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University Physics: Mechanics

Learn about measurement, motion, vectors, force, energy, and more in this physics course. Get ready for quizzes, exams, and hands-on activities in lecture sessions. Practice converting units and using scientific notation.

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University Physics: Mechanics

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  1. University Physics: Mechanics Ch1. MEASUREMENT Lecture 1 Dr.-Ing. Erwin Sitompul http://zitompul.wordpress.com

  2. Textbook and Syllabus Textbook: “Fundamentals of Physics”, Halliday, Resnick, Walker, John Wiley & Sons, 8th Extended, 2008. Syllabus: (tentative) Chapter 1: Measurement Chapter 2: Motion Along a Straight Line Chapter 3: Vectors Chapter 4: Motion in Two and Three Dimensions Chapter 5: Force and Motion (Part 1) Chapter 6: Force and Motion (Part 2) Chapter 7: Kinetic Energy and Work Chapter 8: Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy University Physics: Mechanics

  3. Grades Grades: Final Grade = 5% Homework + 30% Quizzes + 30% Midterm Exam + 40% Final Exam + Extra Points • Homeworks will be given in fairly regular basis. The average of homework grades contributes 5% of final grade. • Homeworks are to be written on A4 papers, otherwise they will not be graded. • Homeworks must be submitted on time. If you submit late, < 10 min.  No penalty 10 – 60 min.  –20 points > 60 min.  –40 points • There will be 3 quizzes. Only the best 2 will be counted. The average of quiz grades contributes 30% of final grade. • Midterm and final exam schedule will be announced in time. • Make up of quizzes and exams will be held one week after the schedule of the respective quizzes and exams. University Physics: Mechanics

  4. Grades Grade Point: 85 – 100 : A (GPA = 4) 70 – 84 : B (GPA = 3) 60 – 69 : C (GPA = 2) 55 – 59 : D (GPA = 1) 0 – 54 : E (GPA = 0) • Always bring a scientific calculator to class. University Physics: Mechanics

  5. Lecture Activities • The lectures will be held every Wednesday (for IE) and Friday (for IT) 17:30 – 18:30 : Class 18:30 – 19:00 : Break 19:00 – 20:15 : Class • Lectures will be held in the form of PowerPoint presentations. • You are expected to write a note along the lectures to record your own conclusions or materials which are not covered by the lecture slides. University Physics: Mechanics

  6. Lecture Material • New lecture slides will be available on internet every Thursday afternoon. Please check the course homepage regularly. • The course homepage is : http://zitompul.wordpress.com • You are responsible to read and understand the lecture slides. If there is any problem, you may ask me. • Quizzes, midterm exam, and final exam will be open-book. Be sure to have your own copy of lecture slides. • Extra points will be given if you solve a problem in front of the class. You will earn 1, 2, or 3 points. University Physics: Mechanics

  7. The International System of Units • Physics is based on measurement. • Each physical quantity is measured in its own units, by comparison with a standard. • The exact definition of a unit is arbitrary, but is chosen so that scientists around the world will agree that the definitions are both sensible and practical. • By international agreement, there are seven base quantities: • length (unit name: meter, unit symbol: m) • mass (kilogram, kg) • time (second, s) • electric current (ampere, A) • thermodynamic temperature (kelvin, K) • amount of substance (mole, mol) • luminous intensity (candela, cd) • All other physical quantities are defined in terms of these base quantities and their standards (called base standards) University Physics: Mechanics

  8. The International System of Units • For University Physics: Mechanics, we will use the base quantities length, time, and mass. • From these we can define, or derive other quantities that we will discover as we proceed: • Velocity (length/time) • Acceleration (velocity/time, or length/time2) • Force (massacceleration or masslength/time2 ) University Physics: Mechanics

  9. Scientific Notation • To express the very large and very small quantities that we often meet in physics, we use scientific notation, which employs powers of 10. • 3 560 m = 3.56  103 m = 3.56 E3 m = 3.56 kilometers = 3.56 km • 0.000 000 492 s = 4.92  10–7 s = 4.92 E–7 s = 0.492  10–6 s = 0.492 microseconds = 0.492 μs • 1.27  109 watts = 1.27 gigawatts = 1.27 GW • What about millimeter, centimeter, kilogram, megabyte, megahertz? University Physics: Mechanics

  10. Changing Units • We often need to change the units in which a physical quantity is expressed. • In doing so, we use a method called chain-link conversion.  The original measurement is multiplied by a conversion factor (a ratio of units that is equal to unity) Example: Convert 2.5 hours into seconds. Solution: University Physics: Mechanics

  11. Changing Units Example: A PU student goes to Jakarta using Bus 121 (Blok M – Cikarang, via Semanggi, Rp.9.000,-). As the bus drives on the toll road, the student measures the time needed by the bus to travel between km 20.0 and km 19.0 using his stopwatch. If the stopwatch shows that the time is 42 s, determine the average velocity of the bus in km/h. Solution: University Physics: Mechanics

  12. Length • In 1792, the newborn Republic of France established a new system of weights and measures. • 1 meter is defined to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the north pole to the equator. • Later in 1889, the meter came to be defined as the distance between two fine lines engraved near the ends of a platinum-iridium bar (standard meter bar) • In 1960, a new standard for the meter, based on the wavelength of light, was adopted. University Physics: Mechanics

