LEAD CITY UNIVERSITY, IBADAN

Faculty of Basic Medical and Applied Sciences

COURSE PARTICULARS
Course code: PHY 101
Course title: General Physics II
No. of Units: 3
Status: Compulsory

LECTURER DETAILS
Name: Babatunde. A. Adebo
Qualifications: B.Sc., M. Sc, PhD Physics (Ibadan)
Phone: 08035022462
Email: [email protected]
Area of Specialization: Solid Earth Physics

Name: Abiodun. O. Ayodele

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Space and Time, Units and dimension, Kinematics; Fundamental Laws of Mechanics, statics and dynamics; work and energy;
Conservation laws. Elasticity; Hooke's law, Young's shear and bulk moduli, Hydrostatics; Pressure; buoyance, Archimedes'
Principles. Surface tension; adhesion, cohesion, capillarity, drops and bubbles. Temperature; heat; gas laws; laws of
thermodynamics; kinetic theory of gases. Sound, Applications.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
 Highlight the importance of physics in science & technology as an applied discipline
 To introduce the students to the general concepts of motion and time
 To introduce simple calculus in solving motion , energy and power problems
 To examine and solve simple questions in thermodynamics
 To discuss the concept of heat transfer as well as solve problems on specific heat and latent heat

ASSESSMENT
Test(s) and Assignments 40marks
Final Examination 60marks

LECTURE PLAN
Week Topic
Week 1 Space and Time, Units and dimension, Kinematics
Week 2 Newton laws of motion
Week 3 Work, Energy/Power/Friction/viscosity
Week 4 Gravitational field/ SHM
Week 5 Moment/Energy of rotation
Week 6 Kinetic theory of matter, Elasticity of Materials
 Week 7 Surface tension/capillary Archimedes' Principles.
Week 8 Surface tension; adhesion, cohesion, Capillarity, drops and bubbles
Week 9 First law of thermodynamics, Applications, quantity of heat,
Latent/hidden heat
Week 10 Expansion of materials, Linear, superficial and cubical expansivities
Week 11 Sound and applications
Week 12 Revision
Week 13 Second Test and Tutorials

READING LIST
1. Young and Freeman; Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics with Modern Physics 11 th edition, 2004
2. University Physics (with modern Physics) 11th edition by Hugh D.Young/Roger A. Freedma Personal Educate Inc
(Publishing as Addison Wesley)
3. Advanced level Physics by Nelkon & Parker 7th edition (1995)

QUESTIONS
1a. The speed of ocean waves is proportional to the acceleration due to gravity g, wavelength λ, and density ϱ of the wave such
that c=kg x λ y ϱ z where k is a dimensionless constant. What is the correct equation/dimension for the speed of the ocean
wave? (b) What is simple harmonic motion? List any 3 examples of SHM. (c) Given a simple pendulum undergoing SHM. Show
that its period does not depend on the mass of the pendulum bob.

2a. The specific heat capacity of a particular solid material at temperature close 0K is given by c=aT 3 . What is the S.I unit of
the constant where T = temperature? (b) A 50g mass vibrates in S.H.M at the end of a spring when the amplitude of the motion
is 12.0 cm and the period T is 1.70 seconds. Find: the frequency, the spring constant, the maximum speed of the mass, the
maximum acceleration of the mass, the speed when the displacement is 6.0 cm, the acceleration when the displacement is 6.0
cm.

3a. State the Newton Laws of motion. (b) Differentiate between Elastic and Inelastic collisions. (c)A bullet of mass 50g is fired
into a wood of mass 1.5kg such that the bullet and the wood are raised through a height of 75cm. Determine: the final velocity
of the bullet and wood, initial velocity of the bullet, initial momentum of the bullet. (d) A proton is accelerated at 3.6 x 10 15ms-2
through a distance of 3.5cm. If the initial velocity is 2.4 x 10 7ms-1, find the change in Kinetic Energy at the end of the distance.
(Mo = 1.67 x 10-27 kg)

4. A kettle is rated as 2.3 kW. A mass of 750 g of water at 20o C is poured into the kettle. When the kettle is switched on, it

takes 2.0 minutes for the H 2 O to start boiling. In a further 7.0 minutes, half of the mass of H 2 O is boiled away. Estimate for
this water: The specific heat capacity, the specific latent heat of vaporization.

