University Of Pennsylvania Department of Physics

PHYS 141/151 – Engineering Physics II (Course Outline)

Instructor: Dr. Michael A. Carchidi

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Textbooks: Sears & Zemansky’s University Physics by Young and Freedman
(Required) (13th or higher edition, Addison-Wesley Publishers, @2012)
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Day Topics Covered
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1 Electric charge, the structure of matter, conservation and quantization of charge,
conductors and insulators, conduction and induction, Coulomb’s law between two
charged particles, superposition of forces and Coulomb’s law for many charges, the
electric field concept (Sections 21.1 – 21.4)
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2 Calculation and tabulation of electric fields, electric field lines, on-line applets for electric
fields, the electric dipole (Sections 21.5 – 21.7), charge and electric flux, calculating
electric flux (Sections 22.1 – 22.2)
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3 Surface integrals and Guass’s law, symmetry and application of Guass’s law, uniform
line charge, infinite planes, parallel conducting and non-conducting plates, electrostatic
equilibrium and charges on conductors, electric field inside and directly outside a
conductor (Sections 22.3 – 22.5)
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4 Work and electric potential energy, electric potential energy for a uniform electric field,
electric potential energy between two point charges, electric potential energy between a
point charge and several static point charges (Sections 23.1 – 23.2)
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5 Electric potential, computing electric potential for discrete and continuous distribution of
charges, examples in computing and using electrostatic potential (Section 23.3)
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Day Topics Covered
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6 (07/09/21) Exam #1 – More examples in computing and using electrostatic potential
(Section 23.3)
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7 Equipotential regions and electric field lines, on-line applets for computing equipotential
regions, equipotential regions and conductors, the potential gradient and electric fields,
(Sections 23.4 – 23.5)
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8 Capacitors, capacitance, energy stored in capacitors and electric-field energy, dielectrics,
induced charges, polarization, permittivity, dipole models, Guass’s law in dielectrics
(Sections 24.3 – 24.6)
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9 The mathematics of planar circuits, planar circuits containing capacitors and batteries,
springs in series and parallel (class notes)
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10 Capacitors in series and parallel (class notes), current, drift velocity, current density,
Ohm’s law and conductivity and resistivity (Sections 25.1 – 25.3)
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11 (07/16/21) Exam #2 – Temperature effects, resistance, energy and power, theory of
conductors, superconductors (Sections 25.4 – 25.6)
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12 Electromotive force, planar circuits containing batteries and resistors, Kirchhoff’s
junction and loop rules, resistors in series and parallel, electrical measuring instruments,
ammeters and voltmeters, RC circuits (Sections 26.1 – 26.5)
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13 Magnetism, magnetic field, magnetic force on a moving charge, magnetic field lines and
magnetic flux, Guass’s law for magnetism (Sections 27.1 – 27.3)
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14 Motion of a charge particle in a magnetic field, velocity selectors and mass
spectrometers, magnetic force on a current-carrying conductor, force and torque on a
current loop, magnetic dipole moments (Sections 27.4 – 27.7)
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15 The direct-current motor, the Hall effect (Sections 27.8 – 27.9), the magnetic field
produced by a moving charge, the Biot-Sarvart law, magnetic field due to a current
element (Sections 28.1 – 28.2)
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16 (07/23/21) Exam #3 – Magnetic field due to a long-straight wire, the magnetic force
between two parallel wires, magnetic fields produced via various geometries, Ampere’s
law, (Sections 28.3 – 28.6)
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17 Symmetries and applications of Ampere’s law, Magnetic materials, the Bohr magneton,
paramagnetism, diamagnetism, ferromagnetism, (Sections 28.7 – 28.8)
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18 Electromagnetic induction experiments, magnetic flux and Faraday’s law of induction,
the direction of induced emf, Lenz’s law (Sections 29.1 – 29.3)
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19 Motional electromotive force, induced electric fields, non-electrostatic fields, eddy
currents (Sections 29.4 – 29.6)
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20 Displacement currents and Maxwell’s equations, symmetry in Maxwell’s equations,
superconductivity and the Meissner effect (Sections 29.7 – 29.8)
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21 (07/30/21) Exam #4 – Mutual inductance, self-inductance and inductors, magnetic field
energy (Sections 30.1 – 30.3)
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22 Circuits containing batteries, resistors and inductors, the series RL circuit, time constants,
circuits containing batteries, capacitors and inductors, the series LC circuit, a mass-spring
analogy, circuits containing batteries, resistors, capacitors and inductors, the series LRC
circuit, a mass-spring-damper analogy (Sections 30.4 – 30.6)
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23 Phasors and alternating currents, phasor diagrams, root-mean-squared values, resistance
and inductive and capacitive reactance, the LRC circuit revisited, phase angles, power in
ac circuits (Sections 31.1 – 31.4)
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24 Resonance in alternating circuit circuits, a mechanical analogy, transformers (Sections
31.5 – 31.6)
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25 Maxwell’s equations and electromagnetic waves, generating electromagnetic radiation,
planar electromagnetic waves and the speed of light, the electromagnetic spectrum, the
one-dimensional wave equation, sinusoidal electromagnetic waves (Section 32.1 – 32.2)
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26 (08/06/21) Exam #5 – Energy and momentum in electromagnetic waves, standing
electromagnetic waves (Sections 32.3 – 32.5)
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Practice Textbook Problems for PHYS 141/151 (13th edition)

