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PHYSICS 241 PHY 241 General Physics I is the first course in the calculus-based PHY 241/242 sequence. It provides an introduction to mechanics, heat, and sound. It is designed for majors in physics, chemistry, mathematics and engineering. There are four 1-hour lectures, one 1- hour tutorial and one 3-hour lab each week. Prerequisite: MAT 241. Co-requisite: MAT 242. The syllabus below is a general guide and will vary from semester to semester. Week 1 Units, Uncertainty and Significant Figures, Vectors, and Vectors Products, Displacement, Average and Instantaneous Velocity and Acceleration, Constant Acceleration motion, Freely Falling Bodies, Velocity and Position by Integration Week 2 Position, Velocity and Acceleration Vectors, Projectile Motion, Motion in a Circle, and Relative Velocity, Newton's Laws of Motion, Mass and Weight, Free-Body Diagrams Week 3 Applying Newton's Laws - Particles in Equilibrium and Dynamics of Particles Frictional Forces, Dynamics of Circular Motion Week 4 Work, Kinetic Energy and the Work–Energy Theorem, Work and Energy with Varying Forces, Power Week 5 Gravitational Potential Energy, Elastic Potential Energy, Conservative and Nonconservative Forces, Force and Potential Energy Week 8 Momentum and Impulse, Conservation of Momentum, Momentum Conservation and Collisions, Elastic Collisions, Center of Mass Week 7 Angular Velocity and Acceleration, Constant Angular Acceleration, Linear and Angular Kinematics, Energy in Rotational Motion, Parallel- Axis Theorem, Moment-of-Inertia, Dynamics of Rotational Motion, Torque and Angular Acceleration for a Rigid Bodies, Work and Power in Rotational Motion, Angular Momentum, Conservation of Angular Momentum, Precession Week 9 Conditions for Equilibrium, Rigid-Body Equilibrium Problems, Stress, Strain, and Elastic Moduli, Newton's Law of Gravitation, Weight, Gravitational Potential Energy, Motion of Satellites Week 10 Oscillations, Simple Harmonic Motion, Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion, The Simple and Physical Pendulums, Damped Oscillations, Forced Oscillations and Resonance Week 11 Density, Pressure in a Fluid, Buoyancy, Fluid Flow, Bernoulli's Equation Week 12 Mechanical Waves, Periodic Waves, Energy in Wave Motion, Wave Interference and Superposition, Standing Waves and Normal Modes on a String, Sound Waves Week 13 Sound Intensity, Sound Waves and Normal Modes, Resonance and Sound, Interference and Beats, The Doppler Effect Week 14 Temperature and Heat, Thermal Equilibrium, Thermometers and Temperature Scales, Thermal Expansion, Quantity of Heat, Calorimetry and Phase Changes, Mechanisms of Heat Transfer, Equations of State, Kinetic-Molecular Model of an Ideal Gas, Heat Capacities, Phases of Matter Week 15 Thermodynamic Systems, Work, Internal Energy and the First Law of Thermodynamics, Thermodynamic Processes, Internal Energy, Heat Capacities, and Adiabatic Processes of an Ideal Gas, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Heat Engines, Refrigerators, Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Carnot Cycle, Entropy