PHY 2811 Physics Laboratory I (2009)
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General Information

How to study physics? (Univ. of Texas at Austin)
(Sept. 8, 2008)
Introduction to 1st-year lab courses
(Sept. 2, 2009)
How to write your lab reports?
(Sept. 4, 2009)
Another sample report (revised TA's report on free fall experiment)
(Sept. 4, 2009)
Marking scheme for grading lab reports
(Sept. 8, 2009)

Error Analysis

Short Notes on Error Analysis (revised in 2009) by H.K. Wong
(Aug 14, 2009)
Examples on error analysis (Free fall experiment)
(Aug 27, 2009)
Excel file for "Short Notes on Error Analysis": (1) Free fall experiment
(Aug 15, 2008)
Excel file for "Short Notes on Error Analysis": (2) Simple pendulum experiment
(Aug 25, 2008)
Data Analysis Notes by Dr. F.C. Chen (1969)
(Aug 15, 2008)

Test & Lab schedule

Schedule for Exp. 8 (Vibrating string) Group A (Nov. 23, 2009) ***
Schedule for Exp. 8 (Vibrating string) Group B (Nov. 24, 2009) ***
Schedule for Exp. 8 (Vibrating string) Group C ((Nov. 25, 2009) ***
Schedule for Test 2 (Equipment) Group A (Nov. 30, 2009)
Schedule for Test 2 (Equipment) Group B (Dec. 1, 2009)
Schedule for Test 2 (Equipment) Group C (Dec. 2, 2009)
Schedule for Exp. 6 (Rolling friction) Group A (Nov. 9, 2009)
Schedule for Exp. 6 (Rolling friction) Group B (Nov. 10, 2009)
Schedule for Exp. 6 (Rolling friction) Group C (Nov. 11, 2009)
Schedule for Short Test on Error Analysis:
Group A: Sept. 14, 2009 (Monday)
Group B: Sept. 15, 2009 (Tuesday)
Group C: Sept. 16, 2009 (Wednesday)
SC 213, 4:00pm-4:45pm

Test

Content of Test 2. ***
Sample test paper for Test 1.
(Aug. 25, 2009)
Test 1 paper (Group A).
(Sept. 18, 2009)
Test 1 solution (Group A).
(Sept. 18, 2009)
Test 1 paper (Group B).
(Sept. 18, 2009)
Test 1 solution (Group B).
(Sept. 18, 2009)
Test 1 paper (Group C).
(Sept. 18, 2009)
Test 1 solution (Group C).
(Sept. 18, 2009)

Demo

Demo for Exp. 1 (Falling water drop)
(Sept. 3, 2008)
Water drop picture taken from a book by W. Wick, "A Drop of Water" (1997)
(Sept. 10, 2008)
Demo for Exp. 4 (Torsional pendulum)
(October 10, 2008)
Demo for Exp. 5 (Cavendish's Experiment)
(October 24, 2008)
Demo for Exp. 6 (Frictional force on rolling objects)
(October 16, 2008)

Data Sheets

Exp. 1 Data Sheet
(Aug. 18, 2009, Sept. 19, 2009)
Exp. 2 Data Sheet
(Aug. 18, 2009)
Exp. 3 Data Sheet
(Aug. 18, 2009)
Exp. 4 Data Sheet
(Aug. 18, 2009)
Exp. 5 Data Sheet
(Aug. 18, 2009)
Exp. 6 Data Sheet
(Aug. 18, 2009)
Exp. 7 Data Sheet
(Nov. 18, 2009)
Exp. 8 Data Sheet
(Aug. 18, 2009)

Prelab Questions & Solutions

Exp. 1
(Aug. 18, 2009)
Exp. 2
(Aug. 18, 2009)
Exp. 3
(Aug. 18, 2009)
Exp. 4
(Aug. 18, 2009)
Exp. 5
(Aug. 18, 2009)
Exp. 6
(Aug. 18, 2009)
Exp. 7
(Aug. 18, 2009)
Exp. 8
(Aug. 18, 2009)

Others

Smart Timer user manual
(Oct. 20, 2008)
MathCad program for calculation of resonance curve
(Nov. 11, 2008)