Physics Fundamentalized
Summary: Eric Scheidly, a university and high school physics teacher, presents a series of live and unscripted physics lectures on classical mechanics and electricity and magnetism. Images of all of the board writing are available on the series website www.physicsfundamentalized.com or via RSS feed. Direct your feed reader to: http://www.physicsfundamentalized.com/PFDiag.rss
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Podcasts:
Introduction Part 4
Introduction Part 3
Introduction Part 2
Physics as a Description of the Universe Uncertainty in Measurement The Imperfect Notion of Trajectory Kinematic Quantities Defined Units and Dimensional Analysis Graphical Analysis Limitations of Kinematics
Lecture 103: Derivatives Part II
Lecture 102: Derivatives
Lecture 101: Kinematics
Capacitance is defined in the context of an arrangement of parallel plates. The electric field energy per unit volume is also derived.
The notion of lines of equipotential is introduced and explored.
The electric potential between two parallel conducting plates of known surface charge density is discussed in detail. This example is of particular interest because it is used to illuminate the relationship between force, field, voltage and energy.
The integral that defines electric potential is evaluated in the context of two uniform, spherically symmetric charge distributions, the first of which results in the electric potential due to a point charge.
The Electrostatic Potential energy is derived from the work-energy theorem which leads, in turn to our definition of electric potential, the energy per unit charge.
The Electrostatic Potential energy is derived from the work-energy theorem which leads, in turn to our definition of electric potential, the energy per unit charge.
The harmonic oscillator is solved with a damping force proportional to the speed of the oscillator.
The principles of harmonic motion are reviewed and then applied to three examples: the simple pendulum, the physical pendulum and a can bobbing in water.
