TPC

High School AP-B Physics

The course is a trigonometry based physics course which is the expected high school background for students wishing to enter university engineering and physics programs.

• Sept 1 - Introduction

• Sept. 4

• Sept 8

• Sept 9

• Sept 11

• Sept 15

• Sept 16

• Sept 18

• Sept 22

• Sept 23

• Sept 25

• Sept 29

• Sept 30

• Oct 2

• Oct 6

• Oct 7

• Oct 9

• Oct 14

• Oct 16

• Oct 20

• Oct 21

• Oct 23

• Oct 27

• Oct 28

• Kepler's 3rd Law, Orbital Equation

• Energy Equation of an Orbit, Center-of-Mass

• Center-of-Mass, Linear Momentum

• COM Examples & Angular Momentum

• Angular Momentum (cont) & Kinetic Energy

• Moment of Inertia

• Parallel Axis & Perpendicular Axis Theorems

• Rolling Without Slipping, Reduced Mass

• Collisions I (Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis)

• Collisions II (Rutherford Backscattering)

• Generalized Coordinates, Constraints

• Lagrangian Mechanics

• Lagrangian Mechanics Problems

• Lagrangian Multipliers & Intro to Hamiltonian

• Hamiltonian Mechanics Problems & Review

• Wrapup; Final Questions; Normal Modes

Course Info

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Related Links

• PHYS331 Website/Marble
• PHYS331 @ Purdue