PHYS101-12S2 (C) Semester Two 2012

Engineering Physics A: Mechanics, Waves and Thermal Physics

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 9 July 2012
End Date: Sunday, 11 November 2012
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 22 July 2012
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 7 October 2012

Description

This is a required course for all Engineering Programmes as well as Physics, Astronomy and Electronics degrees. PHYS101 builds on NCEA level 3 physics to develop Mechanics, Conservation Laws, Fluids, Waves and Thermal Physics into an essential foundation for science and technology understanding.

Prerequisites

PHYS111 or 14 credits NCEA Level 3 Physics and 14 credits NCEA Level 3 Mathematics with Calculus. These prerequisites may be replaced by other background as approved by the Head of Department.

Restrictions

PHYS113, PHYS112

Equivalent Courses

PHYS113

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Adrian McDonald

Lecturer

Jon-Paul Wells

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Final Exam 50% Final Exam
Homework and tutorial participation 10% 5% for homework (11 tutorials, 0.5% each with maximum credit of 5%). 5% for active participation in 8 out of 11 tutorials).
Laboratory 20% 5% laboratory book; 10 laboratory reports; 5% laboratory exam.
Multiple-choice quizzes on Learn 5% 12 assignments of 0.5% each with maximum credit 5%
Term Test 15% 6-8pm on Monday 13 August. Lecture Theatre C1.

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Serway, Raymond A. , Jewett, John W; Physics for scientists and engineers with modern physics ; 7th ed; Thomson/Brooks/Cole, 2008.

Notes

100-level physics course information http://www.phys.canterbury.ac.nz/courses/100level.shtml

Additional Course Outline Information

Academic integrity

Goal of the Course
The goal of this course is to provide foundation knowledge of Mechanics, Conservation Laws, Fluids, Waves and Thermal Physics for students advancing in physical science and engineering degrees.  Students will obtain basic competency in analysing and solving physical problems in these areas.  They will also obtain basic physics laboratory skills and data techniques.

Learning Outcomes
Students will:
• Have developed and be able to demonstrate basic scientific competency to solve appropriate physics problems in the concepts of the course
• Have developed and be able to demonstrate basic physics laboratory skills
• Have developed and be able to demonstrate data recording and analysis associated with physics laboratories
• Have developed and be able to demonstrate writing and associated communication skills.

Summary of the Course Content
The topics covered in this course are:
• Laws of Motion, motion in 1D and 2D
• Energy of systems, kinetic and potential energy, work, power
• Dynamics of particles, Momentum and collisions,
• Rotational motion, angular momentum, rotational kinematics. Moment of inertia
• Gravitation
• Theory of relativity
• Static and dynamic fluid mechanics
• Oscillations and waves
• Thermal physics including thermodynamic cycles and engines
• Atomic structure, classification of materials

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $777.00

International fee $4,375.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Physics and Astronomy .

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