# Physics equations/Journal Sp15 Phy2400

Category:Physics equations/Journals Category:Physics and Astronomy/Labs

### Monday, January 12, 2015

Covered first two chapters: Mathematics for this course and Physics_equations#Introduction

### Tuesday, January 13, 2015

2 h lab Matlab tutorial by mathworks via MATLAB/Getting started

### Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Wikiquizzes for next test.

### Thursday, January 15, 2015

2 hour lab. Use wikiversity Matlab tutorial. character strings and 3d plots.

### Tuesday, January 20, 2015

2 hour lab. Used matlab on student projects. Wrote script file to convert mil to degrees. Also introduced symbolic differentiation.

### Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Wikiquizzes

### Thursday, January 22, 2015

2 hour lab. Matlab: look at symbolic codes.
Angular diameter lab. Investigate two different ways to make 20 degrees, and how to best express the data. (Did this in hall and collected good data).

### Monday, January 26, 2015

Reviewed for test.

### Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Optional test review.

### Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Test 1.

### Thursday, January 29, 2015

No lab due to test.

### Monday, February 02, 2015

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### Tuesday, February 03, 2015

Dropping paperclips on a coffee can.
* Read about an interesting error analysis.
** Does the string stretch too much?
* develop the theory using equations of motion for free fall
** derive the n squared rule. The initial height of the nth paperclip is proportional to n squared.
** This lab allows us to measure g

### Wednesday, February 04, 2015

Chapter 4 wikiquizzes

### Thursday, February 05, 2015

Analyze audio file to measure g ≈ 15 m/s/s.

### Monday, February 09, 2015

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### Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Radioactive decay lab and a look at sum of squares as a means to fit data to a model.

### Wednesday, February 11, 2015

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### Thursday, February 12, 2015

accident reconstruction lab. NEXT TIME: fprintf dummed down for 'versity'

### Monday, February 16, 2015

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### Tuesday, February 17, 2015

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### Wednesday, February 18, 2015

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### Thursday, February 19, 2015

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### Monday, February 23, 2015

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### Tuesday, February 24, 2015

2 h lab steam tables

### Wednesday, February 25, 2015

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### Thursday, February 26, 2015

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### Monday, March 09, 2015

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### Tuesday, March 10, 2015

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### Wednesday, March 11, 2015

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### Thursday, March 12, 2015

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### Monday, March 16, 2015

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### Tuesday, March 17, 2015

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### Wednesday, March 18, 2015

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### Thursday, March 19, 2015

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### Monday, March 23, 2015

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### Tuesday, March 24, 2015

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### Wednesday, March 25, 2015

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### Thursday, March 26, 2015

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2 hour lab: 3d plot in matlab and verifying algebra on happy/sad ball knockdown calculation.
* $z=x^{2}+2y^{2}$ for x, y on the interval [0,1]. We found plot3 which plot lines in 3D. Want surfaces. Also found contour3 and other stuff in 3-D Function Plots.
* Verify the first step in Topic:Advanced_Classical_Mechanics/Compound_ballistic_pendulum_with_spinning_ball

### Monday, March 30, 2015

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### Tuesday, March 31, 2015

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### Wednesday, April 01, 2015

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### Thursday, April 02, 2015

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### Monday, April 06, 2015

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### Tuesday, April 07, 2015

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### Wednesday, April 08, 2015

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### Thursday, April 09, 2015

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### Monday, April 13, 2015

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### Tuesday, April 14, 2015

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### Wednesday, April 15, 2015

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### Thursday, April 16, 2015

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### Monday, April 20, 2015

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### Tuesday, April 21, 2015

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### Wednesday, April 22, 2015

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### Thursday, April 23, 2015

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### Monday, April 27, 2015

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### Tuesday, April 28, 2015

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### Wednesday, April 29, 2015

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### Thursday, April 30, 2015

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