Protected: Solutions for HW #6, due Monday Feb 23 Phy 262 Spring 2009

Posted in February 26th, 2009

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Lectures #15, #16 and #17 for the week of Feb 22

Posted in February 22nd, 2009

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Lectures without surprises, of course.

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Homework #7 Due Monday May 2

Posted in February 22nd, 2009

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1) If a someone can long jump 8m at the north pole, how far can she jump at the equator? (Ignore air resistance, wind, temperature, or anything that would cause the jumper to deviate from projectile motion.) Assume the gravity at the equator is 99.95% of that at the north pole.

2) Problem 5.14

Recommended: 5.15,5.16, 5.17, [...]

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Lectures 12 through 14 for Monday Feb 16, Wed Feb 18 and Fri Feb 20

Posted in February 15th, 2009

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The lectures are combined in one powerpoint. Without surprises, of course.
Lectures 12 through14

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Homework #6 Due Monday Feb 23 Phy 262 Spring 2009

Posted in February 15th, 2009

by admin in Phy 262S2009 HW, Uncategorized

Required:
1) Consider the underdamped driven harmonic oscillator, which we started numerically investigating in class.
Find two set of parameters that will cause the oscillator to A) exhibit considerable interference between the damped transient oscillations and the steady-state oscillations, and B) exhibit a separation between the transient and steady-state behavior
For each set of parameters plot and discuss [...]

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