Course Webpage for PHYS-205B (2021 Fall) at SIU--Carbondale

Course Webpage for
PHYS 205B: University Physics (2021 Fall)
Department of Physics, Southern Illinois University--Carbondale

Last updated: Dec 7, 2021. (This page is no more maintained.)

General information:
- Instructor: K. V. Shajesh (Office: Neckers 491, Tel.: +1-618-453-5212)
- Class meetings: TR 9:35-10:50 AM, in Neckers 440.
- Office hours for instructor: MF 11:00 AM-1:00 PM; TR 3:00-4:00 PM.
- Syllabus for the course. The Provost Office has put together a Syllabus Attachment to assist the student. It lists and provides web links for many elements that are important for a student.
Resources:
- Assigned Textbook:
- Formal Lecture Notes from previous semesters.
- Homework solutions will be collected as a YouTube Playlist at SIUC PHYS-205B (2021 Fall).
- Equation Sheet: While working on homework you can use any reference, however, during exams only an equation sheet will be available.
- Grades will be posted on SIU MyCourses (password protected).
  Submission of Quizzes, Homework, and Exams, will use SIU MyCourses (password protected).
- Physics Help Desk Schedule. Contact Chase McCrary (chase.mccrary@siu.edu) at the Physics department office for more information.
- PHYS-206B serves as a Tutorial Session for PHYS-205B. Concurrent enrollment in PHYS-206B is recommended.
- Old exams from 2017 Spring: MT-01 and Solutions; MT-02 and Solutions (Erratum: Solution to problem 5 is Q_3=120 nC); MT-03 and Solutions; Final Exam and Solutions.

COURSE CONTENT: WEEKS 01-04

Coulomb's law:
1. Electric charge, insulators versus conductors
2. Electric force, electric field, superposition principle
3. Electric field from continously distributed charges
4. Motion of a charged particle in a uniform electric field
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 01 and Solutions.
Quizzes: Q-0817, Q-0819, and Q-0824.
Check out this journal article for Q-0824.
Examples in Chapter 23 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 23 of Textbook.
Gauss's law:
1. Electric flux
2. Gauss's law
3. Calculation of electric field using Gauss's law
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 02 and links to solutions at end of each problem.
Quizzes: Q-0826 and Q-0831.
Examples in Chapter 24 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 24 of Textbook.
Midterm Exam 01 and Solutions (September 7, Tuesday, in class).

COURSE CONTENT: WEEKS 03-08
Electric potential and electric potential energy:
1. Electric potential
2. Electric potential energy
3. Calculation of electric potential for given confguration.
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 03 (with links to solutions)
Quizzes: Q-0902, Q-0909, and Q-0914.
Examples in Chapter 25 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 25 of Textbook.
Capacitance
1. Charge-voltage relation for a capacitor
2. Energy stored inside a capacitor
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 04 (with links to solutions)
Quizzes: Q-0916 and Q-0921.
Examples in Chapter 26 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 26 of Textbook.
DC circuits
1. Current, current density, drift velocity
2. Resistance, resistivity
3. Kirchhoff's circuit laws
4. RC circuit
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 05 (with links to solutions)
Quizzes: Q-0923, Q-0928, and Q-0930.
Examples in Chapter 27 and 28 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 27 and 28 of Textbook.
Midterm Exam 02 and Solutions (October 5, Tuesday, in class).

COURSE CONTENT: WEEKS 08-12
Magnetic force
1. Vector cross product
2. Magnetic force on a moving charge
3. Magnetic force on a current carrying wire
4. Magnetic dipole moment
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 06 (with links to solutions)
Quizzes: Q-1007, Q-1012, and Q-1014.
Examples in Chapter 29 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 29 of Textbook.
Magnetic field
1. Biot-Savart law
2. Ampère's law
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 07 (with links to solutions)
Quizzes: Q-1019 and Q-1021.
Examples in Chapter 30 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 30 of Textbook.
Faraday's law
1. Flux of magnetic field
2. Faraday's law of induction
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 08 (with links to solutions)
Quizzes: Q-1026 and Q-1028.
Examples in Chapter 31 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 31 of Textbook.
~~Check out (optional) Homework No. 21~~ (cancelled)
Midterm Exam 03 and Solutions (November 2, Tuesday, in class).

COURSE CONTENT: WEEKS 12-16
Inductance
1. Inductance
2. Magnetic energy
3. RC, RL, LC, and LCR circuits
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 09 (with links to solutions)
Quizzes: Q-1104.
Examples in Chapter 32 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 32 of Textbook.
Alternating-current circuits

AC circuits

Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
No homework assigned for this topic.
Quizzes: No quiz on this topic.
Examples in Chapter 33 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 33 of Textbook.
Electromagnetic waves
1. Maxwell equations
2. Electromagnetic waves
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 09 (with links to solutions)
Quizzes: Q-1109.
Examples in Chapter 34 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 34 of Textbook.
Ray optics: Reflection
1. Law of reflection
2. Spherical mirrors
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 10 (with links to solutions)
Quizzes: Q-1116 and Q-1118.
Examples in Chapters 35 and 36 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapters 35 and 36 of Textbook.
Ray optics: Refraction
1. Law of refraction
2. Total internal reflection
3. Spherical lenses
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 11 (with links to solutions)
Quizzes: Q-1130 and Q-1202.
Examples in Chapters 35 and 36 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapters 35 and 36 of Textbook.
Final Exam and Solutions (December 7, Tuesday, 12:30-2:30 PM, in class in Neckers 440).

More information:

Evaluation:

Quizzes 10%

Homework 30%

Midterm Exams (3x15%) 45%

Final Exam 15%

Exam schedule:

Midterm Exam 1 --- September 7 (Tuesday, during class period)

Midterm Exam 2 --- October 5 (Tuesday, during class period)

Midterm Exam 3 --- November 2 (Tuesday, during class period)

Final Exam --- December 7 (Tuesday, 12:30-2:30 PM)

Last updated on Dec 7, 2021 (and is no more maintained) by K. V. Shajesh (kvshajesh@gmail.com).

Midterm Exam 1	---	September 7 (Tuesday, during class period)
Midterm Exam 2	---	October 5 (Tuesday, during class period)
Midterm Exam 3	---	November 2 (Tuesday, during class period)
Final Exam	---	December 7 (Tuesday, 12:30-2:30 PM)

Quizzes	10%
Homework	30%
Midterm Exams (3x15%)	45%
Final Exam	15%