P191: Introductory Physics I
1. Units and Measurements
SI units, Fundamental or base quantities and their units: • Derived quantities and their units •
prefixes and their symbols • Homogeneous equations • Dimensional analysis.
2. Vectors
Vectors and scalars with examples • Addition and subtraction of coplanar vectors. • Vector
components• Addition by components •Solve right-triangle vector problems both graphically
and algebraically • Solve vector problems by using linear condition for equilibrium
3. Description of Motion
Displacement, speed, velocity and acceleration. • Equations of uniformly accelerated motion in
a straight-line. • Graphical representation of uniformly accelerated motion in a straight-line •
Freely falling bodies (motion of bodies falling in a uniform gravitational field without air
resistance) • Motion of bodies falling in a uniform gravitational field with air resistance • Two
dimensional motion (projectile motion)
4. Newton’s Laws of Motion
The concept of forces and Newton’s first law of motion • Newton’s second law of motion
(F=ma) • Free body diagrams • Application of Newton’s second law (including Atwood’s
machine) • Newton’s third law of motion • Friction forces • Motion on an incline
5. Linear Momentum
• The concept of linear momentum and impulse • Newton’s second law (as rate of change of
momentum) • Conservation of linear momentum • Elastic and inelastic collisions between two
bodies in one dimension. (Head on collisions)
6. Work and Energy
Define work and power • Kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy • the inter
conversion of KE and GPE • The law of conservation of energy work energy theorem
(WEXT=KE+GPE +TE)
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7.Mechanical Properties of Matter
States of matter • Hooks law • Mechanical properties of matter •
Young’s Modulus •Pressure in fluids
8. Circular Motion
Kinematics of uniform circular motion • Centripetal force • Newton’s law of gravitation
Guidelines for Tutorial and Lab Sessions
1. The time slots for the tutorials and labs must not be changed unless there is a serious
emergency.
2. If there is a clash with another lecture/activity it must be sorted out with the other person
involved within the first week of the tutorials and labs.
3. Tutors/Demonstrators must be present at all tutorial and lab sessions regardless of issues
with apparatus or anything else that may arise.
4. Two tutorial spot tests must be held over the course of the semester, these should
preferably be well spaced apart.
5. Three labs must be held over a semester and students are required to submit the reports
on time.
HEA Document: Physics Department
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P192: Introductory Physics II
1. Thermal Physics
Heat as energy transfer; Specific heat capacity; Specific latent heat; First law
of thermodynamics.
2. The ideal gas equation
The ideal gas equation; Kinetic energy of a molecule
3. Electric Fields
Concept of an electric field; Force between point charges; Electric field of a
point charge; Uniform electric fields.
4. Electric Current.
Electric current – Introduction; Potential difference; Resistance and resistivity;
Practical circuits; Capacitance.
5 Electromagnetism and induction
Force on a current-carrying conductor; Force on a moving charge; Magnetic fields due
to currents; Magnetic flux Mass spectrometer,
6. Quantum Physics
Energy of a photon; The photoelectric effect; Wave-particle duality.
7. Nuclear Physics
The nucleus; Isotopes;Radioactive decay; Biological effect of radiation
