Episodes
Published 12/11/08
Published 12/11/08
Published 12/04/08
We look at wave effects for sound including interference and beat notes and the doppler shift caused by a moving listener or source.
Published 12/02/08
We continue to look at mechanical waves, focusing on sound and hearing, specifically the decibel units for sound level.
Published 11/26/08
We introduce waves by considering solutions to the wave equations for propagation along a string. We introduce the concepts of superposition and standing waves.
Published 11/24/08
We introduce the continuity equation for mass and volume flow rate and the Bernoulli equation for relating pressure, height and speed of fluid.
Published 11/20/08
We introduce density, pressure and the buoyant force and derive Pascal's law for fluids.
Published 11/18/08
We look at parameters of periodic motion. Specifically we investigate simple harmonic motion and the pendulum.
Published 11/13/08
Review of angular motion and equilibrium
Published 11/06/08
We look at Newton's law of gravitation and introduce the universal gravitational constant. We also discuss escape velocity and black holes.
Published 11/04/08
We discuss systems in equilibrium and introduce the frictional force.
Published 09/25/08
We discuss how to use free body diagrams to solve problems involving forces.
Published 09/18/08
We introduce Newton's 3 laws.
Published 09/15/08
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.
Published 09/10/08
We apply the equations of motion to problems in 2 dimensions.
Published 09/08/08
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
Published 08/28/08
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]
Published 08/25/08