PHYSICS 220AL, MECHANICS LABORATORY

Spring 2003

Ticket #85081/#85083

Mondays/Wednesdays, 13:00-15:50

Room SC2104

Textbook: PHYSICS 220AL LABORATORY MANUAL   by Barney L. Bales

 Department of Physics and Astronomy California State University, Northridge

 

T. Chen

E-mail: taonian.chen@csun.edu

Website: http://www.oocities.org/taonian

Office: SC1120C

 

Office Hours:

Tuesday: 9:15-10:45.

Thursdays: 9:15-9:45.

Online assistance

 

Objective: This course is the first in the physics 220 series laboratory practices. It fulfills the laboratory requirement of General Education Section B.1 in the physical science by covering mechanics.

 

Prerequisite: PHYSICS 220A/concurrently-taking 220A preferred.

 

Course Schedule

Date

Experiments

Date

Experiments

1/27, 29

Introduction/Organization

3/24, 26

E-8 Ballistic Pendulum

2/3, 5

E-1 Uncertainties in Measurement

 4/2

E-9 Simple harmonic Motion

2/10, 12

E-2 Vector Addition of Forces

4/7, 9

E-10 Simple Pendulum

2/17,19

E-3 Measurement of Length

4/14, 16

Spring Break

2/24, 26

E-4 Free Fall

4/21, 23

E-11 Rot.of Bodies about a Fixed Axis

3/3, 5

E-5 Instant. Velocity in one dimension

4/28, 30

E-12 Physical Pendulum

3/10, 12

E-6 Friction

5/5, 7

E-13 Torsion Pendulum

3/17, 19

E-7 Centripetal Force

5/12, 14

Final examination

 

 

  1. There will be 12 experiments for #85081 and 13 experiments for #85083 . Lab reports are due at the beginning of the lab

period the week following the experiment. Overdue reports will not be accepted.

Each reports is worth 5 points      

      2.   There will be a take-home quiz for each experiment. The quiz is due together with   

the lab report. The quiz turned in late will not be accepted.

Each quiz is worth 5 points.

 

  1. Students will also be evaluated based on attendance and lab performance.

Absence and non-participation will affect the final grade. Each attendance is worth 1 point.

  1. The report/quiz with the lowest score will be dropped.
  2. There will be no make-up session for any missed experiment. However, you have the option of dropping a missing experiment as your lowest score.
  3. There is a final exam. It is worth 100 points. The format of the final is a comprehensive two-hour-open-book test. The students must take the final. The students without the final scores will fail the course.
  4. The final letter grade is based on the total points accumulated. The highest point is calculated as for #85081: 5x 11 (reports) + 5 x 11 (quizzes) + 12 (attendance) + 100 (final) = 222, and for #85083: 5 x 12 (reports) + 5 x 12 (quizzes) + 13 (attendance) + 100 (final) = 233. The distribution of the grades is A: 200 (#85081), 210 (#85083), B: 166 (#85081), 170 (#85083), C: 133 (#85081), 140 (#85083), D: 110 (#85081), 115 (#85083), and F: 85 (#85081), 90 (#85083), with +, - at both ends. No A+ will be granted.
  5. A special office hour will be scheduled after the final exam so that the students can review their final grades. When the grades are finalized no change of the grades can be made. Do not send emails for grade inquiry.
  6. The students should strictly follow the laboratory safety rules. Should any accident occur, report the accident to the instructor immediately.