Physics III: Vibrations and Waves

Video Lectures

Displaying all 23 video lectures.
Lecture 1
Periodic Phenomena
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Periodic Phenomena (Oscillations, Waves) - SHO - Complex Notation - Differential Equations - Physical Pendulum
Lecture 2
Damped Free Oscillations
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Beats - Damped Free Oscillations (Under- Over- and Critically Damped) - Quality Q
Lecture 3
Forced Oscillations
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Forced Oscillations with Damping
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Lecture 4
Resonance
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Forced Oscillations - Power at Resonance (Resonance Absorption, Resonance Width, Quality Q) - Transient Phenomena (General Solutions including Initial Conditions)
Lecture 5
Coupled Oscillators
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Coupled Oscillators
Lecture 6
Triple Pendulum & Cramer's Rule
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Driven Coupled Oscillators - Triple Pendulum - Steady State and Transient Solutions - Cramer's Rule
Lecture 7
Wave Equation
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Many Coupled Oscillators - Wave Equation - Transverse Traveling Pulses and Waves
Lecture 8
Traveling Waves
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Traveling Waves - Boundary Conditions - Standing Waves - Sound (Longitudinal Waves) - Energy in Waves
Lecture 9
Sound Cavities & Music
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Musical Instruments - Sound Cavities - Normal Modes
Lecture 10
Exam 1 Review
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Exam 1 Review
Lecture 11
Fourier Analysis
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Fourier Analysis - Time Evolution of Pulses on Strings
Lecture 12
Dispersion & Phase Velocity
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Dispersion - Phase Velocity - Group Velocity
Lecture 13
Malus' Law
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Electromagnetic Waves - Plane Wave Solutions to Maxwell's Equations - Polarization - Malus' Law
Lecture 14
Accelerated Charges & Power
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Accelerated Charges - Poynting Vector - Power - Rayleigh Scattering - Polarization
Lecture 15
Expanding Universe & Stars
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Doppler Effect - Sound - EM Radiation - Binary Stars - Neutron Stars and Black Holes - Expanding Universe
Lecture 16
Reflection & Standing EM Waves
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Boundary Conditions at Perfect Conductors - Reflection - Standing EM Waves - Transmission Lines - Radiation Pressure
Lecture 17
Wave Guides
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Wave Guides - Resonance Cavities of EM-radiation and Sound
Lecture 18
Reflection
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Boundary Conditions for Dielectrics - Index of Refraction - Snell's Law - Total Internal Reflection - Fresnel Equations - Brewster Angle
Lecture 19
Exam 2 Review
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Exam 2 Review
Lecture 20
Huygens' Principle & Light
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Huygens' Principle - Interference - Thin films - Soap - Oil - Light (double slit interference)
Lecture 21
Diffraction
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Diffraction - Gratings - Pin Holes - Angular Resolution
Lecture 22
Rainbows, Coronae & Glories
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Rainbows - Haloes - Coronae - Glories
Lecture 23
Balloons & X-Ray Astrophysics
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Farewell Special: My Early Years at MIT - Astrophysics - Balloon Astronomy - Super Giant Balloons - 145,000 ft altitude