Physics 8A – Fall 2024 (Ji)
-- KINEMATICS --
Kinematics – Lecture
19 Topics
P01-010 – Measuring Time & Position
P01-020 – Particle Model
P01-030 – Position Vector
P01-040 – Displacement Vector
P01-050 – Average Velocity Vector
P01-060 – Average Acceleration Vector
P01-070 – Instantaneous Velocity
P01-080 – Instantaneous Acceleration
P01-090 – Relationship Between Velocity & Acceleration
P01-100 – Kinematic Equations with Constant Acceleration
P01-110 – Application: Free-Fall
P01-200 – Angular Position & Displacement
P01-210 – Average Angular Velocity
P01-220 – Average Angular Acceleration
P01-230 – Instantaneous Angular Velocity
P01-240 – Instantaneous Angular Acceleration
P01-250 – Relationship Between Angular Speed & Acceleration
P01-260 – Kinematic Equations for Circular Motion
P01-270 – Relating Angular and Linear Quantities
Kinematics – Problems
11 Topics
P01R2015 – Components & Dot Product
P01G2015 – Average Velocity
P01R2015 – Acceleration on an incline
P01R2015 – Vertical Free-fall
P01G2019 – Rocket Launch
P01G2019 – Cars Racing Alongside Each Other
P01R2021 – Physics Rocks
P01R2015 – Catching the Bus
P01R2015 – Highway Patrol
P01G2007 – Balls Colliding in Mid-air
P01G2008 – Passing a Car
-- PROJECTILE MOTION --
Projectile Motion – Lecture
7 Topics
P02-010 – Projectile Motion
P02-020 – Equations of Motion
P02-030 – Equation of the Path y = f(x)
P02-040 – Finding the Maximum Height
P02-050 – Property of the Path of the Projectile
P02-060 – Range of the Projectile
P02-070 – Launch Angle and Range Maximization
Projectile Motion – Problems
10 Topics
P02R2015 – Analysis of a Jump
P02R2015 – Hoop Spacing
P02G2018 – Air Drop
P02R2015 – A Ball Game
P02G2017 – Ball Toss
P02R2015 – Clearing the Edge of a Cliff
P02G2005 – Home Run
P02G2016 – Ball Thrown in the Air
P02G2020 – Football Toss
P02G2021 – Projectile Launched from Unknown Height
-- DYNAMICS --
Newton’s Laws – Lecture
13 Topics
P03-010 – Force and Vector Representation
P03-020 – Common Forces: weight force
P03-030 – Common Forces: tension force
P03-040 – Common Forces: normal force
P03-050 – Common Forces: friction forces
P03-060 – Common Forces: spring force & Hooke’s Law
P03-070 – Free-Body Diagram
P03-080 – Net Force
P03-090 – Newton’s First Law
P03-100 – Newton’s Second Law
P03-110 – Newton’s Third Law
P03-120 – Application: ideal string
P03-130 – Application: ideal pulley
Newton’s Laws – Problems
20 Topics
P03G2018 – Blocks Slipping on an Incline
P03R2015 – Hanging Mass
P03R2015 – Keeping a Box at Rest
P03G2007 – Holding a Block on an Incline
P03G2008 – Holding a Block Up Against a Wall
P03G2016 – Pressing a Block Against a Wall
P03R2015 – Resting or Sliding Up an Incline
P03R2015 – Acceleration and Friction Forces
P03G2005 – Holding Up a Block
P03G2015 – Pushing on Three Blocks
P03B2006 – Who is Pulling Who?
