This document outlines the syllabus for a Physics for Engineering I course taken in the Department of Applied Sciences from July to November 2010. It lists 9 chapters that will be covered over the course of the semester, along with the sections within each chapter and the pages in the textbook that are referred to. The textbook is College Physics, An Integrated Approach to Forces & Kinematics, 3rd Edition, by Giambattista and Richardson. Key topics that will be covered include kinematics, Newton's laws of motion, work and energy, momentum, rotational motion, fluids, thermodynamics, and heat engines.
This document outlines the syllabus for a Physics for Engineering I course taken in the Department of Applied Sciences from July to November 2010. It lists 9 chapters that will be covered over the course of the semester, along with the sections within each chapter and the pages in the textbook that are referred to. The textbook is College Physics, An Integrated Approach to Forces & Kinematics, 3rd Edition, by Giambattista and Richardson. Key topics that will be covered include kinematics, Newton's laws of motion, work and energy, momentum, rotational motion, fluids, thermodynamics, and heat engines.
This document outlines the syllabus for a Physics for Engineering I course taken in the Department of Applied Sciences from July to November 2010. It lists 9 chapters that will be covered over the course of the semester, along with the sections within each chapter and the pages in the textbook that are referred to. The textbook is College Physics, An Integrated Approach to Forces & Kinematics, 3rd Edition, by Giambattista and Richardson. Key topics that will be covered include kinematics, Newton's laws of motion, work and energy, momentum, rotational motion, fluids, thermodynamics, and heat engines.
PHY130 Physics for Engineering I Sem July-Nov 2010
[Department of Applied Sciences] Page 1
COLLEGE PHYSICS, An Integrated Approach to Forces & Kinematics, 3 rd Edition, Giambattista & Richardsons
Chapter Referred pages in textbook Chapter 1 System of Units
1.1 Basic and derived quantities, system of units, basic and derived units, unit conversion. 1.2 Dimensional analysis - chap 1, page 8-12, -exercises, page 20, 22 (1.5 and 1.6)
Chapter 2 Kinematics in one dimension
2.1 Displacement 2.2 Average and instantaneous velocity 2.3 Average and instantaneous acceleration. -chap 3, page72-89,-exercises, page101-105,108-111 2.4 Motion at constant acceleration -chap 4, page112-123, -exercises, page136-139, 142-145 2.5 Falling object. -chap 4, page 123-125, Exercise, page139-140,142-145
Chapter 3 Kinematics in two dimensions
3.1 Scalars and Vector -page 28 (chap2) 3.2 Addition of vector- Graphical and Component Method -page28 35, Exercises, page 62-63 3.3 Subtraction and multiplication of a vector by scalar -page 73-77, 3.4 Projectile Motion -chap 4, page125-131, Exercise, page140-141, 143-145
Chapter 4 Newtons laws of motion
4.1 Force 4.2 First Law 4.3 Second law 4.4 Third law 4.5 Further application of Newtons Law: frictional force, static equilibrium under concurrent force. -Chap2, page 25, 35-59, 91-96,273-285, Exercises, 60-62 ,63-71, 105-107,301-304
Chapter 5 Work and Energy
5.1 Work done by constant force 5.2 Kinetic Energy and Work energy Principle 5.3 Potential Energy 5.4 Mechanical Energy and Its Conservation -chap 6, page 186-205, -exercises, page 215-219, 221-224 PHY130 Physics for Engineering I Sem July-Nov 2010 [Department of Applied Sciences] Page 2
Chapter 6 Linear Momentum
6.1 Momentum and Its conservation 6.2 Collision and Impulse 6.3 Conservation of energy and momentum 6.4 Elastic and Inelastic collision in one dimension -chap 7, page225-237, 242-246, -exercises, page 250-254, 255- 256,257-259 Chapter 7 Rotational Motion
8.1 Elasticity: Stress and Strain -chap 10, page358-360, -exercise, page 385 8.2 Pascal Principle 8.3 Buoyancy and Archimedes Principle 8.4 Fluid in Motion: Flow rate and equation of continuity -chap 9, page 316-334, -exercises, page346-350,352-355
Chapter 9 Thermodynamics
9.1 Temperature, thermal expansion and the ideal Gas Law -chap 13, page 457-464, 466-470, -exercises, page481-485 9.2 Heat: Specific heat capacity, calorimetry and latent heat -chap 14, page492-497, 500-506, -exercises, page518-520, 521- 522, 524 9.3 The first law of thermodynamics 9.4 Thermodynamics Processes and the first law 9.5 The second law of thermodynamics 9.6 Heat Engines. -chap 15, page 527-533, 537-540, -exercises, page550-553, 555