Physics of Surfing - SIO 87
(http://topex.ucsd.edu/ps)
Wednesday 5:00-5:50 PM
Munk Conference Rm. Scripps Inst. of Oceanography
(See
map on how to get to the Munk
Conference Rm. There is a UCSD Shuttle bus that runs untill 9 PM.)
David Sandwell
- Scripps Inst. Of Oceanography Ð dsandwell@ucsd.edu
Stefan Llewellyn Smith
Ð Dept. of Mech. and Aerospace Eng. - - sgls@ucsd.edu
This 1 credit freshman
seminar will cover three topics in physics related to surfing:
generation, propagation, and breaking of waves; the energetics of a surfer
riding a wave; and the fluid mechanics of a surfboard. There will be at
least one lab on the SIO pier. Prerequisite: Some physics or
calculus.
|
DATE |
TOPIC |
ASSIGNMENT/HW |
LECTURER |
|
01 OCT |
Introductions Tour of Scripps |
Read Ch. 8 of Oceanography
- Waves and Water Dynamics p.
236-253 |
Sandwell/ Llewellyn Smith |
|
08 OCT |
Wave generation, propagation, and
refraction |
HW 1. Ch. 8, problems 5, 9,
12, 16 |
Sandwell |
|
15 OCT |
Lab
1: Measure wave period, experiment with accelerometer |
hand in HW 1 |
Sandwell |
|
22 OCT |
Dynamics of the surf zone |
hand in
Exercises1 |
Guza |
|
25 OCT |
Scripps Open House (optional wave experiment 8:30 AM near pier) |
optional
surf lessons 10 AM - 3 PM |
|
|
29 OCT |
Optional class Ð fire!! Lab
2: Measure linear and harmonic accelerations |
|
Sandwell |
|
05 NOV |
Energetics of surfing |
hand in Lab
1. |
Sandwell |
|
12 NOV |
Fluid mechanics of a
surfboard |
intro. fluid mechanics
reading |
Llewellyn Smith |
|
16 NOV |
(optional wave-riding
experiment, 8:30 AM near SIO pier) |
|
|
|
19 NOV |
Lab
2: Measure linear and harmonic accelerations |
|
Sandwell/ Llewellyn Smith |
|
26 NOV |
No Class |
|
|
|
03 DEC |
Student
presentations/pizza |
hand in Lab
2. present
results from labs and experiments |
Sandwell/ Llewellyn Smith |
