PHY 222 - Classical Physics II

• Create a graphical organizer to describe a physical situation such as a force diagram or energy diagram.  Then use the graphical organizer to generate a set of equations describing the physical situation.
• Evaluate a physical situation in terms of applicable conservation laws with specific reference to an appropriate graphical organizer and/or set of equations describing the situation.
• Design a laboratory procedure to examine and assess data within the context of an accepted physical model.

Course Objectives

Outcome 1: Use the concepts related to oscillations and simple harmonic motion.

Task 1: Write and apply formulas for the determination of displacement x, velocity v, and acceleration a in terms of time, frequency, and amplitude.

Task 2: Provided a graph or verbal description of simple harmonic motion, determine the frequency, period and amplitude.

Task 3: Compute the frequency or period in simple harmonic motion when the position and acceleration are given.

Task 4: Write and apply a relationship between the frequency of motion and the mass of a vibrating object when the spring constant is known.

Task 5: Describe the motion of a simple pendulum and calculate the length required to produce a given frequency.

Outcome 2: Use the concepts of electric charge, interaction of charge, electric field, and relationship of charge and force.

Task 1: Use Coulomb’s law to solve problems involving force between two or more charges of like or different sign.

Task 2: Define an electric field and calculate the field of a point charge, an electric dipole, a line of charge, and a continuous charge distribution.

Outcome 3: Use the concept of electric flux and its relationship to Gauss’ Law.

Task 1: Use electric field lines and electric flux to describe the magnitude and direction of the electric field in a small region of space.

Task 2: Define Gauss’ Law and use it to calculate the electric fields that result from highly symmetric distributions of electric charge (near the surface of a charged conductor, near a line of charge, near a sheet of charge, and inside and outside a spherical shell).

Outcome 4: Use concepts of electrical potential and its relationship to electric field.

Task 1: Use electric field lines and electric flux to describe the magnitude and direction of the electric field in a small region in space.

Task 2: Determine electric field lines from equipotential surfaces and vice versa.

Task 3: Calculate electric potential due to a point charge or a group of point charges; due to an electric dipole; and due to a continuous charge distribution.

Task 4: Map equipotentials in a plane resulting from two point charges and two line electrodes.

Outcome 5: Use current electricity concepts within direct current circuits.

Task 1: Use symbols to draw circuit diagrams and wire simple circuits.

Task 2: Define current, voltage and resistance and apply the relationship between them for a resistance with negligible temperature dependence (Ohm’s Law).

Task 3: Calculate current, voltage, resistance, and capacitance within series and parallel circuits.

Task 4: Use Kirchhoff’s laws to solve problems involving multi loop circuits.

Task 5: Define capacitance and calculate the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor, a cylindrical capacitor and a spherical capacitor.

Task 6: Solve problems involving RC circuits.

Outcome 6: Use the concepts of magnetic fields and the sources of magnetic fields.

Task 1: Use a galvanometer to construct an ammeter and a voltmeter by adding appropriate resistors to the circuit.

Task 2: Use forces on an electron moving in a magnetic field to measure the ratio of its charge to its mass, e/m.

Task 3: Calculate the magnetic force on a current carrying wire and between two parallel conductors.

Task 4: Calculate the magnetic field of a solenoid and a toroid and due to a long straight wire.

Task 5: Solve problems involving torque on a current loop and magnetic dipole.

Outcome 7: Use concepts of magnetic induction and AC circuits.

Task 1: Interpret the meaning of Lenz’s Law and energy conservation.

Task 2: Calculate the inductance of a solenoid and a toroid.

Task 3: Calculate the potential difference, current and the inductive time constant for RL circuits.

Task 4: Calculate the energy stored and energy density of a magnetic field.

Task 5: Calculate inductive reactance in an RL circuit.

Task 6: Calculate capacitive reactance in an RC circuit.

Task 7: Interpret the meaning of “ELI the ICE man.”

Task 8: Solve for phase constant, power factor, and power in AC circuits.

Task 9: Calculate input and output currents and voltages in transformer circuits.

Outcome 8: Use concepts of electromagnetic waves.

Task 1: Compare the difference in the various frequencies and wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Task 2: Solve problems involving the equation E/B = C.

Task 3: Compare polarized light with non-polarized light.

Task 4: Calculate intensities in polarized light equations.

Outcome 9: Use concepts of geometrical optics.

Task 1: Compare reflection and refraction and solve problems using the laws of reflection and refraction.

Task 2: Solve for the index of refraction using Snell’s Law.

Task 3: Compare reflection in plane, concave and convex mirrors.

Task 4: Calculate object and image distance and magnification in all mirror types.

Task 5: Compare image formation in convex and concave lenses.

Task 6: Solve problems dealing with image and object formation and magnification in thin lenses.

Task 7: Solve problems using the lens maker’s equation.