COURSE:PH110I

NTRODUCTORYPHYSI
CS

TOPI
CSTOBECOVEREDI
NEACHTERM

TERM 1

1. UnitsandMeasur ement
s
2. ScalarandVectorQuanti
ti
es
3. Ki
nemat i
cs
4. Dynami cs
5. Forces
6. Li
nearMoment um andColl
i
sions
7. Wor k,EnergyandPower

TERM 2

8. MotioninaCi r
cle
9. Gravit
ati
on
10. Rotati
onal Motion
11. Oscil
lat
ions
12. El
ectrostati
cs
13. Di
rectCur r
entCircui
ts
14. Geomet ricalOpti
cs

TERM 3
15. Elast
icProperti
esofSol
i
ds
16. Flui
dsinMot ion
17. Temper atur
eScal es
18. Thermal Expansi
on
19. HeatTransfer
20. HeatingandMat t
er

DETAI
LS

1.Uni
tsandMeasur
ement
s:

Basequantit
iesandthei
rS.Iunit
s- der
ivedquanti
ti
esandthei
rSIunit
s-di
mensi
onal
equat
ionsforderi
vedquantit
ies-
usedimensi onst
ocheckthehomogeneit
yofphysi
cal
equat
ions-usebasi
cappliances– verniercali
per
s,mi
crometerscr
ewgauge,beam
bal
ance,stopwatchetcinmeasur ement s.
2.ScalarandVectorquanti
ti
es.

Dist
inguishbet weenscal arandvectorquanti
ti
esDer i
veexpressionf ortheresul
tantof
twovect orsPar al
l
elogram,t r
iangl
eandpolygonrulestoaddvect ors.Veri
fy
parall
elogr
am l awoff orces.Resolveavectori
ntotwoper pendicularvectors.Use
analyt
icalmet hodtoaddanumberofcopl anarvectorsacti
ngatapoi nt
3.Kinemat ics.
Def i
nedisplacement ,speed,vel
ocit
yandaccel er
ati
on.Displacement-t
imegr aph
velocit
y–t i
megr aphequat i
onsofmotionforunifor
mlyaccel er
atedmotion,solvi
ng
problemsEquat i
onsofmot i
onforbodiesproject
edvert
icall
yupwar dsandf al
li
ngunder
gravit
y.Det ermine‘g’ usi ngsimplependulum andcenti-secondsti
mer .Deri
ve
expressionsf orhmax,t
,andRmaxf oranincl
i
nedpr oj
ecti
l
e
4.Dynami cs.

Stat
eNewt on’slawsofmoti
onVeri
fyusi
ngtickerti
merSolveproblems.St
atet
helaw
ofconser
vationofmoment
um-Elast
icandinelast
iccol
l
isi
ons;energyandmomentum
changes.
5.Forces

TypesofforcesUseavect ordi
agram t
orepr
esentforcesi
nequil
ibr
ium.Defi
nemoment
ofaf or
ceandt or
queSt atethepri
ncipl
eofmoment s-
condit
ionsofequil
i
bri
um fora
syst
em ofcoplanarforces.∑ Fsin =0;∑ Fcos =0; ∑ Fr=0Ver if
ythepri
ncipl
eof
moment s.Lawsoffrict
ion.Coeff
ici
entoff
ri
cti
on;experi
mentsonstati
candkineti
c
fr
ict
ion.Eff
ectsoffr
icti
on.

6.Li
nearMoment
um andCol
l
isi
ons

7.Wor k,Energy,Power
Definework.Der i
veki neti
cener gyEk=½ m v2Di st
ingui
shbet weengravi
tat
ional
potenti
alenergy,electri
calpotenti
al energyandelasti
cpotenti
alener
gy.Derivethe
for
mul aEp=m ghf orpot enti
alener gychangeneartheEar t
h’ssurface,Definepower
aswor kdoneperuni tti
meandder i
veitastheproductofforceandveloci
ty.Statet
he
l
awofconser vat
ionofener gy.Explainsolar
,geot
hermal,fusi
on,windoceanandbi o
gasasal t
ernati
vesour cesf ordiminishi
ngenergy.

