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Physics 113Autumn 2001

Prof. L. Stanley Durkin

Smith 2101, Smith 2087

Office Hrs. T,Th 11:30-12:30

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Course Supervisor(click to email)

Dr. Rallis

Recitation Instructors(click to email)

Durkin (Smith 1180)

Bhattacharyya (McPherson 1035)

Davis (Smith 5024)

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Announcements

Grade Breakdown

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GIANCOLI Practice Problems

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Fun Stuff

Physics Applets

good applets

good applets (unfortunately in german)

shock wave site

Harmonic Oscillation (Review)

SHM circular motion

SHM spring (applet)

simple harmonic oscillation (applet)

hooke's law(applet)

plucking a string (applet)

tacoma narrow's bridge (movie)

small bridge oscillations

Wave Properties

transverse & longitudinal waves (applet)

Reflection of Waves

simple transvere wave train

simple longitudinal wave train

addition of waves (applet)

interference of two waves (applet)

Superposition of waves

interference of two waves (applet)

interference of two standing waves (applet)

addition of standing harmonics (applet)

beats(applet)

beats(sound applet)

beats (applet)

wave generator (applet)

Sound

Sound Plane Wave(sound applet)

Sound Sphereical Waves(sound applet)

Tuning Fork Waves(sound applet)

sound wave synthesis(sound applet)

create an instrument(sound applet)

organ pipe (applet)

doppler effect (applet)

doppler effect(sound applet)

dB sound levels (applet)

image voice prints (applet)

harmonic modes of guitar (animated gifs)

Light propagation

propagating EM wave (applet)

EM waves from vibrating charge

x-rays (applet)

dispersion

prism (applet)

rainbow

refraction

refraction (applet)

refraction (applet)

diffraction

huygen's (applet)

huygen's principle (applet)

single slit diffraction

single slit (applet)

radio telescopes are inverse diffraction gratingsvla picture1vla picture2

opals are natural diffraction gratings

color in nature

interference

young's experiment (applet)

young's experiment(applet)

young's experiment (applet)

interference (movie)

multiple slit interference (applet)

thin film simulation

thin film applet

thin film photography

optics

single lense real(applet)

lenses (applet)

resolution

raleigh criterion

pentagon at different resolutions

polarization

polaroid filter (applet)

polaroid filter (applet)

polaroid filter (pictures)

polaroid filter (applet)

discovery of polarizer (text,humorous)

three polarizers (applet)

Brewters's Angle

Brewters's Angle (lousy but unique)

polaroid sunglasses (applet)

Albert Einstein

Einstein Web page

Special Relativity

michelson interferometry (applet)

time dialation

twin parado (applet)

twin paradox 2 (applet)

relativistic flight simulators

relativity tutorial

relativity links (some very mathematical)

Mr. Tompkins

Quantum Mechanics

color temperature

black body radiation

black body radiation II (applet)

COBE - cosmic background explorer

black body radiation 2

black body radiation 3

photoelectric effect

photoelectric effect2

photoelectric effect3

photoelectric effect4

basics of quantum mechanics(website)

debroglie (applet)

quantum two slit interference (applet)

scanning electron microscope

gaussian packet (applet)

tunneling (applet)

wave packet (applet)

quantum applets

Atoms

rutherford scattering (applet)

atomic orbits (applet)

bohr atom (applet)

Bohr radius

Bohr Atom (applet)

atomic absorption balmer

atomic spectra (applet)

atomic builder (applet)

Periodic Table

electron filling (applet)

the elements (description)

periodic table applet

atomic orbital movies

atomic orbital graphic table

best periodic table (click on atomic config)

H2O bothered by charge (applet)

Molecular Bonds

covalent and polar bonds

molecular orbitals (difficult)

Nuclear Physics

stable nuclei (java)

the nuclear wall chart

nuclear binding energy

Radioactive Decay

radioactive decay (applet)

radioactive decay (applet)

radioactive decay II (applet)

Effects of Radiation

radiation safety (website)

calculate your annual dose (applet)

radiation damage to cells (article)

Peaceful Nuclear Energy

practical uses of nuclear energy

control a nuclear reactor

US Nuclear Accidents

Atomic Bombs

chain reaction (applet)

manhattan project(website)

truman -the bomb (sound)

effects of a bomb on Columbus,OH (java)

At least the congress would survive

atomic blasts (movies)

US above ground nuclear tests (pictures)

what would an nuclear blast do to your house ? (mov)

atomic cafe (mov)

Particle Physics

The Particle Adventure (website)

Lasers

laser simulated emission(applet)

laser (applet)

laser emission (applet)

Fresnel Zone Plate

Fresnel Zone Plate Screen Saver

Fresnel Zone Cameras

Zone Plate Photographs

Zone Plate Photograph

X-Ray Microscope

Simple Zone Holograms

Laser Pointer Holograms

A History of Modern Physics

nobel prizes in physics (website)

Physics Humor

Physics Humor

Physics Humor2

Comments or Suggestions Prof. Durkin