307727 (v.1) Geophysics 201 - Propagation of Energy

Area:

Department of Exploration Geophysics

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

2.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

    7063 (v.6) Mathematics 102
    OR
    7492 (v.5) Mathematics 104
AND
302804 (v.3) Physics 101
AND
307725 (v.1) Geophysics 102 - Geophysical Data Analysis
AND
307726 (v.1) Geophysics 104 - Properties of Matter and Electricity

Syllabus:

Simple harmonic motion (SHM), the force law, energy and SHM, angular SH oscillator, pendulums, SHM and circular motion, damped SHM, types of waves, transverse and progressive waves, wavelength and frequency, speed of travelling waves, waves in a stretched string, superposition, interference, wave vectors, standing waves, resonance, sound waves, elastic waves, surface waves, mode conversion, reflection and refraction. Radiation, decay sources, nuclear energy, spectroscopy, interaction with matters and detectors.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

010705 Geophysics

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External