At a glance
- 3 lecture hours per week
- 1 tutorial hour per week
- 4 credits
Prerequisites
None
Topics Covered
- Introduction: Dimensional analysis; scientific notation; orders of magnitude
- Mathematical Physics: Vector algebra; trigonometry; preliminary calculus
- Kinematics – I: Position, displacement, velocity, acceleration, and motion in 1D
- Kinematics – II: Motion in 2D; projectile motion
- Forces – I: Newton’s Laws of motion and its applications – friction, drag, terminal velocity
- Work and Energy: Kinetic energy; potential energy; conservation of energy; work done and energy; work-energy theorem
- Centre of mass and linear momentum – I: Centre of mass; linear momentum; Elastic collisions; impulse; Newton’s Second Law revisited; conservation of linear momentum
- Rotational Motion – I: Kinematics – angular velocity, acceleration, and displacement; Mechanics – angular momentum; conservation of angular momentum; torque; rotational work and energy
Learning Resources
- Feynman, R., Leighton, R. B., & Sands, M. (2008). The Feynman lectures on Physics, Vols. I, II, and III. Narosa.
- Halliday, D., Resnick, R., & Walker, J. (2013). Fundamentals of Physics. Wiley.
- Verma, H. C. (2011). Concepts in Physics, Vol. I. Bharati Bhawan Publishers.