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U.S.N
P.E.S. College of Engineering, Mandya - 571 401
(An Autonomous Institution affiliated to VTU, Belagavi)
First Semester, B.E. - Semester End Examination; April - 2021
Engineering Physics
(Common to all Branches)
Time: 3 hrs Max. Marks: 100
Course Outcomes
The Students will be able to:
CO1: Understand the basic concepts and principles of Physics describing the phenomena associated with
Engineering field.
CO2: Explain/Describe the properties of various materials, light and sound related to Engineering applications.
CO3: Formulate/Derive the Expressions for the concepts of Physics pertaining to Engineering field.
CO4: Apply the knowledge of Physics to analyze/solve the numerical problems allied to Engineering field.
Note: I) PART - A is compulsory. Two marks for each question.
II) PART - B: Answer any Two sub questions (from a, b, c) for Maximum of 18 marks from each unit.
Physical constants: Electron mass, m = 9.11x10-31 kg, Electron charge, e = 1.602x10-19 C; Velocity of light, c = 3x108 ms-1;
Planck’s constant, h = 6.626x10-34 Js; Boltzmann constant, K = 1.38x10-23 JK-1; Avogadro number, N = 6.025x1023/mole;
Permittivity of free space, εo = 8.85x10-12 Fm-1.
Q. No. Questions Marks BLs COs POs
I : PART - A 10
I a. Mention any two characteristics of matter waves. 2
b. Define Young’s modulus and bulk modulus of a material. 2
c. Calculate the Fermi temperature of an electron in silver with Fermi
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energy 5.5 eV.
d. Mention any two advantages of laser welding. 2
e. What is Resonance? Give an example for Resonance. 2
II : PART - B 90
UNIT - I 18
1 a. i) Derive an expression for the deBroglie wavelength using the concept of
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group velocity.
ii) An electron is trapped in one dimensional potential well of width 3Å and
infinite height. Find the amount of energy required to excite the electron to
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its second excited state from the ground state.
b. i) Using Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle show that a free electron cannot 5
exist within the nucleus of an atom.
ii) An electron has a deBroglie wavelength of 1.66 × 10-10 m. Find its kinetic
energy and group velocity of the deBroglie wave associated with it 4
c. Explain the probability density and energy for the first three states of a
particle in a one dimensional infinitely deep potential well. Sketch the 9
probability densities.
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UNIT - II 18
2 a. Define bending moment. Show that the bending moment of a thin uniform
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bar of rectangular cross section is Ig.
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b. What is internal field? Obtain an expression for the internal field in case of
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one dimensional solid dielectric material.
c. What is polarization? Explain four mechanisms of polarization in dielectric
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materials.
UNIT - III 18
3 a. Derive an expression for the electron concentration at a given temperature in
conduction band and mention the hole concentration in valence band of an 9
intrinsic semiconductor.
b. Write down the assumptions of quantum free electron theory. Describe the
success of quantum free electron theory in accounting for three discrepancies 9
in the values calculated as per classical theory.
c. i) Discuss the dependence of Fermi factor on temperature.
ii) Calculate the probability of an electron occupying an energy level 0.02 eV 9
above the Fermi level at 300 K in a metal.
UNIT - IV 18
4 a. Discuss the principle, construction and working of CO2 laser with energy
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level diagram.
b. What is Attenuation? Derive an expression for Attenuation coefficient.
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Discuss the causes for Attenuation in an optical fiber.
c. Derive an expression for energy density of incident radiation in terms of
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Einstein’s coefficients.
UNIT - V 18
5 a. Describe Type-I and Type-II superconductors. Give a brief account of high
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temperature superconductivity.
b. What are ultrasonic waves? Explain the non-destructive method of testing the
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materials using ultrasonic’s.
c. Set up the equation of motion for a damped harmonic oscillator. Explain
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under damping case.
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