11210PHYS113403#

General Physics A (I)#

普通物理Ａ#

Instructor#

  • Prof. Pochung Chen

  • R521, Physics building

  • pcchen {at} phys {dot} nthu {dot} edu {dot} tw

Teaching Assistant#

  • 陳主倫 alan85385 {at} gmail {dot} com

  • TA session (Staring from 9/21/2023)

    • Thursday 19:00-20:00

    • R222–>R613, physics building

Time#

  • T3T4R3R4

Room#

  • CHEM II(化二) 223 –> General 2(綜二), R105 –> General 2(綜二), R108

Grade#

  • Midterm (45%)+ final (45%) + quiz (10%)

  • Scientific calculator is allowed in the exams. (Programming and plotting are not allowed.)

  • Midterm: Chapter 1 - Chapter 14

    • Excluding Chapter 6.2, 6.3,

Textbooks#

In this semester we plan to cover following topics

Part 1: Mechanics#

  1. Physics and Measurement

  2. Motion in One Dimension

  3. Vectors

  4. Motion in Two dimensions

  5. The Laws of Motion

  6. Circular Motion and Other Applications of Newton’s Laws

  7. Energy of a System

  8. Conservation of Energy

  9. Linear Momentum and Collisions

  10. Rotation of a Rigid Object About a Fixed Axis

  11. Angular Momentum

  12. Static Equilibrium and Elasticity

  13. Universal Gravitation

  14. Fluid Mechanics

Part 2: Oscillations and Mechanical Waves#

  1. Oscillatory Motion

  2. Wave Motion

  3. Superposition and Standing Waves

Part 3: Thermodynamics#

  1. Temperature

  2. The First Law of Thermodynamics

  3. The Kinetic Theory of Gases

  4. Heat Engines, Entropy, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Notes#

  • This course follows a 16-week syllabus with extra learning materCials available online.

  • AI tools (like ChatGPT) are allowed with necessary explanations.

Homework#

You don’t need to turn in the homework. But it is important that you do the homework to make sure that you understand the concepts and the know how to carry out the calculations.

  • Chapter 5: Problem 18, 23, 31, 42, 51.

  • Chapter 7: Problem 1, 15, 26, 31, 41.

  • Chapter 8: Problem 7, 13, 26, 40, 44.

  • Chapter 9: Problem 4, 7, 12, 22, 33, 36

  • Chapter 10: Problem 3, 9, 16, 24, 25, 28, 33, 42

  • Chapter 11: Problem 13, 17,24, 37, 46

  • Chapter 12: Problem 7, 11, 14, 32, 47

  • Chapter 13: Problem 6, 10, 17, 30, 44

  • Chapter 14: Problem 9, 16, 31, 38, 48

  • Chapter 15: Problem 9, 13, 16, 21, 29, 45

  • Chapter 16: Problem 3, 8, 13, 17, 20, 28, 32, 41, 47

  • Chapter 17: Problem 6, 9, 14, 19, 27, 31, 42, 47

  • Chapter 18: Problem 6, 13, 25, 28, 31, 35, 38, 40

  • Chapter 19: Problem 5, 13, 16, 20, 24, 32, 36, 40

  • Chapter 20: Problem 1, 11, 14, 18, 25, 32, 42

  • Chapter 21: Problem 6, 7, 15, 19, 26, 28, 33

Weekly schedule#

  • Week 1

    • 9/12/2023: Introduction

    • 9/14/2023: Ch1-Ch4

  • Week 2

    • 9/19/2023: Ch5-Ch6

    • 9/21/2023: Ch7-Ch9

  • Week 3

    • 9/26/2023: Ch10

    • 9/28/2023: Teacher’s Day

  • Week 4

    • 10/3/2023: CH11

    • 10/5/2023: Ch11

  • Week 5

    • 10/10/2023: Ch12

    • 10/12/2023: Ch12

  • Week 6

    • 10/17/2023: Ch13

    • 10/19/2023: Ch13

  • Week 7

    • 10/24/2023: Ch14

    • 10/26/2023: Ch14

  • Week 8

    • 10/31/2023: Midterm–>Ch14

    • 11/2/2023: Midterm discussion–>Midterm

  • Week 9

    • 11/7/2023: Ch16

    • 11/9/2023: Ch15

  • Week 10

    • 11/7/2023: Ch16

    • 11/9/2023: Ch16

  • Week 11

    • 11/14/2023: Ch17

    • 11/16/2023: Ch17

  • Week 12

    • 11/21/2023: Ch18

    • 11/23/2023: Ch18

  • Week 13

    • 11/28/2023: Ch19

    • 11/30/2023: Ch19

  • Week 14

    • 12/5/2023: Ch20

    • 12/7/2023: Ch20

  • Week 15

    • 12/12/2023: Ch21

    • 12/14/2023: Ch21

  • Week 16

    • 12/19/2023: Ch21

    • 12/21/2023: Review

  • Week 17

    • 12/26/2023: Final

    • 12/28/2023: Final discussion