8.Mot
ioni
naci
rcl
e

Explainthemeaningof‘uni f
orm cir
cularmotion’.Expressangul
ardi spl
acementi
n
radians.Deri
vetherelat
ionbetweenl inearvel
ocit
yandangularvel
ocity.Showthat
centri
petalaccel
erat
ionisgivenbya=r 2;al soa=v2/ r.andcent
ri
pet alf
orcebyFc=m
v2/rExplaincent
ri
fugalf
orceasaf orceequalandopposi t
etocent
ripetalfor
ce.
Appl i
cati
onsofcentri
petalf
orceandcent r
if
ugalforce.

9.Gr
avi
tat
ional
Fiel
d.

StateKepler’slawsofpl anetarymot ion.Newt on’slawofUni ver sal

Gr avitat
ion.
Definegravi
tat
ional const
ant‘G’.Newt on’sl awinderivi
nganexpr essiont o
determinethemassoft heSun.Der ivetheexpr essi
on,g=GM /r 2
f
orthegr avit
ati
onal
fi
eldstr
engthofapoi ntmass,gravitat
ionalfi
eldandelectri
cfiel
d.Showan
underst
andingoft hegeost at
ionaryorbitsandtheirappl
icati
ons.Under standt he
conceptofescapevel oci
tyandr ecall
anduset heequati
onv=2GMe/r e
10.Rotati
onalMot ion.

Expl
aint
hedif
fer
encebetweencir
cularmot
ionandrotat
ional
mot i
onUseequat
ionsof
angul
armot
ion.Der
iveexpr
essi
onf ort
heki
neti
cenergyofar ot
ati
ngbodyanddefi
ne
 2
momentofi nert
iaI=1/2mr .Deri
veexpressionforthemomentofi ner
ti
aofaf l
ywheel.
Deter
minet hemomentofiner t
iaofafl
ywheel .Deri
vetherel
ati
onshipbetweentorque,
momentofi nert
iaandangularvel
ocit
y.Defineangularmoment um andusetheequat i
on
L=I .St atethelawofconservati
onofangul armoment um andgiveafewapplicati
ons
sol
veproblemsinsolvi
ngproblems.

11.Osci
l
lat
ions.

Explainthemeani ngoft het erms;ampl it

ude,fr
equency,angularvelocit
y,per iod,phase
di
fference, periodi nter
msofbot hfrequencyandangularveloci
ty.Der i
vey=rsi n t ,V
=+/ - ( r
2
-x2)1/2anda=- 2xf orabodyi nSHM.Gr aphicali
ll
ustrati
onoft hechangei n
di
splacement ,velocit
yandaccel er
ationduri
ngSHM wi t
htime.Descr ibethei nterchange
betweenki neti
candpot entialenergydur i
ngSHM.pr act
icalexampl esofdampi ng
oscil
lati
onswi thpar ti
cularreferencet otheeff
ectsofdegreeofdampi ngandt he
i
mpor t
anceofcr it
icaldampi ngi nthecaseascarsuspensi onsystem.Expl aint he
meani ngsoff orcedosci l
l
ati
ons,r esonanceandsharpnessofr esonance.

12.El
ect
rost
ati
cs

13.Di
rectcur
rentCi
rcui
ts.

Defi
nechar ge,current,pot ent
ialdif
ference,r esistance,powerandener gyandt hei
r
unit
s.Stat eandver i
fyOhm’sl aw,resistorsinser iesandinpar al
lel.Def i
netemperature
coeffi
cientofresist
ance.Sket chandexpl ai
nthe I -Vcharacteri
sti
csofamet all
i
c
conduct oratconstantt emper ature,af i
lamentl ampandasemi conduct ordi
ode.Define
resi
sti
vi
t y(ρ)anduseR=ρl /A.incal culati
ons.Det er
miner esi
sti
vit
yofawi r
eusinga
metrebr idge.e.m.f .ofacel l
andi nternal r
esistancer=( E- V)/I
.Stat eKi r
choff
’slaws
anduset hem insimpleci rcuit
s.Usepot entiomet ertodeterminether ati
oofe.m.f sof
twocells,rati
oofsmal l resist
ancesandt odetermi netheinternalresistanceofacell.

14.Geomet
ri
cal
Opt
ics.

Definerefr
act i
veindexanduset heequati
onn1sinθ1=n2si nθ2.
;showt hatn=1/si
n
C.Det er
mine‘n’ usi ngrealdepthandapparentdepthandusi ngaircell
.Tot
al
ref
lecti
onprisms.Appl i
cat
ionsoffibr
eopti
csinindustr
ies,medicineandi n
t
elecommuni cati
ons.Usespectrometert
odeterminether efr
acti
veindexofaglass
pri
sm.