  13. Length • The standard meter was redefined to be 1 650 763.73 wavelengths of orange-red light emitted by atoms of krypton-86 in a gas discharge tube. • The current definition of the meter is created in 1983, which is the length of the path traveled by light in a vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second. University Physics: Mechanics

  14. Pronunciation of Mathematical Expressions University Physics: Mechanics

  15. Time • In old definition, any time standard was calibrated against Earth’s rotation via astronomical observations. • In this way, 1 second is 1/86 400 of the time for a complete earth rotation. • However, the accuracy cannot meet the accuracy called for by modern scientific and engineering technology. University Physics: Mechanics

  16. Time • To meet the need for a better time standard, atomic clocks have been developed. • In 1967, a standard second based on the cesium clock was adopted. • One second is the time taken by 9 192 631 770 oscillations of the light (of a specified wavelength) emitted by a cessium-133 atom. The first atomic clock, developed in 1955 University Physics: Mechanics

  17. Mass • Originally, the standard of mass is the weight of the water. 1 kilogram was defined as the mass of 1000 cubic centimeters of water. • The current SI standard of mass is a platinum-iridium cylinder kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris. It is assign, by international agreement, a mass of 1 kilogram. • Accurate copies have been sent to standardizing laboratories in other countries, and the masses of other bodies can be determined by balancing them against a copy. • The second mass standard is the atomic mass units (u). The carbon-12 atom, by international agreement, has been assigned a mass of 12 u, with 1 u = 1.660 538 86  10–27 kg. University Physics: Mechanics

  18. Mass University Physics: Mechanics

  19. Trivia Eight eggs look identical except one is lighter. How can you weigh only 2 times on a balance scale to find out which one is lighter? University Physics: Mechanics

  20. Trivia Solution: • We number the eggs, from 1 to 8. • Put egg 1, 2, and 3 on the left and egg 4, 5 and 6 on the right and weight them. • If they are balanced then we know egg 1 to 6 are all identical. We just need to put egg 7 on one side and egg 8 on the other side and weight them. The lighter egg is found. If they are not balanced, assuming the left side is lighter, put egg 1 on the left, egg 2 on the right, weight them one more time. If egg 1 and egg 2 are still balanced, then egg 3 is lighter. University Physics: Mechanics

  21. University Physics: Mechanics Ch2. MOTION ALONG A STRAIGHT LINE Lecture 1 Dr.-Ing. Erwin Sitompul http://zitompul.wordpress.com

  22. Position and Displacement • To locate an object means to find its position relative to some reference point, often the origin (or zero point) of an axis • The positive direction of the axis is in the direction of increasing numbers (coordinates) • The opposite direction is the negative direction • A change from one position x1 to another position x2 is called a displacement Δx, where University Physics: Mechanics

  23. Average Velocity and Average Speed • Average velocity (vector) = ratio of the displacement to the time interval • Average speed (scalar) = ratio of the total distance traveled to the time interval • Note that the average velocity points in the same direction as the displacement vector • If the displacement points in the + direction, then the velocity is + • If the displacement points in the – direction, then the velocity is – University Physics: Mechanics

  24. Average Velocity and Average Speed • Circuit Length: 5.419 km • Number of Laps: 57 • Race Distance: 308.883 km • Time: 1:35:51.289 Rubens Barrichello won the European GP in Valencia on 23 August 2009 • What is Rubens’ average speed? The start and finish line are identical, so Rubens’ displacement after 57 laps is zero. • What is Rubens’ average velocity? University Physics: Mechanics

  25. Average Velocity and Average Speed • Average velocity can be found a graph of x versus t, which is equal to the slope from the initial to the final position University Physics: Mechanics

  26. Average Velocity and Average Speed • Position vs. Time graph orx-t graph vavg > 0 vavg < 0 University Physics: Mechanics

  27. Average Velocity and Average Speed • So for the round trip, your displacement Δx = x2–x1 = 0, and your average velocity vavg = Δx / Δt = 0 • However, your average speed was 40 km/h At time t1 = 0, your position is x1 = 0 At time t2 = 30 min, your position is x2 = 0 University Physics: Mechanics

  28. Questions The figure below shows four paths along which objects move from a starting point to a final point, all in the same time. The lines are equally spaced. Rank the paths according to (a) The average velocity of the objects (b) The average speed of the objects All tie 4, tie of 1 and 2, 3 University Physics: Mechanics

  29. Example: Grand Livina You drive a Grand Livina from city J to city B, which are separated by 150 km, with a constant velocity of 80 km/h. After reaching B, you directly travel back to city J, with constant velocity of 60 km/h. What is your average speed? University Physics: Mechanics

  30. Homework 1: Truck You drives a truck along a straight road for 8.4 km at 70 km/h, at which point the truck runs out of gasoline and stops. Over the next 30 min, you walk another 2.0 km farther along the road to a gasoline station. (a) What is your overall displacement from the beginning of your drive to your arrival at the station? (b) What is the time interval Δt from the beginning of your drive to your arrival at the station? (c) What is your average velocity vavg from the beginning of your drive to your arrival at the station? Find it both numerically and graphically. (d) Suppose that to pump the gasoline, pay for it, and walk back to the truck takes you another 45 min. What is your average speed from the beginning of your drive to you return to the truck with the gas? Homeworks are to be written on A4 papers University Physics: Mechanics

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