This subject contains a 3 day Compulsory Residential School.Complete 8 experimental exercises plus an exam
This subject is an introduction to physics suitable both as a basis for further studies in this field and for students whose major interest is in other areas. It gives a basic level of training in the topics of classical mechanics, elasticity, fluids and thermodynamics. The approach uses calculus as required.
* Offering has a residential school. Please view following information for further details.
HD/FL
One session
School of Dentistry and Health Sciences
Measurement, vectors, motion equations, projectile motion, uniform circular motion. Newtons Laws of Motion, friction, inertial forces, gravitational forces, work, energy, conservation of energy, conservation of momentum, impulse, collisions; Rotational motion, rotational quantities as vectors, motion equations, relation between linear and angular quantities, torque and Newtons 2nd law, moment of inertia. Angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum, rotational kinetic energy, conservation of energy, work and power, precession; Simple harmonic oscillator, circle of reference, energy diagram, oscillating spring, simple pendulum, angular simple harmonic motion, torsion pendulum, compound pendulum; Hookes law, Youngs modulus, stress and strain, shear molulus, fracture, pressure, density. Archimedes principle, fluid flow, continuity, Bernoullis equation, surface tension; Thermal expansion, ideal gas law, Maxwellian distribution, PV diagrams, Van der Waals equation, internal energy, specific heat, latent heat, conduction, convection, radiation; Isothemal and adiabatic processes, 1st law, molar heat capacity (Cp and Cv), equipartition of energy, heat engines and refrigerators, 2nd law, Carnot cycle and efficiency, entropy.
This subject contains a 3 day Compulsory Residential School.Complete 8 experimental exercises plus an exam
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