P03G2016 – Joint Inclines
P03G2017 – Pulling Three Blocks
P03G2018 – Pulling and Lifting
P03G2020 – Connected Blocks
P03R2015 – Atwood Machine
P03R2015 – Acceleration Constraint
P03R2015 – Pulling Two Connected Boxes
P03G2021 – Minimum Slipping Force
P03G2022 – Pulling Blocks on an Incline
-- CIRCULAR MOTION --
Circular Motion – Lecture
14 Topics
P04-010 – Circular Motion
P04-020 – RTZ Coordinate System
P04-030 – Direction of Acceleration
P04-040 – Components of Acceleration
P04-050 – Derivation of the Components of Acceleration
P04-060 – Uniform & Non-Uniform Circular Motion
P04-070 – Period of Revolution
P04-080 – Newton’s Second Law
P04-090 – Angular Position & Displacement
P04-100 – Instantaneous Angular Velocity
P04-110 – Instantaneous Angular Acceleration
P04-120 – Relationship Between Velocity and Acceleration
P04-130 – Kinematic Equations for Circular Motion
P04-140 – Relating Angular & Linear Quantities
Circular Motion – Problems
10 Topics
P04G2016 – Lift Force on a Plane
P04B2006 – Space Ride
P04G2017 – Toy Car
P04G2018 – Holding a Block against a Wall
P04S2016 – Sliding Around a Funnel
P04S2016 – Pendulum on Planet Vulcan
P04G2019 – Semicircular Hill and Valley
P04G2005 – Flying in a Loop
P04R2015 – Around the Loop
P04G2022 – Pendulum
-- WORK & ENERGY --
Work & Energy – Lecture
14 Topics
P05-010 – Energy
P05-020 – Kinetic Energy
P05-030 – Gravitational Potential Energy
P05-040 – Elastic Potential Energy
P05-050 – Mechanical Energy
P05-060 – Work Done by a Force
P05-070 – Calculating the Work Done by a Force
P05-080 – Conservative Force
P05-100 – Work Done by the Weight Force
P05-110 – Work Done by the Spring Force
P05-120 – Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem
P05-130 – Derivation of the Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem
P05-140 – Conservation of Mechanical Energy
P05-150 – Power and Mechanical Power
Work & Energy – Problems
14 Topics
P05G2007 – Package Landing on a Spring
P05S2016 – Sliding Over a Hill
P05L2022 – From One Spring to Another
P05G2019 – Block on a Vertical Spring
P05G2020 – Frictionless Ramp
P05G2016 – Mass-Spring System
P05R2015 – Rough Sliding
P05G2017 – Shooting a Crate
P05G2018 – Back and Forth Between Springs
P05R2021 – Launching a Block Up a Rough Incline
P05G2016 – Non-Conservative Force
P05G2018 – Projectile Launched from a Ramp
P05G2019 – Pushing a Block on the Ceiling
P05G2021 – Friction Under a Spring
-- MIDTERM 1 - STUDY GUIDE --
Bordel – 8A 2016 Spring – Midterm 1 – L1
4 Topics
P01B2016 – Jetliner Landing
P02B2016 – Rescue Operation
P04B2016 – Banked Curve vs. Flat Curve
P05B2016 – Swinging on a Vine
Bordel – 8A 2017 Spring – Midterm 1 – L1
4 Topics
P01B2017 – Airport Connection
P04B2017 – Ball Launched from a Tube
P03B2017 – Alpinists in Danger
P05B2017 – Up the Incline
Bordel – 8A 2017 Spring – Midterm 1 – L2
4 Topics
P01B2017 – Dropped and Tossed Balls
P02B2017 – Golf Course
P04B2017 – Interconnected Masses
P05B2017 – Loop the Loop
Bordel – 8A 2018 Spring – Midterm 1 – L1
4 Topics
P01B2018 – Tiger on a Linear Hunting Path
P02B2018 – The Impressive Spit of the Archerfish
P03B2018 – Baby Bouncer
P04B2018 – Car Rounding a Curve
Bordel – 8A 2018 Fall – Midterm 1 – L2
4 Topics
P01B2018 – The Tortoise & the Hare
P02B2018 – Stranded on a Desert Island
