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PHYS 227
U of C
Course Overview
Lessons & Practice
I. Welcome
1 min1. Foundations / Introduction / Measurement
55min2. Introduction to Vectors
1.2hr3. Motion in 1/2/3D: Kinematics
4hr4. Newton's Laws of Motion: Forces and Dynamics
4hr4.12.1. Magnetic Force 8 min4.12.2. Example: Magnetic Force on a moving charge (Lorentz force)3 min4.12.3. Example: Magnetic Force on an Electron7 min4.12.4. Practice: Magnetic Force on Moving Charged Particles:7 min4.12.5. Practice: Magnetic Field and Current Carrying Wires6 min4.12.6. Practice: Charge Entering a Magnetic Field 3 min
5. Circular Motion
1.5hr6. Work and Energy
2.8hr7. Momentum, Impulse and Collisions
1.9hr8. Angular / Rotational Motion
4hr9. Periodic Motion: Oscillations
5hr9.2.1. Velocity and Acceleration in SHM (Advanced)7 min9.2.2. Velocity and Acceleration in SHM (Basic)10 min9.2.3. Finding Acceleration by Knowing Displacement (Advanced)6 min9.2.4. Example: SHM with mass on a spring9.2.5. Practice: Oscillations - Displacement Function7 min9.2.6. Practice: Oscillations - Acceleration Graph
10. Heat and Temperature
3hr11. Thermodynamics
2.5hr12. Waves: Mechanical
43min13. Fluid Mechanics
52min14. Wave Optics
15. Magnetic Induction
1.5hr16. Modern Physics
1hr16.11.1. Lorentz Transformations16.11.2. Time Dilation and Length Contraction2 min16.11.3. Example: Special Relativity1 min16.11.4. Practice: Special Relativity59 sec16.11.5. Relativistic Velocity Transformations54 sec16.11.6. Relativistic Momentum and Energy16.11.7. Practice: Special Relativity5 min
17. Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Force
2.6hr17.3.1. Circular Motion in a Magnetic Field3 min17.3.2. Example: Circular Motion in a Magnetic Field3 min17.3.3. Example: Circular Motion in a Magnetic Field1 min17.3.4. Practice: Circular Motion in a Magnetic Field4 min17.3.5. Practice: Circular Motion in a Magnetic Field2 min17.3.6. Practice: Helical Motion in a Magnetic Field7 min
17.11.1. Ampere’s Law1 min17.11.2. Example: Ampere’s Law3 min17.11.3. Example: Ampere’s Law4 min17.11.4. Practice: Ampere's Law - shell17.11.5. Practice: Ampere's Law - coax7 min17.11.6. Practice: Ampere's Law - toroid3 min17.11.7. Practice: Ampere's Law - sheet8 min17.11.8. Practice: Ampere's law - variable density5 min
18. Electric Potential and Potential Energy
3hr18.4.1. Electric Potential of Continuous Charge Distributions2 min18.4.2. Example: Electric Potential of a Rod (on-axis)4 min18.4.3. Practice: Electric Potential of a Rod (off-axis)18.4.4. Practice: Rod with Positive and Negative Charge2 min18.4.5. Practice: Electric Potential at the Center of a Half-Ring4 min18.4.6. Practice: Electric Potential of a Ring3 min18.4.7. Practice: Electric Potential of a Disk11 min
18.6.1. Equipotential Lines and Surfaces3 min18.6.2. Example: Drawing Equipotential Lines2 min18.6.3. Practice: Drawing Equipotential Lines3 min18.6.4. Practice: Equipotential lines and work done2 min18.6.5. Practice: Electric Potential and Equipotentials5 min18.6.6. Practice: Conductors, Charge, and Electric Potential6 min
18.9.1. Relationship Between Electric Field and Potential (with calculus)3 min18.9.2. Example: Electric Field from a Potential3 min18.9.3. Practice: Electric Potential and Potential Energy of a Conducting Sphere4 min18.9.4. Practice: Electric Potential and Potential Energy of an Insulating Sphere7 min18.9.5. Practice: Electron Moving Away from Cylindrical Insulator8 min18.9.6. Practice: Electric Potential of a Spherical Conducting Shell5 min
19. AC Circuits
2.5hr20. Geometric Optics
1.1hr21. Electrostatic Forces and Electric Fields
4hr21.7.1. Finding Electric Field with Integrals3 min21.7.2. Example: Electric Field from a Rod9 min21.7.3. Example: Electric Field from a Rod (off-axis)21.7.4. Practice: Rod with Nonlinear Charge Density8 min21.7.5. Practice: Rod with Positive and Negative Charge9 min21.7.6. Practice: Rod Electric Field Without Symmetry14 min
21.13.1. Gauss's Law with Spherical Symmetries1 min21.13.2. Example: Gauss's Law for a Spherical Symmetry3 min21.13.3. Practice: Charges on a Hollow Conducting Sphere4 min21.13.4. Practice: Gauss's Law for a Spherical Insulator10 min21.13.5. Practice: Electric Field with an Off-Center Spherical Cavity (hard!)11 min
22. DC Circuits
4hr23. Equilibrium & Elasticity
1.7hr24. Sound & Hearing
15min25. Motion in Two Dimensions
2.9hr26. Force Vectors (Advanced Info)
7hr26.2.1. Scalars & Vectors - Definitions & Examples3 min26.2.2. Vectors (2D)12 min26.2.3. Vectors (3D)6 min26.2.4. Examples: Scalars and Vectors (Sine and Cosine Laws)13 min26.2.5. Practice: Scalars and Vectors (Sine and Cosine Laws)10 min26.2.6. Practice: Scalars and Vectors (Catesian Format, Sine Law)16 min26.2.7. Example: Scalars and Vectors (Rectangular Components)13 min26.2.8. Practice: Scalars and Vectors (Rectangular Components) 11 min
26.6.1. Forces 3D Cartesian Form (IMPORTANT!)11 min26.6.2. Example 1 - Part 1: 3D Force Vectors 11 min26.6.3. Example 1 - Part 2: 3D Force Vectors 7 min26.6.4. Example 2: 3D Force Vectors13 min26.6.5. Practice 1: 3D Force Vectors10 min26.6.6. Practice: 3D Vector Practice Questions Part 15 min26.6.7. Practice: 3D Vector Practice Questions Part 26 min26.6.8. Example: Forces in Cartesian Vector Form16 min
26.10.1. Vector Addition and Subtraction: Algebraic Method 54 sec26.10.2. Vector Addition and Subtraction: Graphic Methods9 min26.10.3. Example: Vector Addition6 min26.10.4. Practice: Algebraic Addition4 min26.10.5. Practice: Resultant of 2 Vectors1 min26.10.6. Practice: Vector Addition and Subtraction
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Wizeprep's course notes with hundreds of easy-to-understand explanations, diagrams, and practice problems.
Course Notes
Wizeprep's course notes with hundreds of easy-to-understand explanations, diagrams, and practice problems.