10740 (v.3) Physics for Foundation Studies 012
| Area: | Department of Applied Physics |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 6.0 |
| Lecture: | 3 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: | 2 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Syllabus: | Rotational equilibrium. Static electricity, fields. Charges, Coulomb's law, conductors and insulators. Electric potential and electric energy. Storage of energy - capacitance, dielectrics, batteries, thunderstorms and deep-space power supplies. Electric current. Conventions, resistance, Ohm's law, injured athletes, safety. Electric circuits. DC and AC current, EMF, power, Kirchoff's laws, advantages of both kinds of current, transformers, welders and the nervous system. Magnetism. Fields produced by electric currents, force on a single moving charge, speakers and electron microscopes. Electromagnetic induction. Faraday's law, magnetic flux, Lenz's law, generators, motors, transformers, sunspots and Aurora. Waves - sound and light, interference, standing waves, beats, reflection, refraction, diffraction. Optics - plane, concave and convex mirrors, periscopes, telescopes and lasers. Concave and convex thin spherical lenses. Microscopes, spitting fish and weather images. Simple harmonic oscillations. Springs and pendula, energy of vibration, harmonic frequency, rocking chairs, bridges, molecules, gases, liquids, solids. The search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Materials science. The Apollo I, Apollo XIII and Challenger mission failures. Atomic physics. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | mechanics, wave motion and light, electricity and magnetism, atomic physics. They will also have improved problem solving skills and improved written scientific communication skills. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
| Unit Texts: | Giancoli, D.C., 1998, 'Physics. Principles with Applications', Prentice-Hall, New Jersey. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Laboratory Reports 20%. Tests 20%. Final Examination 60%. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | | |
Current as of: February 2, 2004
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