P03B2018 – Pushing a Crate
P04B2018 – Interconnected Blocks
Bordel – 8A 2019 Fall – Midterm 1 – L2
4 Topics
P01B2019 – Stop-and-Go Traffic
P02B2019 – Water Balloon Game
P03B2019 – Water Skiing
P04B2019 – A Fairground Ride
Bordel – 8A 2020 Spring – Midterm 1 – L1
4 Topics
P01B2020 – Miniature Rocket Launch
P02B2020 – Medieval Attack Reenactment
P03B2020 – Sliding Blocks
P04B2020 – A Fun Ride
Bordel – 8A 2020 Fall – Midterm 1 – L2
4 Topics
P01B2020 – Trains Approaching
P02B2020 – Ball Thrower
P03B2020 – Blocks and Pulley
P04B2020 – Tether Ball
Bordel – 8A 2021 Spring – Midterm 1 – L2
4 Topics
P01B2021 – Brake Failure
P02B2021 – Ring Toss
P05B2021 – Ski Patrol
P04B2021 – Racing Outside of a Cone
Bordel – 8A 2023 Spring – Midterm 1 – L1
4 Topics
P02B2023 – Jump of a Grasshopper
P05B2023 – Ski Lift
P04B2023 – Cube on a Rotating Disk
P05B2023 – Boat Launch Ramp
Bordel – 8A 2024 Spring – Midterm 1 – L1
4 Topics
P02R2024 – Ball Landing on an Incline
P05B2024 – Ski Patrol
P04B2024 – Interconnected Blocks
P05B2024 – Up the Incline
Bordel – 8A 2020 Fall – Midterm 2 – L1
4 Topics
P07B2020 – A Satellite Around the Earth
P05B2020 – When a Pendulum Meets a Peg
P10B2020 – Pulling a Load
P06B2020 – Battle of Mudballs
-- IMPULSE & MOMENTUM --
Impulse & Moment. – Lecture
10 Topics
P06-010 – Momentum Vector
P06-020 – Newton’s Second Law in Momentum Form
P06-030 – Conservation of Momentum
P06-040 – Impulse of a Force
P06-050 – How to Calculate an Impulse
P06-060 – Impulse-Momentum Theorem
P06-070 – Inelastic & Elastic Collisions
P06-080 – Solving Strategy: perfectly inelastic collision
P06-090 – Solving Strategy: head-on elastic collision
P06-100 – Solving Strategy: off-center elastic collision
Impulse & Moment. – Problems
16 Topics
P06G2005 – Game of Catch
P06L2018 – Plate Pieces
P06R2015 – Explosion of a Hockey Puck
P06R2015 – Ballistic Pendulum
P06G2019 – Blocks & Compressed Spring
P06B2006 – Saving Lois?
P06G2007 – Three Colliding Blocks
P06G2017 – Sequence of Collisions
P06R2019 – Two Collisions in a Row
P06G2016 – Collision Between Three Masses
P06G2018 – Masses Bouncing Off Each Other
P06G2020 – Speed Before and After a Collision
P06R2020 – Inelastic Collision vs. Elastic Collision
P06D2009 – Fun with a Slingshot
P06S2016 – Sliding Down and Back Up
P06G2015 – Inelastic Collision
-- TORQUE - STATICS --
Statics – Lecture
5 Topics
P09-010 – Equilibrium of an Extended Body
P09-020 – Introduction: three simple cases
P09-030 – Reminder: cross product of two vectors
P09-040 – Torque Created by a Force
P09-050 – Equilibrium Condition for an Extended Body
Statics – Problems
14 Topics
P09R2020 – Balanced Beam
P09R2020 – Balanced Beam with Hanging Mass
P09B2021 – Drawbridge
P09R2015 – Resting Ladder
P09R2015 – Ladder and Painter
P09S2016 – Balanced Sphere
P09R2015 – Straw Balanced Across a Glass
P09G2019 – Non-Uniform Hanging Bar
P09B2011 – Marble Quarry Crane
P09G2007 – Rod in Equilibrium
P09G2016 – Balancing a Horizontal Rod
P09G2017 – Two Balanced Rods
P09G2020 – Beam with Two Sections
P09G2018 – Balanced Pole
-- TORQUE - DYNAMICS --
Dynamics – Lecture
7 Topics
P10-010 – Solid Rotation
P10-020 – Angular Velocity Vector
P10-030 – Angular Acceleration Vector
P10-040 – Moment of Inertia
P10-050 – List of Moments of Inertia
P10-090 – Parallel-Axis Theorem
