MIT 8.03 Physics III: Vibrations and Waves - Fall 2004

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Lecture 1: Periodic Phenomena (Oscillations, Waves) - SHO - Complex Notation - Differential Equations - Physical Pendulum

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Lecture 2: Beats - Damped Free Oscillations (Under- Over- and Critically Damped) - Quality Q

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Lecture 3: Forced Oscillations with Damping Information about the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse

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Lecture 4: Forced Oscillations - Power at Resonance (Resonance Absorption, Resonance Width, Quality Q) - Transient Phenomena (General Solutions including Initial Conditions)

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Lecture 5: Coupled Oscillators

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Lecture 6: Driven Coupled Oscillators - Triple Pendulum - Steady State and Transient Solutions - Cramer's Rule

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Lecture 7: Many Coupled Oscillators - Wave Equation - Transverse Traveling Pulses and Waves

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Lecture 8: Traveling Waves - Boundary Conditions - Standing Waves - Sound (Longitudinal Waves) - Energy in Waves

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Lecture 9: Musical Instruments - Sound Cavities - Normal Modes

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Lecture 10: Exam 1 Review

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Lecture 11: Fourier Analysis - Time Evolution of Pulses on Strings

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Lecture 12: Dispersion - Phase Velocity - Group Velocity

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Lecture 13: Electromagnetic Waves - Plane Wave Solutions to Maxwell's Equations - Polarization - Malus' Law

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Lecture 14: Accelerated Charges - Poynting Vector - Power - Rayleigh Scattering - Polarization

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Lecture 15: Doppler Effect - Sound - EM Radiation - Binary Stars - Neutron Stars and Black Holes - Expanding Universe

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Lecture 16: Boundary Conditions at Perfect Conductors - Reflection - Standing EM Waves - Transmission Lines - Radiation Pressure

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Lecture 17: Wave Guides - Resonance Cavities of EM-radiation and Sound

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Lecture 18: Boundary Conditions for Dielectrics - Index of Refraction - Snell's Law - Total Internal Reflection - Fresnel Equations - Brewster Angle

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Lecture 19: Exam 2 Review

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Lecture 20: Huygens' Principle - Interference - Thin films - Soap - Oil - Light (double slit interference)

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Lecture 21: Diffraction - Gratings - Pin Holes - Angular Resolution

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Lecture 22: Rainbows - Haloes - Coronae - Glories

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Lecture 23: Farewell Special - Bring a Friend!

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