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Week |
Class |
Lab |
Homework |
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I Mar 17 |
Introductions-goals, expectations. Basic concepts: Dimensions and Units, basic statistics. Comparison of fluids and solids. Continuum hypothesis. No-slip condition and shear. Lecture (PDF). Reading material (PDF). |
First visit to Lab (handout, PDF): Mass, density and volume. The no-slip condition. Sinking in low Re #. Pictures from lab (PDF) Movie viewing homework: Fluid dynamics of drag, part I. Watch using Real-player (http://www.realplayerweb.com available free from googlepack). Sinking speed data from all groups (Excel spreadsheet). Quiz 1 (PDF) |
Homework 1: Mass, volume and density. Error propagation. Using Excel worksheets, graphing, analyzing and displaying data (PDF). Sinking data from all groups (excel spreadsheet) Answer to homework (PDF) Handout: Rubric on data, their display and their interpretation (PDF). Handout: on error propagation and significant digits (PDF). See also: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/mechanics/sigdig.html#c1 |
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II Mar 24 |
Basic concepts: density, volume, mass. mass conservation and continuity. Momentum. Newton's laws. Forces in fluids: body (e.g. gravity) and surface forces (pressure and stress). (PDF). Reading material (PDF) |
Pressure lab: Static, Manometers, Pascal's press (PDF). Explanations and pictures from lab (PDF). Movie viewing homework: Fluid dynamics of drag, part II. Quiz 2 (PDF) |
Homework 2 (PDF). Answers to homework 2 (PDF)
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III Mar 31st |
Pressure and buoyancy. Archimedes principle. Energy, power. Bernoulli's principle (PDF). Reading material (PDF). |
Buoyancy lab (PDF. Explanations and pictures from lab (PDF). Movie viewing homework: Fluid dynamics of drag, part III. Quiz 3 (PDF) |
Homework 3 (PDF) Answers to homework 3 (PDF) |
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IV Apr 7 |
Heat and temperature. Diffusion. Infrared radiation (PDF). Reading material (PDF). |
Lab on heat and temperature (PDF). Movie viewing homework: Fluid dynamics of drag, part IV. Pictures for lab (PDF) Quiz 4 (PDF) |
Homework 4: investigate the yearly temperature cycle in the Gulf of Maine + Unit conversion. (PDF) Answers to homework 4 (PDF) |
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V Apr 14 |
Vision and hearing in water. Basic acoustics and optics (PDF). Reading material (PDF).
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Lab on light and sound, vision and hearing (PDF). Movie viewing homework: Low Reynolds number flow. Quiz 5 (PDF) |
Homework 5:. Sound and light propagation and analysis of sinking data from Lab 1 (PDF). Answers to homework (PDF)
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VI Apr 21
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The Reynolds number (Re). Swimming at low Re (PDF). Reading material (PDF). Purcell's lecture (PDF) |
Lab on drag and swimming at high and low Re. (PDF) Pictures from lab (PDF) Quiz 6 (PDF) |
Homework 6: Integration of concepts from the class. Unit conversion. (PDF) |
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VII Apr 28 |
High Reynolds number swimming (PDF). | Review for mid-term |
Prepare for final: 2004 exam (PDF), Answers (PDF) 2005 exam (PDF), Answers (PDF) 2006 exam (PDF), Answers (PDF) |
| May 5 | Final exam 2008 |
Results for group competition based on the weekly lab quizzes. Winning group will be invited for dinner at a local restaurant of their choice.
Final results are:
| Team | Quiz 1 | Quiz 2 | Quiz 3 | Quiz 4 | Quiz 5 | Quiz 6 | Total |
Prevailing Westerlies 40 40 38 36 38 39 230
What's for lunch 40 38 40 36 38 40 232 co-winners of this year's contest
Sonja, Andy & Ruth 38 38 40 40 36 40 232 co-winners of this year's contest
Muddy Mollusks 40 38 40 35 40 38 231
The Red Army 40 38 35 36 28 37 214
303! 38 38 38 40 36 38 228
The Tareable duo 38 40 40 36 34 35 223
Team Rumbo 38 40 36 40 37 40 231
SuperSharks 36 34 38 34 27 31 200
Questions and number of wrong answers (Question-number of wrong answers) for quiz 1: 3-1, 4-4, 5-7, 9-1. -- Q. 5 was judged unfair and 2pts were added to the groups that lost points.
Questions and number of wrong answers (Q-n) for quiz 2: 4-4, 7-1, 8-2.
Questions and number of wrong answers (Q-n) for quiz 3: 1-1, 7-1, 8-2, 9-4.
Questions and number of wrong answers (Q-n) for quiz 4: 2-2 3-4 5-1 8-1 10-2 --Q:5 a & d OK Q 10: c & d OK.
Questions and number of wrong answers (Q-n) for quiz 5: 1-1 2-3 3-6 4-5 5-2 6-2 7-4 8-1 10-5
Questions and number of wrong answers (Q-n) for quiz 6: 3-1, 5-2, 6-3, 7-3, 10-1