P10-100 – Newton’s Second Law for Rotational Motion
Dynamics – Problems
11 Topics
P10S2015 – Helicopter Blade
P10G2005 – Rotating a Disk and a Rod
P10G2016 – Rotating Cylinder
P10D2013 – Pushing a Dresser
P10G2018 – Pushing a Door and a Box
P10R2015 – Kinematics of a Hollow Sphere
P10R2015 – Atwood Machine
P10G2019 – Blocks & Non-ideal Pulley
P10G2007 – Pulley Lowering a Block
P10L2018 – Moment of Inertia of a Pulley
P10G2015 – Acceleration of a Pulley
-- TORQUE - ENERGY & MOMENTUM --
Energy & Moment. – Lecture
11 Topics
P11-010 – Angular Momentum
P11-020 – Newton’s Second Law in Angular Momentum Form
P11-030 – Conservation of Angular Momentum
P11-040 – Impulse-Momentum Theorem of Angular Momentum
P11-050 – Rolling Motion
P11-060 – Rolling w/o Slipping and Static Friction
P11-070 – Rotational Kinetic Energy
P11-080 – Rolling Kinetic Energy
P11-090 – Work Done by a Torque
P11-100 – Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem
P11-110 – Conservation of Energy for Rolling w/o Slipping
Energy & Moment. – Problems
20 Topics
P11G2019 – Biking Down a Hill
P11G2007 – Kinetic Energy of a Spool
P11G2008 – Rotating Rod
P11G2016 – Unraveling a String Wound on a Sphere
P11G2017 – Velocity of a Rolling Disk
P11R2015 – Atwood Machine
P11G2018 – Two-Disk Pulley
P11R2015 – Down the Incline
P11G2015 – Around the Loop
P11G2005 – Pulley with Friction
P11R2015 – Vertical Swinging Rod
P10S2016 – Rolling on a Circular Track
P11G2015 – Disk Rolling then Sliding
P11Y2016 – Unraveling a String
P11B2006 – Rusty Barn Door
P11L2021 – Momentum of a Sandbag and a Cart
P11S2017 – Spinning Bike Wheel
P11S2016 – Fleas Jumping Off a Disk
P11G2015 – Collision with a Swinging Stick
P11S2013 – All Sorts of Momentum
-- MIDTERM 2 - STUDY GUIDE --
Bordel – 8A 2012 Spring – Midterm 2 – L2
4 Topics
P07B2012 – Orbiting Spaceship
P06B2012 – Cars Colliding
P11B2012 – Rolling up an Incline
P09B2012 – Car Rescue
Bordel – 8A 2016 Spring – Midterm 2 – L2
4 Topics
P07B2016 – Space Maneuvers
P05B2016 – Roller Coaster
P06B2016 – Fireworks
P11B2016 – Potter Wheel
Bordel – 8A 2017 Spring – Midterm 2 – L1
4 Topics
P07B2017 – Blast Off
P05B2017 – Sliding Block
P06B2017 – Ballistic Pendulum
P11B2017 – Throwing Mud
Bordel – 8A 2017 Spring – Midterm 2 – L2
4 Topics
P07B2017 – Satellite and Asteroid
P05B2017 – Ball Launcher
P06B2017 – Fun at the Arcade
P11B2017 – Spinning Wheel
Bordel – 8A 2018 Spring – Midterm 2 – L1
4 Topics
P05B2018 – Loop-the-Loop
P06B2018 – Colliding Particles
P10B2018 – Block Lowered by a Pulley
P11B2018 – A Playful Mouse
Bordel – 8A 2018 Fall – Midterm 2 – L2
4 Topics
P05B2018 – Puck on an Incline
P06B2018 – Collision with a Pendulum
P10B2018 – Dropping Anchor
P11B2018 – Ball Race
Bordel – 8A 2019 Fall – Midterm 2 – L2
4 Topics
P07B2019 – Mars & Jupiter
P05B2019 – Santa Claus Contest
P06B2019 – Lodging a Bead in a Block
P10B2019 – Dropping the Bucket into the Well
Bordel – 8A 2020 Fall – Midterm 2 – L2
4 Topics
P05B2020 – Bobsled Challenge
P07B2020 – Lunar Eclipse
P06B2020 – Radioactive Decay
P10B2020 – Experimental Determination of Rotational Inertia
Bordel – 8A 2021 Spring – Midterm 2 – L2
4 Topics
P05B2021 – Puck Launch
P07B2021 – Putting a Satellite in Orbit
P06B2021 – Bumper Car Collision
P11B2021 – Hoisting Device
Bordel – 8A 2023 Spring – Midterm 2 – L1
4 Topics
