PHY1031F is a first-year, first semester, non-calculus introductory course for Science students who do not
intend proceeding to second-year courses in Physics.
Course co-ordinator:
Dr. S.W. Wheaton - Room 407, RW James Building
Entrance requirements:
Students will be expected to have passed senior Physical Science with at least an E symbol on the Higher Grade or at least a C symbol on the Standard Grade.
Course outline:
MECHANICS: vectors, kinematics, dynamics, work, energy, power, conservative and non-conservative forces, friction, impulse, momentum, collisions, rotation, rotational dynamics, torque, rotational inertia, rotational energy, angular momentum, static equilibrium, gravitation.
VIBRATIONS AND WAVES: simple harmonic motion, damped oscillations, forced oscillations, resonance, travelling waves, phase velocity, superposition, standing waves, sound waves, sound intensity, Dopper effect.
PROPERTIES OF MATTER: elasticity, elastic moduli, hydrostatics, hydrodynamics.
THERMAL PHYSICS: temperature, heat, kinetic theory of gases, thermodynamics.
Lecturers:
Course Tutor:
Detailed Course Information:
Link to 2012 Course Material
101224/dga(smw)
