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The lecture outlines can be viewed here (html or ppt format). The ppt file is the latest version and minor updates may be done before each lecture. The notes are not meant to be comprehensive, and detailed discussions of topics and examples will be done in class.

After each lecture, you will need to do an on-line exercise on OWL comprising short questions to reinforce the concepts taught in class (as distinct from Tutorials). Note that OWL exercises are due before the following lecture. Login for more details: http://owl.oit.umass.edu

MECHANICS

bulletLecture 1 ppt (Physics & Measurement)
bulletLecture 2 ppt (1D Kinematics)
bulletLecture 3 ppt (Free Fall & Vectors)
bulletLecture 4 ppt (2D Kinematics)
bulletLecture 5 ppt (Circular Motion & Reference Frames)
bulletLecture 6 ppt (Newton's Laws)
bulletLecture 7 ppt (Applications of Newton's Laws)
bulletLecture 8 ppt (Centripetal, Resistive Forces)
bulletLecture 9 ppt (Work & Energy)
bulletLecture 10 ppt (Potential Energy)
bulletLecture 11 ppt (Conservation of Energy)
bulletLecture 12 ppt (Linear Momentum)
bulletLecture 13 ppt (Collisions & Rocket Propulsion)
bulletLecture 14 ppt (Rigid Body Rotation); Moment of Inertia primer pdf
bulletLecture 15 ppt (Torque & Rotational Dynamics)
bulletLecture 16 ppt (Angular Momentum)
bulletLecture 17 ppt (Oscillatory Motion)

THERMODYNAMICS

bulletLecture 18 ppt (Temperature & Thermal Expansion)
bulletLecture 19 ppt (Equations of State, Heat & Work)
bulletLecture 20 ppt (First Law of Thermodynamics)
bulletLecture 21 ppt (Heat Transfer, Kinetic Theory)
bulletLecture 22 ppt (Equipartition of Energy)
bulletLecture 23 ppt (Second Law &  Entropy)