P206 CRS/CRX            GENERAL COLLEGE PH YSICS II

                                                          SYLLABUS

  

            This course basically deals with the fundamental concepts in wave motion, sound, heat, geometrical optics, electricity and magnetism.  The emphasis will be on understanding the concepts of the underlying theory and to use it to solve problems in real situations.  P206 is supposed to be a calculus based course, hence it is expected that the students have a good background in algebra, trigonometry and calculus.  Physics 205 and  Math 117 or concurrent enrollment in Math 117 are pre‑requisites for this course.

 Text:               PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS , III  ED., 2002,  by R. A. Serway and J.W. Jewett, Jr.,  Harcourt College Publishers.

 COURSE:

 

 

1.             Oscillatory  Motion:                   Simple harmonic motion,  mass attached to a spring,  Energy of the simple harmonic oscillator, the pendulum, comparing  simple harmonic motion  with uniform  circular motion, damped oscillations,  forced oscillations.

 

2.             Wave Motion:                Transverse  and longitudinal  waves, one-dimensional  waves, superposition and  interference of waves, the  velocity of waves on strings, reflection and transmission of waves, Harmonic waves, energy  transmitted by harmonic waves on strings.

 

3.             Sound Waves:                Velocity of sound waves,  energy and intensity of harmonic sound waves, spherical and plane waves, the Doppler  effect.

 

4.             Superposition and Standing waves:   Superposition  and interference of harmonic waves, standing waves in a  string  fixed at both ends,  standing  waves in air columns, beats--interference in time. 

 

5.             Fluid Mechanics:          Density and pressure,  variation of pressure with depth, buoyant  forces and Archimedes  principle,  fluid dynamics, stream lines and the equation of continuity, Bernoulli’s equation.

 

6.             Temperature, thermal expansion,  and ideal gases:                Temperature and the zeroth law of thermodynamics, temperature  scales, thermal  expansion of solids and liquids, equation  of state of an ideal gas.

 

7.             Heat and the first law of Thermodynamics.  Heat and thermal energy, heat capacity and specific heat, latent heat, work and heat in thermodynamic processes,  the first law of thermodynamics, heat conduction, convection and radiation.

 

8.             The nature of Light and the Laws of Geometrical Optics:   The nature of light, ray approximation, reflection  and refraction, dispersion  and prisms,  total internal  reflection.

 9.             Geometric Optics:       Images formed by plane mirrors, images formed by spherical mirrors, images formed by refraction, thin lenses, the eye and the camera, simple magnifier, the compound microscope, the telescope.   

10.           Electric  fields:               Properties of electric charges, insulators and conductors, Coulomb’s Law, the electric field, electric field lines, motion of charged particles in a uniform electric field.

 

11.           Electric Potential:        Potential difference  and electric potential, electric potential and potential energy due to point charges, electric potential due to continuous charge distributions.

 

12.           Capacitance and dielectrics:   Calculation of capacitance, combination of capacitors, energy stored in a capacitor,  capacitors and dielectric.

 

13.           Current and Resistance:          The battery, electric current, resistance   and  Ohm’s  Law, electrical energy and power.

 

14.           Direct current circuits:              Electromotive force, resistors in series and parallel,  Kirchhoff's  Rules, RC  circuits, the Wheatstone bridge,  the potentiometer.

 

15.           Magnetism:     Magnetic  fields, magnetic force on a current carrying conductor, motion of a charged particle in a magnetic field and its applications, magnetic field  of a solenoid.

 

 16.           Faraday's Law, inductance, and alternating circuits:  (may be covered  in brief).             

 

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