5. (a)Define the following concepts: Heat capacity of given substance, Specific latent heat of vaporization.(b) State the 1 st law of
thermodynamics and explain in detail each of the terms: Adiabatic process, Isochoric process, Isobaric process and Isothermal
process. (c) A body of mass 2kg has an initial velocity of 8ms -1 in the positive x – direction as it passes the origin if the
coordinates. It is subjected to a retarding force such that F x = -0.5. What will be its x – coordinates when it stops.

6a. A 10g bullet moving at 70ms-1 penetrates a block of wood 5cm before stopping. Determine: (i) the kinetic energy of the
bullet (ii) average stopping force. (b) A boy whose mass is 40kg finds that he can run up a flight of 50 steps, each 15cm high, in
5s. How much power is required? (Assume g = 10ms -2). (c) A tractor can exert a force of 5 x 10 5N while moving at constant
speed of 10ms-1. Determine its power in horsepower.

7. (a) Explain briefly: work, energy and power. (b) A car of mass 300kg starts from rest and travels upwards along a straight
road of 450m inclined at an angle of 5o C to the horizontal and the speed of the car is 28.0 ms−1 at the top of the slope.
Determine: its acceleration, the time taken to travel the length of the slope, gain in kinetic energy and gain in gravitational
potential energy. (c) The position of a particle is given x=3−2t +3 t 2 m . (i) what is its instantaneous velocity and

acceleration at t=3 s ? (ii) at what time is the particle at rest.

8. (a) A glass tube 0.15mm in diameter is dropped in glycerin which surface tension is 0.0632Nm -1. Calculate the contact angle if
the glycerin rises to a height of 14cm. (the density of glycerin is 1250kgm -3 and g = 9.8ms -2). (b) A system absorbs 1500J of heat
energy from its surroundings. Determine the change in the internal energy of the system when: (i) system performs 2200J of
work on the surroundings (ii) the surroundings perform 2200J of work on the system. (c) Two moles of an ideal gas are
compressed slowly and isothermally from a volume 0.4m 3 to 0.1m3 at a temperature of 270C. How much work is done?

9. (a). State the law of gravitation. The mass m 1 of one small spheres of a Cavendish balance is 0.01kg, the mass m 2 of one of
the large spheres is 0.50kg, and the center – center distance between each large sphere and the nearer small one is 0.05m.
Find the gravitational force F g on each sphere due to the nearest other sphere. (b) Suppose one large sphere and one small
sphere are detached from the system in (a) above and placed 0.05m (between centers) from each other at a point in space far
removed from all other bodies. What is the magnitude of the acceleration of each relative to an inertial system?

10. (a) If the hot air in a balloon have a density equal to ¾ of the density of air, what minimum balloon volume is required to lift
a total load of 500kg. The density of air at 0 0C and atmospheric pressure is 1.29kgm-3. (b) A glass fiber of diameter 12µm is
found to break under a load of 12g. Determine the breaking stress of the fiber. (c) A small oil drop falls with a terminal velocity
of 4 x 10-4ms-1 thorough air, calculate the radius of the drop. Viscosity of air = 1.8x10 -5Nsm-2. Density of oil = 900kgm-3, g = 10ms-
2
, neglect density of air.

11. How many beats are heard assuming two vibrating strings have fundamental frequencies of 160Hz and 322Hz respectively?
(b) Two observers A and B are provided with sources of sound of frequency 500Hz. A remain stationery and B moves away
from him at a velocity of 1.8ms-1, how many beats per second are observed by A and B, the velocity of sound beats 330ms -1. (c)
The intensity level of the sound produced at a rock concert often reach 120dB. The intensity level of a quiet flute is about 67dB.
What is the ratio of the sound intensity of a rock concert to the sound constantly produced by a quiet flute?