PHYS 158
UBC
Course Overview
Lessons & Practice
1. Circuits I (resistors, capacitors)
1.3hr- 1.I. Chapter Intro
1.2.1. Capacitance and capacitors1.2.2. Parallel plate capacitor example1.2.3. Capacitance of concentric cylinders1.2.4. Capacitance of concentric spheres1.2.5. Dielectrics increase capacitance1.2.6. Coaxial cable dielectric1.2.7. Dielectrics1.2.8. Capacitors in circuits (series/parallel)1.2.9. Capacitors in a circuit1.2.10. Charging a capacitor with another capacitor1.2.11. Energy Stored in a Capacitor1.2.12. Three dielectrics between two plates1.2.13. Dielectrics (circuits)
2. Circuits II (RC, RL, RLC)
1.1hr3. Circuits III (AC)
54min- 3.I. Chapter Intro
3.2.1. Purely capacitive or inductive AC circuits3.2.2. Impedance and phasors3.2.3. RC circuits (AC)3.2.4. AC RC circuit3.2.5. RL Circuits (AC)3.2.6. RL Circuits3.2.7. RLC circuits (AC) and resonance3.2.8. RLC Circuits3.2.9. Clarification about phase constant in RLC circuits3.2.10. Parallel RLC circuits3.2.11. RLC Circuits (parallel)3.2.12. Power Dissipation in RLC Circuits
4. Electric charge and force
45min5. Electric field and Gauss's Law
2.3hr- 5.I. Chapter Intro
5.1.1. Electric field5.1.2. Electric field lines5.1.3. Sketching field lines5.1.4. Net force and torque on a dipole5.1.5. Principle of superposition5.1.6. Field from two point charges5.1.7. Field from multiple charges (symmetry)5.1.8. Motion of a charged particle in an electric field5.1.9. Kinematic equations with a charge
6. Electric potential and potential energy
1.4hr- 6.I. Chapter Intro
6.1.1. Electric potential6.1.2. Electric potential example6.1.3. Potential from a rod (continuous)6.1.4. Equipotential lines - examples6.1.5. Equipotential lines and work done6.1.6. Relationship between electric potential and electric field6.1.7. Electric potential and field - graphical6.1.8. Electric potential and field - calculus6.1.9. Potential due to a sphere (insulator vs conductor)
7. Magnetism I (basics, Lorenz)
1.5hr8. Magnetism II (Biot-Savart, Ampere)
1.3hr9. Magnetism III (induction)
1.3hr10. Waves and optics
2.3hr11. EM waves, light, and optics
5minMidterm 1 Overview
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