P05B2023 – When a Pendulum Meets a Peg
P07B2023 – Changing Orbits
P06B2023 – Elastic Collision Between Pucks
P10B2023 – Double Pulley
-- FLUIDS --
Fluids – Lecture
10 Topics
P12-010 – Definitions for Fluids
P12-020 – Mass Density & Pressure
P12-030 – Fundamental Equation of Hydrostatics
P12-040 – Hydrostatic Pressure in a Uniform Gravitational Field
P12-050 – Buoyant Force & Archimedes’ Principle
P12-060 – Floating Condition and Neutrally Buoyant Objects
P12-070 – Pascal’s Principle
P12-090 – Volume Flow Rate & Mass Flow Rate
P12-100 – Continuity Equation
P12-110 – Bernoulli’s Equation
Fluids – Problems
17 Topics
P12R2015 – U-Shaped Tube with Oil and Water
P12R2015 – The Hidden Part of the Iceberg
P12B2021 – Hydraulic Press
P12G2005 – Floating Glass Beaker
P12G2007 – Boat with a Ballast
P12G2016 – Floating Cylinder
P12G2019 – Anchored Barge
P12G2018 – Piece of Iron with Cavities
P12G2020 – Weighing Suspended Blocks in Water
P12G2016 – Flow Through a Horizontal Pipe
P12G2019 – Large Hole in Water Tank
P12G2008 – Hose Draining a Tank
P12G2015 – Flow Through a Pipe
P12G2017 – Flow Through Pitot Tube
P12G2018 – Narrow Pipe on a Tank
P12R2015 – Pitot Tube
P12G2007 – Water Leaking Out of a Tank
-- OSCILLATIONS --
Oscillations – Lecture
18 Topics
P13-010 – Oscillatory Motion
P13-020 – Definitions: period, frequency, and amplitude
P13-030 – Modeling Oscillations Mathematically
P13-040 – Velocity & Acceleration of Oscillations
P13-050 – Maximum Speed and Maximum Acceleration
P13-060 – Methods to Determine the Phase Constant
P13-070 – Review: second-order differential equations
P13-080 – Classic Oscillators: horizontal mass-spring oscillator
P13-090 – Classic Oscillators: vertical mass-spring oscillator
P13-100 – Classic Oscillators: simple pendulum
P13-110 – Classic Oscillators: physical pendulum
P13-120 – Classic Oscillators: torsional pendulum
P13-130 – Conservation of Energy: horizontal oscillator
P13-140 – Conservation of Energy: vertical mass-spring oscillator
P13-150 – Conservation of Energy: simple pendulum
P13-160 – Conservation of Energy: physical pendulum
P13-170 – Conservation of Energy: torsional pendulum
P13-180 – Springs in Series or in Parallel
Oscillations – Problems
10 Topics
P13R2015 – Mathematics of Oscillations
P13R2015 – Energy of a Horizontal Oscillator
P13G2015 – Collision then Oscillations
P13R2015 – Energy of a Simple Pendulum
P13G2008 – Oscillating Block
P13G2017 – Horizontal Oscillator
P13G2019 – Mass of an Oscillating Block
P13R2015 – Superposed Oscillating Blocks
P13G2018 – Mass Dropped on an Oscillator
P13R2015 – Springs in Series and in Parallel
-- MECHANICAL WAVES --
Mechanical Waves – Lecture
20 Topics
P14-010 – Fundamental Definitions
P14-020 – Classification of Waves
P14-030 – One-Dimensional Sinusoidal Traveling Waves
P14-040 – Period and Wavelength
P14-050 – Speed of a Traveling Wave
P14-060 – Principle of Superposition
P14-070 – Constructive and Destructive Interference
P14-080 – Conditions for Constructive and Destructive Interference
P14-100 – Celerity of a Wave on a String
P14-110 – Reflection of a Wave at a Boundary
P14-120 – Standing Waves
P14-130 – Patterns, Fundamental Frequency, Harmonics
P14-140 – Soundwaves
P14-160 – Standing Waves in a Column of Air
P14-170 – Column of Air Closed at Both Ends
