PHYS101-13S1 (C) Semester One 2013

Engineering Physics A: Mechanics, Waves and Thermal Physics

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2013
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2013
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2013
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 19 May 2013

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.

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

Learning Outcomes

  • 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.

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

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

Simon Brown

Lecturer

Jenni Adams

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Final Exam 50%
Homework and tutorial participation 10% 5% for homework based on best 9 handed in (11 tutorials, 0.5% each with maximum credit of 5 %). 5% for active participation in 9 out of 11 tutorials
Laboratory 20% 5% lab book; 10% lab reports; 5% lab exam.
Multiple-choice quizzes 5% Available on LEARN (12 assignments of 0.5% each with maximum credit of 5%)
Term Test 15%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Serway, Jewett, Wilson and Wilson; Physics Vol 1 ; 1st; Cengage Learning, 2013.

Notes

All students must demonstrate that they can communicate clearly in written and verbal English. This can be demonstrated with a satisfactory performance in the University's Academic Writing Assessment & Teaching (AWAT) Programme test.

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

Additional Course Outline Information

Academic integrity

Please consult the document General Information for Physics and Astronomy Students on the Physics and Astronomy Web Page.
http://www.phys.canterbury.ac.nz/courses/General.pdf

Notes

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

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $808.00

International fee $4,550.00

* 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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