Description

This course on Classical Mechanics gives students the basic background for advanced Physics and Engineering. The primary subjects of the course are the motion of particles and rigid bodies, how that motion is created or changed by forces, and applicable conservation laws. The word "Classical" means we will only discuss speeds much slower than the speed of light (non-relativistic speeds), and only macroscopic forces (ie, no quantum mechanics).

Topics covered are (in order) Kinematics, Forces, Oscillations, Energy, Momentum, Rotation, Equilibrium, and Gravitation.

There are both lecture and lab components to this course. They are run nearly independently, but with obvious topical overlap. The goals of the lecture course is to understand the physics and math behind it. The goals of the lab course are to understand what constitutes a measurement, and encounter selected non-intuitive topics of mechanics. There is far less structure to lab time, and thus more room for independent and creative work.

General Information

Time & Location
All lectures are in MP203. ("MP" = McLennan Physical Labs -- the Physics Department -- at 60 St George.) The lecture times are
Lec01: M12, W12, Th2
Lec02: M11, W1, Th3
Check your schedule to see if you are in the "Lec0101" or "Lec0102" section. Class starts promptly at 10 minutes after the hour.

For tutorial and lab times, see https://goo.gl/xoo3iW and https://goo.gl/2CsrNk showing room and time for all "TUT" and "PRA" sections. [Start dates: PRA0101 to PRA0104 start week of Sept 11; PRA0105 to PRA0108 start following week, Sept 18-.]
UofT Learning Portal
Grades are posted on
https://portal.utoronto.ca/
For quizzes and exam grades, look for "Fall-2017-PHY180H1-F-LEC0101.LEC0102: Classical Mechanics / Elements of Physics I"
Online problems
Appear on Enhanced WebAssign (EWA)
https://www.webassign.net/wa-auth/login
username: [your UTOR ID]
passwd: [your UTOR ID] -- please reset immediately.
institution: utoronto

You'll have free access from 10 Sept until 23 Sept, after which you'll need to purchase access to EWA either alone or in a bundle with the textbook. See "textbook options" below.
Marking Scheme
15% Quizzes
25% Lab
25% Midterms (Oct 5 & Nov 6)
35% Final
Textbook options
Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 9th Edition with Technology Update (2015) by Serway & Jewett.
1. Textbook + ebook + WebAssign ($127.95 at nelsonbrain.com http://goo.gl/twrGPR )
2. ebook + WebAssign ($73.95 at http://goo.gl/twrGPR )
3. WebAssign only, no textbook ($49.95 at http://goo.gl/twrGPR). If you have a used textbook, option 3 gives you access to the online homework system.
Approved Calculators
The Faculty has a list of approved calculators: the models are shown here: http://goo.gl/ZFZjPs
Also, other prefixes and suffices are permitted!

Any other calculators (even with exactly the same functions) are not approved, because it is infeasible for university invigilators to test the functions of all calculators at a final exam. Also, the Engsci office and I do not make these rules, or instruct the invigilators... So, no choice but to buy one of the approved ones. Sorry.
Absences for illness or religious holidays
For petitions for special considerations, you must submit a "term work petition" through the Engineering Portal at https://portal.engineering.utoronto.ca/welcome.asp
If the absence is for illness, see a doctor, and ask them to complete this UofT medical document:
https://goo.gl/zyeYcj
Office hours
For Prof. Thywissen: Mondays 10:00am - 10:45am, in MP1109A. (Note: Some days this slot will be used for exams of other classes, but those days you probably will be focusing on that other course! Before exams for PHY180, some kind of review session will be organized.)

For TAs: see room and time under resources/staff/.
https://piazza.com/utoronto.ca/fall2017/phy180/staff
You can visit the office hours of *any* TA, even if you're not in their tutorial.

Announcements

Announcements are not public for this course.
Staff Office Hours
NameOffice Hours
Brian Wilson
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Joseph Thywissen
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Nikita Dawe
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David DeMarco
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Eric chen
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Lilian
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Hazem Daoud
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xsong
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Ahmad Golaraei
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Antoine Sarracini
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Andras Lindenmaier
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Albert Casha
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Amar Vutha
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Yifei Han
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Arthur Pang
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Bo yuan
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Matthew Basso
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Shoma Yamanouchi
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Matthew Taylor
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Corina Nantais
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Justin Kim
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Samuel Ga-Ching Lui
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