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Lecture Module Video: Background and introduction (MP4 file)

Watch this first:

Lecture Module Video: Fluids and Pressure

Then check out the first 1 min 40 sec of this:

YouTube - Magdeburg Hemispheres Demo

(We will talk about liquid pressure - the rest of the video - later.)

PDF of Problems

Lecture Module Video: Elastic Moduli

PDF of Problems

Lecture Module Video: Class Policies

Lecture 1: Liquid pressure

Lecture 1: Liquid pressure (recording, mp4)

Lecture 2: Pascal's principle, pressure measurements, introduction to fluid dynamics

Lecture 3: Fluid dynamics, continuity equation, Bernoulli's equation

Lecture 4: Torricelli's law, Bernoulli's equation applications, introducing Thermodynamics

Lecture 5: Heat and temperature

Lecture 6: Thermal expansion

Lecture 7: More thermal expansion

Lecture 8: The ideal gas equation

Lecture 9: Heat, internal energy, heat capacity

Lecture 10: Heat capacity, phase changes, latent heat

Lecture 11: Phase changes, work done on a gas

Lecture 12: Heat and work, first law of thermodynamics, P-V diagrams

Lecture 13: First law of thermodynamics, more P-V diagrams

Lecture 14: Heat transfer, thermal conductivity

Lecture 15: Thermal conductivity, convection, radiative heat transfer

Lecture 16: Molecular model of a gas

Lecture 17: Molecular model of a gas

Lecture 18: Molar heat capacities of a monatomic gas

Lecture 19: Heat capacities of a diatomic gas, adiabatic processes

Lecture 20: Boltzmann and Maxwell-Boltzmann distributions

Lecture 21: Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution, 2nd Law

Lecture 22: Entropy (macroscopically)

Lecture 23: Entropy (microscopically)

Lecture 24: Entropy (microscopically), heat engines, heat pumps

Lecture 25: The Carnot engine

Lecture 26: Finish heat engines

Lecture Module Video: Entropy and Engines

Lecture Module Video: Real Engines

Lecture 27: Oscillations, SHM, intro to waves, pulse propagation

Lecture 28: Wave speed on a string, the wave equation

Lecture 29: Solutons to the wave equation, sine waves

Lecture 30: Transverse speed and acceleration, energy transfer

Lecture 31: Power of a wave, interference, reflection

Lecture 32: Interference of waves, reflection

Lecture 33: Reflection and transmission, standing waves, sound

Lecture 34: Sound waves, speed of sound

Animation: Sound waves (You need to open it in Adobe)

Lecture 35: Speed of sound, interference of sound

Lecture 36: Standing waves and sound

Lecture 37: Standing waves in rods and membranes, beats

Beats Demo (video)

Lecture 38: Nonsinusoidal waves, intensity

Lecture 39: Sound level, the Doppler effect

Lecture 40: The Doppler effect, bow and shock waves

Lecture 41: The nature of light, light as a wave, speed of light

TED talk about measuring speed of light (7.5min)

Lecture 42: Ray optics, reflection

Lecture 43: Refraction, dispersion, total internal reflection

Lecture 44: Dispersion, total internal reflection, image formation terminology

Lecture 45: Image formation from mirrors

Lecture 46: Image formation from refracting surfaces

Lecture 47: Image formation from lenses

Lecture 48: Lenses

Lecture 49: Wave behavior in optics, interference from multiple slits, diffraction gratings

Lecture 50: Diffraction, diffraction intensity, Raleigh's criterion