Physics 50 Lectures @ SJSU

This is an enhanced audio podcast of Dr. Beyersdorf's Physics 50 lectures at San Jose State University. Episodes are recorded on Monday and Wednesday afternoons during the fall 2008 semester.

Review of Chapters 1-8

We review midterm #4 as well as chapters 1-8 on vectors, kinematics, projectile motion, Newton's laws, and work and energy

12-11
01:20:08

Review of chapters 13-16

We review oscillation and simple harmonic motion, fluid mechanics, waves and sound.

12-04
01:14:41

Doppler Shift and Interference

We look at wave effects for sound including interference and beat notes and the doppler shift caused by a moving listener or source.

12-02
01:14:00

Sound and Hearing

We continue to look at mechanical waves, focusing on sound and hearing, specifically the decibel units for sound level.

11-26
55:51

Mechanical Waves

We introduce waves by considering solutions to the wave equations for propagation along a string. We introduce the concepts of superposition and standing waves.

11-24
01:09:25

Fluid Dynamics

We introduce the continuity equation for mass and volume flow rate and the Bernoulli equation for relating pressure, height and speed of fluid.

11-20
01:16:13

Hydrostatics

We introduce density, pressure and the buoyant force and derive Pascal's law for fluids.

11-18
01:11:15

Periodic Motion

We look at parameters of periodic motion. Specifically we investigate simple harmonic motion and the pendulum.

11-13
01:15:31

Review of chapters 9-12

Review of angular motion and equilibrium

11-06
01:15:28

Gravitation

We look at Newton's law of gravitation and introduce the universal gravitational constant. We also discuss escape velocity and black holes.

11-04
01:14:22

Friction

We discuss systems in equilibrium and introduce the frictional force.

09-25
01:16:57

Free Body Diagrams

We discuss how to use free body diagrams to solve problems involving forces.

09-18
43:17

Newton's Laws

We introduce Newton's 3 laws.

09-15
43:44

Circular Motion and Relative Velocity

We derive the centripetal acceleration of an object moving in circular motion and also discuss the concept of relative motion where an objects velocity is described in a different reference frame than that in which it is desired.

09-10
01:16:37

Projectile Motion

We apply the equations of motion to problems in 2 dimensions.

09-08
01:13:04

Motion in 1 dimension

We finish our introduction of vectors with an introduction of the dot product and the cross product. We introduce displacement, velocity and acceleration as parameters of motion

08-28
01:15:14

Units, Scalars and Vectors

We look at dimensions and units of physical quantities and discuss the difference between scalars and vectors, as well as introduce vector addition. [note no audio due to technical issues]

08-25
01:12:28

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