PHY-141 (Spring 2026)


Syllabus

Lecture Slides

General principles of everyday physical phenomena - Simple harmonic motion - Pressure waves - Constructive and destructive interference - Fourier decomposition - Standing waves and overtone series - Speed of sound waves - Doppler effect and sonic boom - Musical instruments - Electricity - Magnetism - Microphones and speakers - Analog tape recording basics -

Focus Group Assignments

Assignment I (February 25) -- Assignment II (April 15)

Lecture Notes

Additional Material

Tuning forks sound waves - Measuring the speed of sound -