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Applied Physics Course Outlines

Applied Physics 3 (2,1) covers topics in electricity and magnetism including electric force, electric fields, Gauss's law, electric potential, electric current, Ohm's law, magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction, and optics including interference, diffraction, and polarization of light waves. The course will be taught through lectures, assignments, projects, experiments, and report writing. Students will be assessed through sessional exams, homework, quizzes, experiments, and a final exam. Reference materials include Fundamentals of Physics by Resnick and Walker and Physics for Computer Science Students.

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Applied Physics Course Outlines

Applied Physics 3 (2,1) covers topics in electricity and magnetism including electric force, electric fields, Gauss's law, electric potential, electric current, Ohm's law, magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction, and optics including interference, diffraction, and polarization of light waves. The course will be taught through lectures, assignments, projects, experiments, and report writing. Students will be assessed through sessional exams, homework, quizzes, experiments, and a final exam. Reference materials include Fundamentals of Physics by Resnick and Walker and Physics for Computer Science Students.

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Applied Physics 3 (2,1)

Course Content:

Electric force and its applications and related problems, conservation of charge, charge
quantization, Electric fields due to point charge and lines of force. Ring of charge, Disk of
charge, A point charge in an electric field, Dipole in an electric field, The flux of vector field, The
flux of electric field, Gauss’ Law, Application of Gauss’ Law, Spherically symmetric charge
distribution, A charge isolated conductor, Electric potential energy, Electric potentials,
Calculating the potential from the field and related problem Potential due to point and
continuous charge distribution, Potential due to dipole, equipotential surfaces, Calculating the
field from the potential , Electric current, Current density, Resistance, Resistivity and
conductivity, Ohm’s law and its applications, The Hall effect, The magnetic force on a current,
The Biot- Savart law, Line of B, Two parallel conductors, Amperes’ s Law, Solenoid, Toroids,
Faraday’s experiments, Faraday’s Law of Induction, Lenz’s law, Motional emf, Induced electric
field, Induced electric fields, The basic equation of electromagnetism, Induced Magnetic field,
The displacement current, Reflection and Refraction of light waves, Total internal reflection,
Two source interference, Double Slit interference, related problems, Interference from thin
films, Diffraction and the wave theory, related problems, Single-Slit Diffraction, related
problems, Polarization of electromagnetic waves, Polarizing sheets, related problems.

Teaching Methodology:
Lecturing, Written Assignments, Project, Experiments, Report Writing

Course Assessment:
Sessional Exam, Home Assignments, Quizzes, Experiments, Final Exam

Reference Materials:
1. Fundamentals of Physics (Extended), 10th edition, Resnick and Walker
2. Narciso Garcia, Arthur Damask, Steven Schwarz., “Physics for Computer Science Students”, Springer
Verlag, 1998

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