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Chapter 21 Q7, Q19, 3, 4, 8, 21, 30, 31, 33, 40, 47, 68, 73, 80, 82, 89, 90, 98, 99, 105, 106
Chapter 22 Q8, Q13, 2, 6, 8, 16, 32, 35, 37, 43, 46, 47, 59, 61, 63
Chapter 23 Q4, Q6, 1, 3, 5, 13, 19, 30, 40, 47, 53, 57, 58, 59, 62, 65, 86,
Chapter 24 Q8, Q15, Q20, 1, 7, 22, 27, 30, 40, 47, 57, 60, 63, 66
Chapter 25 Q12, Q14, Q15, Q16, 1, 11, 12, 30, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 45, 65, 68, 72, 79, 83, 84
Chapter 26 Q4, Q9, Q12, 2, 5, 6, 11, 16, 23, 26, 27, 31, 43, 49, 55, 67, 71, 78, 91
Chapter 27 Q12, Q13, 1, 5, 14, 15, 23, 24, 30, 31, 39, 41, 42, 45, 53, 58, 68, 69, 75, 79, 84, 89
Chapter 28 Q14, 1, 14, 15, 23, 29, 31, 37, 42, 45, 59, 64, 67, 72, 75
Chapter 29 Q1, 1, 7, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 27, 29, 34, 43, 45, 53, 52, 60, 69, 71, 77
Chapter 30 Q1, Q12, Q14, 1, 5, 7, 11, 17, 25, 35, 45, 61, 67, 69
Chapter 31 Q3, Q5, 1, 5, 13, 15, 27, 37, 43, 51, 52, 55
Chapter 32 Q3, Q7, Q11, 1, 5, 15, 17, 25, 30, 35, 47, 57, 58
Chapter 35 Q1, Q5, Q15, 1, 7, 13, 19, 25, 33, 37, 38, 46, 49, 55
Chapter 36 Q1, Q9, 1, 5, 9, 13, 15, 27, 29, 39, 51, 58, 64, 70
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Practice Textbook Problems for PHYS 141/151 (14th edition)

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Chapter 21 Q7, Q19, 3, 4, 8, 20, 29, 34, 41, 43, 44, 62, 65, 79, 82, 86, 87,, 95, 96
Chapter 22 Q1, Q7, Q13 , 2, 6, 8, 16, 21, 30, 33, 42, 44, 45, 52, 57
Chapter 23 Q1, Q5, Q20, 1, 3, 5, 19, 30, 37, 40, 47, 56, 57, 59, 63, 73, 79
Chapter 24 Q6, Q11, Q19, 1, 3, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 28, 29, 39, 45, 53, 56, 62, 66
Chapter 25 Q5, Q12, Q13, Q24, 1, 8, 10, 13, 26, 29, 33, 41, 47, 59, 60, 62, 66, 73
Chapter 26 Q4, Q6, Q14, Q16, 2, 5, 15, 19, 26, 34, 43, 49, 54, 58, 63, 67, 75, 83
Chapter 27 Q10, Q12, 1, 14, 15, 19, 24, 29, 35, 37, 39, 42, 60, 62, 69, 75, 81
Chapter 28 Q4, Q13, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 21, 23, 26, 27, 32, 35, 40, 55, 62, 63, 64, 65, 68, 78
Chapter 29 Q1, Q13, 7, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 24, 26, 29, 31, 33, 35, 47, 51, 56, 69
Chapter 30 Q10, 11, 50, 52, 57, 58, 59, 61, 63, 65, 66, 71
Chapter 32 Optional
Chapter 33 Optional
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General Information about the PHYS 141/151 Course

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1.) Official Class Time: From 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM on MTWRF via Zoom.
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2.) Prerequisites: Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry and Single-Variable Calculus.
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3.) Instructor: Dr. Michael A. Carchidi. I am available in my office at Towne 208, by
phone at (215)898-8342, and by e-mail at [email protected]
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4.) TA/Grader: See The Canvas site at https://canvas.upenn.edu/
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5.) Grading Policy: Five (5) exams, on Fridays, some parts in-class and some parts take-
home. Each of these will count for 20% of the final grade. When studying for exams, the
following order of priority should be adhered to:
1.) Discussions in class (This makes classroom attendance mandatory.)
2.) Examples worked out in the textbook (You should therefore purchase a textbook.)
3.) Suggested problems from the textbook (You should do as many as you can.)
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6.) Letter Grades: (98 – 100) A+, (93 – 97) A, (90 – 92) A-, (87 – 89) B+,
(83 – 86) B, (80 – 82) B-, (77 – 79) C+, (73 – 76) C, (70 – 72) C-,
(67 – 69) D+, (63 – 66) D, (60 – 62) D-, (0 – 59) F

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University Policies and Resources

My objective is to build a comfortable and supportive learning environment in PHYS141/151. As such, there are
several policies that we will abide by and resources available to improve learning in the course. Please reach out to
me or the graders/TA with any questions or concerns that you may have and note the following:

Code of Academic Integrity

All written assignments must be the product of your own effort, consistent with the University’s
Code of Academic Integrity, available at
https://provost.upenn.edu/policies/pennbook/2013/02/13/code-of-academic-integrity
You may not refer to other student’s(s’) work in preparing individual assignments. Violation of
University Code of Academic Integrity may result in failure of course.

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are considered to be serious misconduct and may result in disciplinary action up to and including
expulsion or termination of employment. In addition, such acts may violate federal, state and
local
laws and perpetrators of such acts may be subject to criminal prosecution. For more information,
please refer to Penn’ Sexual Harassment Policy,
http://provost.upenn.edu/policies/pennbook/2013/02/15/sexual-harassment-policy,
as well as the other related policies available at this link.

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Students with disabilities are encouraged to contact Weingarten Learning Resource Center’s
Office for Student Disabilities Services for information and assistance with the process of
accessing reasonable accommodations. For more information, visit
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or email [email protected].

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information, visit http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/caps/.
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