring Mass Systems; Discussion of Course Project.
				http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos/superposition/superposition.html
Class	3	03-Sept-08	Wednesday	Vertical Spring Mass Systems; Analogy Simple Harmonic Motion X Simple Circular Motion
Class	4	05-Sept-08	Friday	Energy in SHM; Vibration of Molecules; Simple Pendulum.
Class	5	08-Sept-08	Monday	Simple Pendulum and Conservation of Energy
				http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos/Pendulum/Pendula.html
Class	6	10-Sept-08	Wednesday	Physical Pendulum; Oscillation in Floating Objects.
Class	7	12-Sept-08	Friday	Complex Numbers and the Complex Exponential
				http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=148 http://www.physics.northwestern.edu/vpl/mechanics/pendulum.html http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos/coupled/coupled.html
Class	8	15-Sept-08	Monday	Superposition of Periodic Motion; Demonstration of Beat, wave superposition and coupled oscillators.
				http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Demos/superposition/superposition.html http://www.physics.northwestern.edu/vpl/waves/superposition1.html http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph11e/beats.htm
Class	9	17-Sept-08	Wednesday	Combining Vibrations at Right Angle; Lissajous Figures; Harmonic Oscillators and the Complex
				Exponential. http://www.mta.ca/faculty/science/physics/suren/Lissajous/Lissajous.html http://www.ngsir.netfirms.com/englishhtm/Lissajous.htm
Class	10	19-Sept-08	Friday	Harmonic Oscillator and the Complex Exponential; Damped Oscillations.
				Download Power Point file number 2 - presented in class
Class	11	22-Sept-08	Monday	Special Cases of Damping in Harmonic Oscillators.
				http://webphysics.davidson.edu/physlet_resources/bu_semester1/c19_damped_sim.html http://qbx6.ltu.edu/s_schneider/physlets/main/osc_damped_driven.shtml
Class	12	24-Sept-08	Wednesday	Review of previous topics; Quiz 1.
Class	13	26-Sept-08	Friday	Forced Oscillations and Resonance (F. chapter 4) – Movie of the Tacoma Bridge Collapse:
				http://www.archive.org/details/Pa2096Tacoma Picture before the “resonance”: http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/wa/wa0400/wa0453/photos/370501pv.jpg Picture after the “resonance”: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge_Falling.png
Class	14	29-Sept-08	Monday	Resonance and Forced Oscillations with Damping
Class	15	01-Oct-08	Wednesday	General Solution for Forced Oscillations with Damping
				http://qbx6.ltu.edu/s_schneider/physlets/main/osc_damped_driven.shtml
Class	16	03-Oct-08	Friday	Transient and steady state solutions in forced oscillations
Class	17	06-Oct-08	Monday	Examples and Simulations of Forced oscillation; The Quality Parameter on Oscillators
Class	18	08-Oct-08	Wednesday	Energy Absorbed by Oscillators and Average Power.
Class	19	10-Oct-08	Friday	Discussion of the Project; Quiz 2;
Class	20	13-Oct-08	Monday	Analogy between Mechanical and Electrical Oscillations; A path to chaos; Problems.
Class	21	15-Oct-08	Wednesday	Mid Term Exam 1
Class	22	17-Oct-08	Friday	Young Modulus, Stress and Strain.
Class	23	20-Oct-08	Monday	Coupled Oscillators and Normal Modes
Class	24	22-Oct-08	Wednesday	Coupled Oscillators and Normal Modes
Class	25	24-Oct-08	Friday	Forced Vibration and Resonance in Coupled Oscillators
Class	26	27-Oct-08	Monday	Forced Vibration and Resonance in Coupled Oscillators
Class	27	29-Oct-08	Wednesday	Oscillations in Strings with N attached masses
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