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Text:Physics for Scientists and Engineers, by Randall Knight
Please note that in fairness to all students, I cannot answer individual requests concerning information on the content of the final exam.
Marks:
| Component | % |
|---|---|
| Midterms | 15 |
| Laboratory | 20 |
| Tutorials Quizzes | 5 |
| MasteringP | 5 |
| PRS | 5 |
| Final | 50 |
| Total | 100 |
Tentative Schedule
| Week | Topics |
|---|---|
| 1 Sept 4 | Density, Pressure in Fluids, Atmospheric Pressure (15.1, 15.2) |
| 2 Sept 10 | Pascal's Principle, Hydraulic Lift, Buoyancy, Archimedes' Principle (15.3, 15.4) |
| 3 Sept 17 | Fluid Dynamics (15.5) |
| 4 Sept 24 | Simple Harmonic Motion, Circular Motion (14.1, 14.2), Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion (14.3), The Dynamics of SHM (14.4) |
| 5 Oct 1 | Vertical Oscillations (14.5), The Pendulum (14.6), Damped Oscillations (14.7), Resonance (14.8) |
| 6 Oct 8 | Elasticity (15.6), The Wave Model (20.1), Wave Speed Holiday Mon Midterm I Wed |
| 7 Oct 15 | One-Dimensional Waves (20.2), Sinusoidal Waves (20.3), Waves on a string, Transmission and Reflection of Waves |
| 8 Oct 22 | Sound and Light (20.5), Power and Intensity (20.6), Doppler Effect (20.7) |
| 9 Oct 29 | Principle of Superposition (21.1), Standing Waves (21.2), Transverse Standing Waves (21.3), Musical Acoustics (21.4) |
| 10 Nov 5 | Intensity of Sound Waves (decibels), Ear Response, Vibrating Air Columns, Interference in One Dimension (21.5) |
| 11 Nov 12 | The Mathematics of Interference (21.6), Beats (21.8) |
| 12 Nov 19 | The Interference of Light (22.2), two-slit interference, thin film interference |
| 13 Nov 26 | The Diffraction Grating (22.3),Single-Slit Diffraction (22.4), Circular Aperture (22.5), Resolution |