Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | MECHANICS, HEAT AND WAVES WITH LAB | ||||||||
Course Unit Code | APHY111 | ||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 5 | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
Prerequisites | AMAT111 | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
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Course Contents | Kinematics in one dimension: Motion along a straight line, motion with constant acceleration and deceleration, graphical representations, motion with constant deceleration, motions due to gravity (Free Fall, Fall with initial velocity, objects thrown upward).
Dynamics: Work and energy: Work done by a constant force, kinetic energy, work-energy principle, potential energy due to position and due to a spring, conservation of mechanical energy, dissipative forces.
Linear Momentum: Momentum and forces, conservation of linear momentum in one and two dimensions, elastic and inelastic collisions, impulse, energy and momentum in collisions.
Oscillations: Simple harmonic motion, conservation of mechanical energy, simple pendulum.
Rigid Body: Moments, equilibrium of a rigid body, kinematics of a rigid body (motion and rotation about a fixed axis), dynamics of a rigid body (torque, work, energy and power in rotational motion, conservation of angular momentum).
Waves: Wave motion, superposition, sound waves, speed of sound, Doppler effect).
Ideal gas: density, ideal gas law, temperature scales.
Laboratory Work: General Laboratory Instructions and Error Analysis-Error bars are initially covered. Small group experiments on: Measurement of the Acceleration of Gravity, Force of Equilibrium, | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | Lectures are delivered to the students by means of computer presentations including images, simulations, and videos. Lecture notes and presentations are available through the web for students to be used in combination with the textbooks.
Lectures begin with real-life observations challenging the students for explanation to guide them to the new physics concept and to investigate its principles and variables. Problems are presented and solved in the class while further problems are given for practice.
Lectures are supplemented by eight laboratory exercises to investigate, test, and verify the taught physics principles, laws and methodologies.
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |