Physics 2011 – General Physics

Fall, 2005

Scott Norr

Instructor: Scott R.Norr, PE

• BSEE – North Dakota State University – 1986

• Registered Professional Engineer, MN –1994

• Minnesota Power – 1986 to 1997

• ECE Dept. at UM – Duluth - 1999 to Present

Physics 2011

Textbook:  Young&Freedman, University Physics – 11th Edition,

Pearson – Addison Wesley 2004

                   ISBN: 0-8053-9185-1

 

 Lecture Time & Place:  MWAH 195, 2:00 – 2:50 PM, M,W,Th,F

 

Course Website/Syllabus

• www.d.umn.edu/~snorr

• Egradebook will be used to track coursework

www.d.umn.edu/egradebook

Chapter 1: Units, Physical Quantities and Vectors

• Units: The International System (SI, for Systeme International) is standard.

• Also known as the MKS system (for meter, kilogram, second) based on the three standard units for length, mass and time.

Significant Figures

Vectors Describing Movement

Unit Vectors

Vectors in 3 Dimensions

Vector Multiplication

• Scalar Product or Dot Product

• Result is a pure number

Vector Product

• Also known as Cross Product

• Result is a Vector (Magnitude and angle)