P14-180 – Column of Air Open at Both Ends
P14-190 – Column of Air with Open/Closed Ends
P14-200 – Beats
P14-210 – Doppler Effect
P14-220 – Intensity and Sound Level
Mechanical Waves – Problems
17 Topics
P14R2015 – Describing a Wave Mathematically
P14R2019 – Guitar String
P14G2007 – Standing Wave on a Wire
P14G2015 – Standing Wave on a String
P14G2016 – Vibrating Wire
P14G2018 – Standing Wave Pattern
P14R2015 – Two Strings
P14R2015 – Speaker and Microphone
P14G2019 – Standing Waves in a Pipe
P14R2015 – A Tuning Fork and a Tube
P14R2015 – Interfering Soundwaves
P14R2015 – Strings Attached
P14G2007 – Bat Flying Toward a Wall
P14G2015 – Extraterrestrial Doppler Shift
P14G2017 – Doppler-Shifted Train Whistle
P14R2015 – Foghorns on the Bay
P14G2016 – Oscillating Speaker
-- CALORIMETRY --
Calorimetry – Lecture
6 Topics
P15-010 – Thermal Equilibrium: the zeroth law
P15-020 – Temperature Scales
P15-040 – Phase Change of a Pure Compound
P15-050 – Heat
P15-060 – Calorimetry
P15-070 – Specific Heat & Latent Heat
Calorimetry – Problems
7 Topics
P15R2015 – Cooling of a Metal Disk
P15R2015 – Heating an Ice Cube
P15R2020 – Whiskey on the Rocks
P15G2017 – Water Vapor and Ice
P15G2016 – Ice Cube in Water
P15R2009 – Magic Shell
P15G2018 – Composition of Final Mixture
-- 1st LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS --
First Law – Lecture
18 Topics
P16-010 – Ideal Gas Law
P16-030 – Kinetic Pressure & Kinetic Temperature
P16-040 – RMS Speed & Kinetic Energy
P16-050 – Mean Free Path
P16-060 – Maxwell Speed Distribution
P16-070 – Degrees of Freedom
P16-080 – Kinetic Theory of the Polyatomic Ideal Gas
P16-090 – Molar Specific Heats of an Ideal Gas
P17-010 – Thermodynamic Transformations of a System
P17-020 – PV Diagram & Processes
P17-030 – Internal Energy
P17-040 – First Law of Thermodynamics
P17-050 – Work Done by an Ideal Gas
P17-060 – Heat Transfer for an Ideal Gas
P17-080 – Thermal Devices
P17-090 – Heat Engine
P17-100 – Efficiency of a Heat Engine
P17-110 – Carnot Cycle
First Law – Problems
11 Topics
P17G2007 – Ideal Gas in a Cylinder
P17L2021 – Heating and Expansion of an Ideal Gas
P17R2015 – Gas Compression
P17R2015 – Final Height of a Piston
P17R2015 – Cylinder with Moving Piston
P17G2007 – Work and Heat over a Cycle
P17G2008 – Mystery Process
P17G2017 – Three-Step Cycle
P17G2018 – Heat Transfer over a Cycle
P17G2019 – Cycle with Linear Segment
P17G2015 – Cycle of a Monatomic Gas
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P01-010 – Measuring Time & Position
P01-020 – Particle Model
P01-030 – Position Vector
P01-040 – Displacement Vector
P01-050 – Average Velocity Vector
P01-060 – Average Acceleration Vector
P01-070 – Instantaneous Velocity
P01-080 – Instantaneous Acceleration
P01-090 – Relationship Between Velocity & Acceleration
P01-100 – Kinematic Equations with Constant Acceleration
P01-110 – Application: Free-Fall
P01-200 – Angular Position & Displacement
P01-210 – Average Angular Velocity
P01-220 – Average Angular Acceleration
P01-230 – Instantaneous Angular Velocity
P01-240 – Instantaneous Angular Acceleration
P01-250 – Relationship Between Angular Speed & Acceleration
P01-260 – Kinematic Equations for Circular Motion
P01-270 – Relating Angular and Linear Quantities
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