General Physics (I) (2024 Fall)
Classic Mechanics and Thermodynamics
Course Syllabus 【download】
Textbook: Feynman Lectures Vol. I【visit caltech.edu】
Instructor: Shengchao Li （lishengchao[at]westlake.edu.cn）
Office: E5-226, Yungu
Hour: Friday 10:00-11:00
TAs:
Siyi Yang (yangsiyi[at]westlake.edu.cn) Office: E5-229, Yungu
Ruijiang Fu (furuijiang[at]westlake.edu.cn) Office: Buld3-306, Yunqi
Lecture:
Monday 9:50-11:25; Thursday 10:40-12:15
Venue: H6-207
Lecture Notes:
Classical Mechanics
Lecture 1:【Introduction: Physics and Natural Philosophy Theories】
Supplemental Material: 【铀235临界质量的估算 (吴从军)】
Lecture 2:【Vectors】(Refs: Feynman Ch.11,Berkeley Ch.2)
Lecture 3:【Motion】(Ref: Feynman Ch.8)
Lecture 4:【Newton's Law of Dynamic】(Ref: Feynman Ch.9)
Lecture 5:【Oscillators】(Ref: Feynman Ch.21)
Lecture 5.5:【Forced Oscillators】(Ref: Feynman Ch.23-25)
Lecture 6:【Planetary Motion and Gravity】(Ref: Feynman Ch.7)
Supplemental Material:【Kepler’s Problem】
Lecture 7:【Inertial and non-inertial frames】(Ref: Feynman Ch.7)
Supplemental Material:【Coriolis Force】
Lecture 8:【Conservation:Energy】(Ref: Feynman Ch.4)
Lecture 9:【Conservation:Energy2】(Ref: Feynman Ch.4)
Lecture 10:【Conservation:Momentum】(Ref: Feynman Ch.10)
Lecture 11:【Conservation:Angular Momentum】(Ref: Feynman Ch.18)
Lecture 12:【Application:Kepler's Problem (cont'd)】(Ref: Feynman Ch.18&9)
Lecture 13:【Rigid Body Rotation】(Ref: Feynman Ch.18-20)
Lecture 14:【Euler Equation】(Ref: Feynman Ch.18-20)
Thermal Dynamics
Password: GP1
Lecture 15:【Kinetic Gas】(Ref: Feynman Ch.39)
Lecture 16:【Temperature】(Ref: Feynman Ch.39)
Lecture 17:【Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution】(Ref: Feynman Ch.40)
Lecture 18:【Blackbody and Brownian】(Ref: Feynman Ch.41)
Lecture 19:【Heat Engines】(Ref: Feynman Ch.44)
Lecture 20:【Entropy】(Ref: Feynman Ch.44)
Lecture 21:【State Variables】(Ref: Feynman Ch.45)
Lecture 22:【Analitycal Thermal】(Ref: Feynman Ch.45)
Lecture 23:【Statistical_Thermodynamics】
Lecture 24:【Insight&Application】(Ref: Feynman Ch.42)
Homework:
Homework0: read Feynman Ch.1-3, 11
Homework1 【download】 due Sep.19 in class
Homework2 【download】 due Sep.30 in class
Homework3 【download】 due Oct.10 in class
Homework4 【download】 due Oct.14 in class
Homework5 【download】 due Oct.17 in class
Homework6 【download】 due Oct.29 in class
Homework7 【download】 due Nov.7 in class
Homework8 【download】 due Nov.14 in class
Homework9 【download】 due Nov.25 in class
Homework10 【download】 due Dec.2 in class
Homework11 【download】 due Dec.9 in class
Homework12 【download】 due Dec.16 in class
Homework13 【download】 due Dec.19 in class (tutorial)
Tutorial Notes:
Time: Saturday 10:30-11:30
Tutorial 1: 【notes】09.21-Siyi&Ruijiang
Tutorial 2: Solution to Hw1
Tutorial 3: Solution to Hw3
Tutorial 4: Solution to Hw4&2
Tutorial 5: Solution to Hw5
Tutorial 6: Q&A for Midterm
Extracurricular project:
Project 1: Search for Dark Matter Signal with Hamornic Oscillator （Due date Oct.10)
Instruction and example code 【download】
To run, visit https://jupyter.org/try-jupyter/lab/ and upload.
To submit, send your completed (with answers in your own words) .ipynb file to general_physics_1[at]westlake.edu.cn, with the title: [your name] GPI Project1