15.El
ast
icpr
oper
ti
esofSol
i
d

Describethebehaviourofspri
ngsi nter
msofl oadandextensi
on,el
asti
climit.Stat
e
Hooke’sl awandexplainspringconstant.Ver
if
yHooke’sl awanddet erminespring
constantDefi
nethet er
msst r
ess,strai
nandYoung’smodul usDetermineyoung’s
modul usofamet alwir
e.Dist
inguishbetweenelast
icandplast
icdefor
mat i
onofa
material
.Deducet hestr
ainenergyinadef ormedmaterial
(W =½ Fs) .Showt hatt
he
energyperunitvolumeofast retchedstr
ingis=½ xstressxstr
ainUnderstandthe
for
ce-extensi
ongraphf
orduct
il
e,bri
ttl
eandpol
ymer
icmat
eri
alsi
ncl
udi
ngan
under
standingoful
ti
mat
etensi
l
es t
ress.

16.Fl
uidsi
nMot
ion.

Expl
ainst
eadyf l
ow,turbul
entfl
ow,l
aminarfl
owandvi scosity.Der
iveandusethe
equat
ionofcontinui
ty.
Deri
veBernoull
i’sequat i
onanduseitinsol
vingproblems.ApplyBernoull
i’sequati
on
i
naerofoi
l
,spinningball
,Bunsenburner
,carburet
or,sprayeretcDefi
neviscosi
tyand
gi
vetheSIuni tanddimensionofvi
scosit
y.

17.Temper
atur
escal
es.

Explai
nt hediff
erentphysical
quanti
ti
esthatvarywithtemper at
urefordiff
erent
thermomet ers.Descri
bet hepri
nci
palfeat
uresofli
quidinglass,resi
stance,const
ant
volumeandconst antpressur
ethermometersandt heirr
elat
iveadvantagesand
disadvantages.Descri
bet herangeofthediff
erenttypesofthermomet ers.

18.Ther
mal
Expansi
on.

Definelinear,arealandcubi cexpansivi
ti
es.Determinethelinearexpansi vi
tyofamet al
rod.Def i
ner ealandappar entexpansivit
iesofali
quidanddet erminethem
exper i
ment al
lySolveproblemsDes cri
beanomal ousexpansi onofwat er.Stat
e,veri
fy
anduseBoyl e’sl aw,Char le’slawandPr essurel
aw.Dr awt hevolume-t emperat
ur e
andpr essure– t emperaturegr aphsanddet erminetherelati
onshipbetweenKel vin
scaleandCel si
usscaleoft emper at
ures.Descri
besomeoft heconsequencesand
applicati
onofexpansi on.

19.HeatTr
ansf
er.

Descri
bequal it
ati
velyconduct
ion,convect i
on,evapor at
ionandr adi
ation.Explai
nthe
meaningoft emper atur
egradient .Defi
net hermalconduct i
vi
ty,t
hermal resi
stanceand
ther
mal conductanceanduset hem i nsolvingproblems.Det er
minet hethermal
conducti
vit
yofagoodconduct or .Expl
aintheLee’sdi scmet hodtodet erminethe
conducti
vit
yofabadconduct or .Explai
nt heapplicati
onsofgoodconduct orsandbad
conductorsi
nheatt r
ansfer
.Expl ainconvect i
oncurrentsindomest i
chotwat ersystems
andseaandl andbreezes.

20.Heat
ingMat
ter
.

Defineheatcapacit
yandspecifi
cheatcapaci t
y(c)Determinethespecifi
cheatcapacit
y
ofasol i
dandal i
qui
dusingelect
ri
cal met hod.Explai
nthemet hodofmi xt
ures.
Cont i
nuousfl
owmet hod.Defi
nes pecifi
clatentheatoficeandofst eam.Determinet
he
specifi
clat
entheatofi
ceandof6st eam byt hemet hodofmi xt
ures.Expl
ainthe
dif
ferentmethodsofapplyi
ngcoolingcor rect
ion.Newton’sl awofcool i
ng.Solve
problemsinvol
vingheatcapaci
tyandl atentheats.