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Applied Physics (PHY-102) Course Outline

This document outlines the PHY-102 Applied Physics course offered at National University of Sciences & Technology. The course covers topics in physics directly related to mechanical engineering, including mechanics, electromagnetic waves, and solid state physics. The course objectives are to increase students' awareness of fundamental physics concepts applied in engineering and develop their ability to define terms, solve problems, and summarize laws of motion. The course meets three times a week for lectures and includes a lab component. Topics are covered over 16 weeks and assessed through a midterm and final exam.

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Applied Physics (PHY-102) Course Outline

This document outlines the PHY-102 Applied Physics course offered at National University of Sciences & Technology. The course covers topics in physics directly related to mechanical engineering, including mechanics, electromagnetic waves, and solid state physics. The course objectives are to increase students' awareness of fundamental physics concepts applied in engineering and develop their ability to define terms, solve problems, and summarize laws of motion. The course meets three times a week for lectures and includes a lab component. Topics are covered over 16 weeks and assessed through a midterm and final exam.

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National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST)

School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME)

PHY-102: Applied Physics


Course Code: PHY-102 Semester: Fall-2020
Credit Hours: 2+1 Pre-requisite
Codes:
Instructor: Matee Ur Rehman Class: BE-ME-12
Section (A, B, C)
Office: Telephone:
Lecture Days: Monday, Tuesday, E-mail: [email protected]
Thursday
Class Room: CR-207, CR-306, Consulting Hours:
CR-408
Lab Engineer: Lab Engineer
Email:
Updates on LMS:

Course Description:
The course covers topics in Physics that are directly related to Mechanical Engineering like
Mechanics, Electromagnetic waves, Alternating current circuits and solid state physics.

Course Outcomes/Objectives:
Course Objectives: To bring awareness among the students about fundamental concepts of
Physics applied in Engineering.
Course Outcomes: Define the basic terminology as related to applied physics; explain and
apply the relationships of length, mass and time: demonstrate problem-solving techniques
related to physics principles; solve appropriate physics problems using vector mathematics;
and summarize the laws of motion.

Books:
Text Book:  Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick & Walker (8th Edition)

Reference  University Physics by Young and Freedman (13th Edition)


Books:  Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Serway Jewett (6th Edition)
 Physics by Halliday, Resnick & Krane (5th Edition)

Guest Speaker / Guest Lectures




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National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST)
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME)

Course Outline:
Week Topics Remarks
No.
1 Straight Line Motion: Motion, Position and displacement, Velocity,
Acceleration, Motion with constant Acceleration, Free fall
acceleration.
2 Two and Three Dimensional Motion: Position and displacement,
Average and instantaneous velocity, Average and instantaneous
acceleration, Projectile motion, Uniform Circular Motion.
3 Newton’s Laws of Motion: Newtonian Mechanics, Newton’s First
Law, Force, Mass, Newton’s Second Law, Newton’s Third Law,
Applying Newton’s Laws.
4 Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem: Work, Kinetic Energy, Work-Energy
Theorem, Power.
5 Conservation of Energy: Work and Potential Energy, Conservative
Forces, Determining Potential Energy Values, Conservation of
Energy.
6 Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM): SHM, The Force Law for SHM,
Energy in SHM, Angular SHM, Uniform Circular Motion and SHM,
Damped SHM, Forced Oscillations and Resonance.
7 Types of Waves, Transverse and Longitudinal Waves, Wave length
and Frequency, Speed of Traveling Wave, Wave speed on stretched
string.
8 MID TERM EXAM
9 Energy and power of a wave travelling along the string, Wave
Equation, Principle of Superposition, Interference of Waves,
Phasors, Standing Waves, Resonance.
10 Transient Currents and Alternating Current Circuits: Transient
currents, Circuit Theorem, Growth & decay of charge of capacitor in
series with resistor, Growth & decay of current in RL series circuit.
11 RLC series circuits, Alternating voltage & current, Root Mean
Square value of alternating voltage and current, Sinusoidal voltage
applied across individual circuit components, Phasor concept.
12 Electromagnetic Waves: Oscillating electric and magnetic fields,
Electromagnetic waves from a dipole antenna.
13 Types of Electromagnetic waves, Reception of Radio Waves, Energy
carried by Electromagnetic waves.
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National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST)
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME)

Week Topics Remarks


No.
14 Solid State Physics and Electronics: Crystal structure, Lattice,
Lattice Translation Vector, Basis, Primitive, Lattice cell, Energy
bands in solids, Valence and Conduction bands.
15 Conductors, Semi-conductors and Insulators, Doping, Types of
Semi-conductors, N-Type and P-Type semi-conductors, The junction
Diode, Biasing of PN-Junction, Characteristics of PN-Junction
16 Final Exam

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