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    This document provides information about the SPH 1120 PHYSICS I course offered by the Department of Mathematics and Physical Sciences at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology. The purpose of the course is to provide students with fundamental physics concepts and their application in engineering. The course objectives cover topics including Newton's laws of motion, energy, oscillations, waves, fluids, thermodynamics, and geometrical optics. Students will be assessed through continuous assessments including practical exams, assignments, and tests, as well as a final exam. The course will be taught through lectures, tutorials, field trips, and practical classes. Required materials include a whiteboard, projector, handouts, and internet access. The core textbook is Fundament

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    This document provides information about the SPH 1120 PHYSICS I course offered by the Department of Mathematics and Physical Sciences at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology. The purpose of the course is to provide students with fundamental physics concepts and their application in engineering. The course objectives cover topics including Newton's laws of motion, energy, oscillations, waves, fluids, thermodynamics, and geometrical optics. Students will be assessed through continuous assessments including practical exams, assignments, and tests, as well as a final exam. The course will be taught through lectures, tutorials, field trips, and practical classes. Required materials include a whiteboard, projector, handouts, and internet access. The core textbook is Fundament

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    DEDAN KIMATHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

    SCHOOL OF SCIENCE
    DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES

    SPH 1120 PHYSICS I

    Course Purpose

    The purpose of this course is to provide the student with a good understanding of fundamental
    concepts in physics and their application in engineering.

    Course Objectives

    At the end of the course, the student should be able to:

    1. Differentiate between scalar and vector quantities and their applications in different problems
    of mechanics,

    2. Demonstrate a good understanding of the Newton’s laws of motion and apply them in
    engineering
    3. Describe and apply laws of conservation of energy

    4. Distinguish solids, liquids and gases

    5. Mathematically express oscillatory and wave motion

    6. Demonstrate understanding of the concept of temperature, heat as a form of energy

    7. Apply laws of geometrical optics and their application in optical instruments

    Course Description

    Lecture I: Introduction : definition of physical quantity, measurement, units and dimensions,


    International System of Units (SI) ,vectors and scalar quantities, subdivision of physics,
    guidelines in solving problems in physics
    Lecture II: Kinematics: rectilinear motion, displacement, velocity, acceleration, circular motion
    Lecture III: Newton’s laws of motion: Newton’s laws of motion, linear momentum
    Lecture IV: Work and energy: work, kinetic energy, potential energy, law of conservation of energy
    Lecture V: Equilibrium and elasticity, stress and strain, elastic moduli
    Lecture VI: Oscillations and waves: SHM, simple pendulum, transverse and longitudinal waves

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    Lecture VII: Fluids: Density, pressure, viscosity, Pascal and Archimedes principles, Bernoulli and
    Poiseuille equations
    Lecture VIII: Introduction to thermodynamics: temperature, heat, phase transition, laws of
    thermodynamics
    Lecture IX: Introduction to geometrical optics and optical instruments

    Laboratory experiments: Precision measurements, simple pendulum, viscosity, heat capacity

    Teaching Methodologies

    The method of instruction will be lectures, interactive tutorials, educational field trips, practical
    classes, and any other presentations / demonstrations the lecturer will deem fit towards enhancing
    understanding of the concepts taught in class.

    Instruction Materials/Equipment

    1. Whiteboard
    2. LCD/Overhead Projector
    3. Handouts
    4. Internet

    Course assessment

    During the period of study, assessment will be conducted by CATs (Continuous Assessment Tests),
    regular assignments and a final Examination at end of the unit. The composition for continuous
    assessment shall be as follows: 15% Practicals, 5% Assignments, 10% Tests

    Prerequisites: None

    Core Textbook: Halliday, D., Resnick, R., & Walker, J. (2018), Fundamentals of Physics,(11th
    Ed). New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc, ISBN: 978-1-119-30685-6

    Other Textbooks:

    1. Richardson, R. C., Giambattista, A., & Richardson, B. (2015), Physics, (3rd Ed.) McGraw-Hill
    Education, New York, ISBN: 978-0-073-51215-0
    2. Hugh D. Young, Roger A, Freedman and A. Lewis Ford (2016), Sears and Zemansky’s University
    Physics with Modern Physics, (14th Ed) Addison-Wesley: ISBN: 978-1-323-17118-9
    3. Harris Benson (2010), University Physics, Rev. Ed., Wiley-India, ISBN: 978-81-265-1894-4

    Instructor: Alphonse NIYIBIZI, PhD, Senior Lecturer

    Room 09 Resource Centre

    Tel: 0708 995486

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    e-mail: [email protected]

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