PHY 111: Mechanics and Properties of Matter
(Mechanics)
Department of Physics and Electronics, School of
Natural and Applied Sciences, University of
Malawi.
PHY111’s Mechanics Covers…
1. Measurements and dimensional analysis
2. Scalars and vectors.
3. Position, velocity, and acceleration.
4. Linear kinematics and projectile motion.
5. Newton’s laws of motion, forces and gravity.
6. Momentum, collisions and conservation of momentum.
7. Work, energy, conservation of energy and power.
Meet the lecturer
• Name: G.T. Taulo
• Office hours: ______________________
• Office location: Physics department office building, ground floor, first
office.
• Email: [email protected]
To the student
❖Please check your timetables
❖Please come on time and stay in the classroom until the end.
❖Late arrivals will be sent back.
❖Stay quiet, turn off your cell phones.
❖During lectures there will be occasional questions.
❖There will also be some homework and tutorials.
Study material
❖Lecture notes and other important announcements will be shared
on google classroom with class code mbzrg7jy.
❖Recommended Reading:
❖Serway, R.A. and Vuille, C. (2012) College Physics. 9th Edition,
Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning.
❖Or any edition of the college physics books in the library.
Assessments
❖Test 1, Date:5 October (tentative).
❖Test 2, to be decided. (40%)
❖Labs (All labs must be completed in order to pass the course)
❖Final exam (60%)
The End
Thank you
