PHY107 Engineering Physics (8)
Abstract| This subject encompasses a range of first-year physics topics selected to provide a sufficiently broadbased, yet relevant physics foundation for students pursuing the Bachelor of Science, the Bachelor of Applied Science (Wine Science) and Bachelor of Applied Science (Food Science) course. The subject covers topics in Newtonian mechanics, fluid mechanics, heat and thermodynamics, static and dynamic electricity and electro-magnetism. |
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| Session 1 | | Internal | Wagga Wagga Campus | | Distance* | Wagga Wagga Campus |
*This subject offering contains a residential school. Please view following information for further details.
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: PHY107
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One session | HD/FL | School of Dentistry and Health Sciences |
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Enrolment restrictions|
PHY104 Engineering Physics |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
have a knowledge of translational motion and uniform circular motion;
have a knowledge of Newtons laws of motion, forces, the work-energy theorem and collision dynamics;
have a knowledge of the elastic properties of materials;
have a knowledge of the behaviour of static and moving fluids and of the property of fluid surfaces, and their applications in nature and in technology;
appreciate factors operating at the microscopic and macroscopic levels which determine the behaviour of materials and their response to a change in temperature;
have a quantitative understanding of electric fields, electric potentials, capacitance and energy storage in capacitors;
have an understanding of RC-circuit behaviour;
have an understanding of magnetic forces and of magnetic field strengths in the vicinity of current-carrying conductors;
have completed a series of laboratory experiments in all topics, thereby having developed expertise in scientific measurement and laboratory report writing; and
have gained considerable experience in applying logical thinking and the laws of physics to problem solving. |
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
Linear motion, circular motion;
Forces, work and energy, momentum and collisions;
Stress, strain, modulii of elasticity;
Pascals principle; Archimedes principle;
Surface tension, bubbles, capillarity;
Equation of continuity; Bernoullis theorem; consequences and applications of Bernoullis theorem;
Temperature, thermal expansion, ideal gas law; Maxwellian distribution, PV diagrams, internal energy;
Specific heat capacity, molar heat capacity, heat conduction, convection, radiation;
Introductory electrostatics, capacitance; energy stored in an electric field; dielectrics;
Ohms Law; RC circuits;
Magnetic fields due to current-carrying conductors; torque on a current loop in a magnetic field; force between current-carrying conductors. |
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Residential School| This subject contains a compulsory 4 day residential school.
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The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 01 October 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
